Jason Lyon Music

Tag: tritone substitution

  • Augmented Sixths or Tritone Subs?

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    I was recently reminded of my dusty school days when someone asked me how jazz uses augmented sixth chords. Oh, I do so love these invitations to give a fag-packet explanation and get myself into trouble… I suppose the simplest answer is that jazz uses augmented sixths all over the place, it just doesn’t think…

  • Turnarounds

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    Most lead sheets for standards don’t bother including the turnaround at the end of each section – it’s just assumed that you’ll know what to play. In case you don’t know, this article will run through the most common first choices for turnarounds to chords on each scale degree. You can also use the same…