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Old 04-27-2009, 04:52 AM
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I was just pointing out that in this thread people are talking about keys as if there is no such thing as major and minor - that just saying Bb, totally defines what you are talking about - when it is only half the story.
Isn't it common practice that if you write down the key simply as "Bb", it means Bb major by default? If you mean minor, you write it "Bbm" or "Bbmin", right?
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Old 04-27-2009, 05:12 AM
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But the OP was asking about different types of ii-V-Is and Major and Minor is an important distinction, in this context!!
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Check out the Aebersold play-alongs. One of them (volume 3) is focusing entirely on the ii-V-I progression. Check it out.

http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merch...ry_Code=AEBIMP
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You might want to check out David Baker's books on ii-v-i for extensive library of vocabulary on this,

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There are also 1-6-2-5's, and 2-5-1-3/6's, so be sure to practice them as well.
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Old 04-27-2009, 05:49 PM
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There are also 1-6-2-5's, and 2-5-1-3/6's, so be sure to practice them as well.
1 6 2 5 like in Blue Moon?

Do you have a tune example for 2 5 1 3/6?
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