Chords for Round Midnight. Chords And Thinking Behind Solo Lines By Errol Earl

_ _ Well once again how you doing?
Today we're going to take a detailed look at Around Midnight.
And it goes like this.
They shoot for the stars!
[F] I'm just kidding.
Moves [Em] like Jagger.
What are we going to do?
Moves like George Benson.
Anyway.
[Ebm] We're going to kill E-flat.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Oh Bambi.
[C] Oh [B] Bambi.
_ [Abm] _
Oh [E] Bambi.
_ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ Oh [F] Bambi. _
Oh [Bm] Bambi.
[E] Oh _ [Bb] Bambi. _
[Eb] _ _ [Abm] Oh _ [B] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Bambi.
Oh _ _ _ [Ab] _ Bambi.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
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[B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab]
Oh [Bb] Bambi.
Oh Bambi.
_ [Dbm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Whenever you play a dominant 7, [Bb] you play that movement. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] It goes on and [F] on and on.
Da da.
[Abm] _ _
_ [B] _ [Ebm] Da da da.
_ [Gb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Gb] _ [Em] And the substitution chords for those are these.
[Bb] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
And the substitution [D] chords for those are these again. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
That is actually a half [Em]-diminished scale. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Let's have a look at the single lines.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ The thinking [Ebm] behind that phrase is this. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ [G] That actually comes from your half-diminished scale.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
Everybody [Bm] knows that scale.
_ _ [Ab] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] Now let's look at this.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[D] What you're actually playing is the arpeggio of the chord.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] When you come down to [Eb] your major 7, instead of going up here, _ _ _ _ [E] you go down this way.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ I think the [Em] word is blackberry.
_ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ What you're actually playing there is _ [C] half-diminished.
When [Bb] you get up here, you're playing the scale for that, which is your E-flat scale.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ And you put [Em] them together, it sounds [C] like this.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
When you come down to E-flat, you can play all your favorite George [Ebm] Benson licks.
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