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MODAL · Intermediate · Cm7 vamp

Original study inspired by Miles Davis's musical approach. Not a transcription or endorsement.

Key

Written C / Concert B♭

· = original key (C). Notes, fingerings, chords, audio and sheet music are written B♭ pitch.

Cm7 vamp

E♭♭3
2 + 3
D9
1 + 3
C1
OPEN
F4
1
G5
OPEN
B♭♭7
1
A6
1 + 2

♩ = 108 · four-beat count-in · ● valve down · ○ valve up

Orange numbers = scale degree of each note over the chord sounding beneath it

What you're hearing

  • 9ths and 6ths/13ths are upper extensions that add color above the basic chord tones.

How to play it

Let the high sixth hang unresolved. Use silence as part of the line; don't fill every beat.

Where you are with it

Practice this with

C DORIANScaleii–V–I in CProgression