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    Guide tones are the third and seventh degrees of a scale or chord. This document shows how guide tones relate scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones. Guide tones outline the harmony and quality of chords, with the seventh degree typically resolving down by half step to the third degree of the following chord.

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    Guide tones are the third and seventh degrees of a scale or chord. This document shows how guide tones relate scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones. Guide tones outline the harmony and quality of chords, with the seventh degree typically resolving down by half step to the third degree of the following chord.

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    Guide tones are the third and seventh degrees of a scale or chord. This document shows how guide tones relate scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones. Guide tones outline the harmony and quality of chords, with the seventh degree typically resolving down by half step to the third degree of the following chord.

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    Guide tones are the third and seventh degrees of a scale or chord. This document shows how guide tones relate scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones. Guide tones outline the harmony and quality of chords, with the seventh degree typically resolving down by half step to the third degree of the following chord.

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    Guide tones - Scales and chord Guide tones are made up of

    the third and the seventh degree of the scale they belong to. This charts shows you
    the relation between the main scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones.

    Degrees 1 2 3 45 6 b7
    C mixolydian scale C D E FG A Bb
    C major triad C x E xG x x
    C dominant seventh chord C x E xG x Bb
    Guide tones x x E xx x Bb

    Degrees 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    C Major scale C D E F G A B
    C major triad C x E x G x x
    C major seventh chord C x E x G x B
    Guide tones x x E x x x B

    Degrees 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
    C minor scale C D Eb F G A Bb
    C minor triad C x E x G x x
    C minor seventh chord C x Eb x G x Bb
    Guide tones x x Eb x x x Bb

    Degrees 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
    C locrian scale C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb
    C half diminished triad C x Eb x Gb x x
    C m7b5 chord C x Eb x Gb x Bb
    Guide tones x x Eb x Gb x Bb

    Degrees 1 2 b3 4 b5 #5 6 (bb7) 7
    C diminished scale C D Eb F Gb Ab A B
    C diminished triad C x Eb x Gb x x
    C diminished seventh chord C x Eb x Gb x A
    Guide tones x x Eb x Gb x A B

    Depending on the quality of some chords, notes other can be made guide tones as
    the sixth, the fifth or the ninth.
    Guide tones - Scales and chord Guide tones are made up of
    the third and the seventh degree of the scale they belong to. This charts shows you
    the relation between the main scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones.

    Guide tones in II V I chord progression


    How To Use Guide Tones?
    This basic II V I chord progression demonstrates how guide tones work. As you can
    see, the 7th degree (C) of Dm7 leads to the third degree (B) of G7 by a half step. The
    7th of G7 (F) leads to the third of Cmaj7 (E) by a half step again. While comping it is
    important to play the Guide Tones because they spell out the quality of the chord
    and that is what the soloing musician is basing their approach on.

    Soloing using guide tones - Voice leading - II V I


    sequence
    The guide tone technique can be applied to any progression to outline the
    harmony. Here are some easy examples of jazz lines based on one of the most
    important and commonly used guide tones, the b7 to 3 movement into a II-V-I
    progression. The b7 of Dm7 is C which moves to third of G7 (B) then the b7 of G7
    (F) moves to the third of Cmaj7 (E).
    Guide tones - Scales and chord Guide tones are made up of
    the third and the seventh degree of the scale they belong to. This charts shows you
    the relation between the main scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones.

    Guide tones - Minor II V I - Voice leading


    Here are two minor II V I jazz guitar using guide tones. The b7 of Dm7b5 is C which
    moves to third of G7b9 (B) then the b7 of G7 (F) moves to the minor third of Cmaj7
    (Eb).
    Guide tones - Scales and chord Guide tones are made up of
    the third and the seventh degree of the scale they belong to. This charts shows you
    the relation between the main scales, triads, seventh chords and their guide tones.

    Guide tones - I IV - Voice leading


    Theses two I IV sequences can be found on bar 1 & 2 of a basic blues
    progression. The b7 of C7 is Bb which moves to the third of F7 (A).

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