Hello,
I have been lurking for a bit now and got rather excited:-P
when I saw a query about "Stella.." obviously this is a
great tune. I am trying to work thru it in a musical way.
I've played blues/rock guitar for many years and now I am
trying to pay more attn to the changes going by.
Granted, I am early in my jazz guitar development but since
I havent seen any comments yet or perhaps it is an old
topic(but not seen in the archives that I could find...), I
thought I would kick it off with a few comments.. I hope the
many knowledgeable players out there will help me in
tackling this tune.. I have derived some scale choices based
on a few principles I have learned and appreciate your
comments and suggestions.
(Based on the Real Book chart)
Emi7b5 | A7b9 | Cmi7 |F7
G Melodic min E Mel minor C dorian C mel minor
Fmi7 | Bb7 | Ebmaj7 |Ab7
F dorian B mel minor Eb major Eb mel minor
Bb Maj7 | Emin7b5 A7b9 | Dmin7 |Bbmin7 Eb7
Bb Maj G mel min D dorian Bb mel minor
F Maj7 | Emin7b5 A7 | Amin7b5 | D7b9
F Major G mel min C mel min Eb mel minor
G7+ | G7+ | Cmin7 | Cmin7
Eb mel min C dorian
Ab7 | Ab7 | BbMaj7 | BbMaj7
Eb mel min Bb maj
Emin7b5 | A7b9 | Dm7b5 | G7b9
G mel min Bb mel min F mel min Ab mel min
Cm7b5 | F7b9 | BbMaj7 |BbMaj7
Eb mel min Gb mel min BbMaj
Summary:
You will notice that I am suggesting dorian for all the min
7 chords.. I havent checked this out yet against the melody
notes but it seems to make sense. For the min7b5 chords I am
suggesting the melodic minor up a minor third.
In general for the Dom7 chords I am suggesting Melodic minor
up a fifth if it doesnt resolve to a I, and Melodic minor up
a half step if it resolves..(general suggestion from the
Emily Remler vids)
I recognze that my analysis is very "student-like" but
nevertheless with these choices and focusing on the 3rd or
7th of the changes I am able to play something that is way
more musical than trying to jam pentatonic blues riffs into
a tune like this..:-)
I hope this is helpful in getting this thread going and
thanks again for you comments..
Eddie
