I decided to repost this blog article with a tiny revision. This entry is to highlight something I have finally realized to be true: that Rhythm Futur is a very important song to learn in order to start building ability to play manouche style jazz.
In particular, the importance of the Dominant 7th lick in that song is high:
-3-4-3-------------------5-3------------------- -------6-3---------4-3-------6-4-3------------- -----------4-----------4-----------4---5-4----- -------------5-4-3-------------------5-----6-5- ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Here is another G7 variation of it that I practice:
-3-4-------------------------------------4-3- -----6-3-----------------------------3-6----- ---------4-------------------------4--------- -----------5-4-3-------------3-5-6----------- -----------------5-2-----2-5----------------- ---------------------4-3---------------------
And another variation (G7):
-5-3------------------------------- -----6-4-3------------------------- -----------4---5-4----------------- -------------5-----6-5-3----------- -------------------------5-2------- -----------------------------4-2-3-
And another variation I use (G7 inspired from the song MSG):
-----------4-3-1-3-4-----------------------4-3- -------3-6-----------3-4-6---------------6----- -----4---------------------4-5-7-----4-7------- -5-6-----------------------------6-5----------- ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Some loose ends I got from the Dennis Chang DVD (E7 then D7):
-------------7-|---------------2-5- ---------5-8---|-------------4----- -------7-------|---------2-5------- ---5-8---------|-------4----------- -7-------------|---3-6------------- ---------------|-5-----------------
And something from Gonzalo Bergara’s very helpful lesson book:
-----------4-7-10-7----------------- ---------6----------9-6------------- -----4-7----------------7----------- ---6----------------------9-6------- -7----------------------------8-5-7- ------------------------------------
After working on these ideas you can explore further. Since we know that Bm6=E9=G#m7b5 , we know that we can play a Bm6 or a G#m7b5 arpeggio over the E7 to create a E9 flavor. You should practice this idea as well as learning the raw E9 arpeggio. You can extend this idea further with octave stacking patterns based on the E6/9 arpeggio.
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