5:* If IF I f I 1*eA' I F I I

CII

It should be remembered that the chord GACE (5613) is baaed on the scale of C.

Chorda are never

built on scales of the tenth inversioDSl always on the original root position.

Fig. 4 is a bass line for "A Foggy Day" in

Eb.

Fig. 4.
picJt-up

bIIx II I I III4> bIIIx I II / bIIx / 1+ e

VI4> IIx III

II / V 18

I VI / Vm bV / IV / IVm bVIIx / III / bIIIx / II / VIP / I /

III4> bIIIx / II I bIIx I I + 8

VI4> IIx II G

bVlIx / I VII/VI Vm / IV VI t

II / V / Vm / bV I IV /
II bIIx / I + 8

I +8

/ /

A FOGGY DAYCopyright 1937 by Gershwin Publishing Corporation

Used by pennission.

DRILL: Practice Fig. 3 for automatic facility with the twelve major
tenths (or their indicated inversions) and their swing chords.
(The problem of weight displacement involves several factors:
1. Free, pendulum-like arm movement; 2. Loose wrist; 3. True
facility which can only result from completely "blind" automation (Remember, the hand moves faster than the eye.)

LESSON

8.

The Dominant Swing Chords

The tonal combination for all dominant swing chords is 5 7 1 3
based on the Mixolydian mode of each dominant chord. All inversion
tenths take the same chord.
33