Giant Steps

From: parker_b%*@*

mostly fourth, tritone, and fifth 
intervals (so-called ``quartal
harmony''), giving a very nice 
ambiguous sound. These voicings are
easy to finger on the guitar and 
sound good.  I give the chord names
in two forms: a name for a simple 
``closed'' voicing, (top) and a name
for the more open or extended 
voicing (bottom).

harm. by Bo Parker (parker_b%*)

   Bmaj7 D7   Gmaj7 Bb7  Ebmaj7 
 Am7  D7
   B6/9  D6/9 Gmaj7 Bb13 Eb6/9  

 Am9  D6/9

E--14---10----7----------6-------
B--14---10----7-----8----6-------
G--13----9----7-----7----5-------
D--13----9----5-----6----5-------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
E|7----5---| 
B|5----5---| 
G|5----4---| 
D|5----4---| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 


   Gmaj7 Bb7   Ebmaj7 F#7  Bmaj7
  Fm7  Bb7
   G6/9  Bb6/9 Ebmaj7 F#13 B6/9 

  Fm9  Bb9

E--10----6-----3-----------2------
B--10----6-----3------4----2------
G---9----5-----3------3----1------
D---9----5-----1------2----1------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
E|3----1--| 
B|1----1--| 
G|1----1--| 
D|1----0--| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 


   Ebmaj7 Am7 D7   Gmaj7 C#m7 
F#7   Bmaj7
   Eb6/9  Am9 D6/9 G6/9  C#m9 

F#9   B6/9

E--6------7---5----10----11---9---
B--6------5---5----10-----9---9---
G--5------5---4-----9-----9---9---
D--5------5---4-----9-----9---8---
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
E|--14---| 
B|--14---| 
G|--13---| 
D|--13---| 
A|-------| 
E|-------| 


   Fm7  Bb7    Ebmaj7 C#m7  F#7
   Fm9  Bb13b9 Eb6/9  C#m11 F#13    
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E--15---15-----18-----14----14---|
B--13---12-----18-----16----16---|
G--13---13-----17-----16----15---|
D--13---12-----17-----14----14---|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|


To tie in with the discussion of 
picking technique, I pick these as
block chords using either all four 
fingers or the first three fingers
(no thumb, no arpeggiation). When I 
pick stuff like this, I do not
anchor my right hand at all, and I 
play over the sound hole. I can't
really solo over these changes(!), 
but it's fun just to play the head.

Enjoy


From: * (spideir)

   --guitar arrangement: tcg, 
   --4/4 // BM // Allegro (pre
   --head so "jagged" and wide
 |1987                                     
 |tty quick)                               
 | in its range, melody at times had to be 


       transposed up/down an octave
   --fingerstyle or pick-&-3-
  . . . .
 |fingers easiest; plectrum strums'll 
work 


       if yu' deaden "x" strings w
   --note durations: 

       /        quarter note
       /-       eighth note        
/-.        dotted eighth
       /=       sixteenth note
       /_/_/_/  tied notes
                             [hey, 
_I_ understand it!--I think. . . .]


     BM7       D7        GM7      
Bb[7/]6   Eb[M7]     Am9       D9
    x_x___    x____x    _x__xx    
x__oxx    _x__xx    xx____    xx____
  2 |o|||o  3 ||||o|  3 o|||||  1 
 ||o||||  1 ||o|||  5 ||ooo|  4 ||o|
 ||| 

    |||o||    ||o|||    ||oo||    
||||||    ||||||    ||||||    |||ooo
    ||||o|    |o|o||    ||||||    
||o|||    o||o||    |||||o    ||||||
      /         /         /         
/-.     /=_/_/      /         /


     GM7      Bb7/6      EbM7     
    x_x___    xx____    x____x    
F#7/6      BM7       Fm9       Bb7
x____x    x_x___    x____x    x____x
 10 |o|||o  6 ||o||o  6 |o||||  2 
||o|||  2 |o|||o  6 ||o|||  6 ||o|o|
    |||o||    |||o||    |||o||    
|||o||    |||o||    ||||||    |||o||
    ||||o|    ||||o|    ||o|o|    
|o||o|    ||||o|    |o|oo|    |o||||
      /         /         /         
/-.     /=_/_/      /         /-.


     EbM7      Am9       D9       
    x_x___    xx____    xx____    
 GM7       C#m9     F#7/6
x_x___    x____x    x____x
  6 |o|||o  5 ||ooo|  4 ||o||| 10 
 ||o|||o  2 ||o|||  2 ||o||| 

    |||o||    ||||||    |||ooo    
|||o||    ||||||    |||o||
    ||||o|    |||||o    ||||||    
||||o|    |o|oo|    |o||o|
    /=_/_/      /         /-.     
/=_/_/      /         /-.

     BM7       Fm9      Bb7/6     
    x_x___    x____x    xx____    
 EbM7     F#7/6
x_x___    x____x
  2 |o|||o  6 ||o|||  6 ||o|||  6 

    |||o||    ||||||    |||o||    
|||o||    |||o||    D.C.
    ||||o|    |o|oo|    |o||o|    
||||o|    ||||o|
    /=_/_/      /         /-.     
/=_/_/     / /

  
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