I Need Help with Chord Progressions

QuintenMoshy · 01-16-2019, 03:05 PM

Good day to anyone reading,

I have a quick question before I attempt to improvise over a solo section in a piece of music i'm performing at a jazz concert tonight. FYI, I am a trombonist.

The most common chord in the piece is G7 which traditionally has G,B,D,F as the 1st 3rd 5th and 7th. HOWEVER, the pianist in the group is playing B flat instead of B natural and I don't know why. Is this some kind of variation, and if so, what scale does it use? I'm thinking G minor but that doesn't sound right, and it would be G MAJOR, but the B flat is screwing that idea up too!

Any comments appreciated.
Thanks

01-16-2019, 03:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
QuintenMoshy Groupie Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 7	I Need Help with Chord Progressions Good day to anyone reading, I have a quick question before I attempt to improvise over a solo section in a piece of music i'm performing at a jazz concert tonight. FYI, I am a trombonist. The most common chord in the piece is G7 which traditionally has G,B,D,F as the 1st 3rd 5th and 7th. HOWEVER, the pianist in the group is playing B flat instead of B natural and I don't know why. Is this some kind of variation, and if so, what scale does it use? I'm thinking G minor but that doesn't sound right, and it would be G MAJOR, but the B flat is screwing that idea up too! Any comments appreciated. Thanks