Bass & Creativity: Chord Alterations in Depth, Part 2

This Bass & Creativity lesson is the second part about alterations of dominant chords (view Part 1). Today we take a look at b9 and #9 added to a 7 chord within a II V I.

Once again, the addition of piano is to highlight those colors and to give us an alternate approach to harmonic vocabulary as bass players.

1. 0:00 – Intro
2. 0:20 – b9 1-note voicings for a II V I in C
3. 01:25 – 2-note voicings options for a II V I in C
4. 03:54 – Parallel voicings
5. 04:57 – Options for a II V I in E
6. 06:44 – b9 in Bass solo & horizontal harmony for a II V I in C
7. 08:16 – #9 clarification
8. 09:07 – #9 1-note voicings for a II V I in C
9. 10:07 – #9 2-note voicings options for a II V I in C
10. 12:14 – #9 in Bass solo & horizontal harmony for a II V I in C
11. 13:22 – #9 options for a II V I in F
12. 14:22 – 9 in Bass solo & horizontal harmony for a II V I in E