Double Bass Giant Steps "Explained"

[Sam Sherry]

Well. If you've ever found yourself unable to figure out how Coltrane's Giant Steps is built, there's no reason to listen to the record and struggle. No sirree, you just take your browser right over to Invalid Link Removed and press the "play" button at the bottom. Soon, it will all be clarified . . .

What I really dig is how he doubled up all the ii chords so it would look more like a pyramid. He's just makin' sure that you catch the point . . . even if the point ain't there.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

I played all my best quadratone **** at my last gig, and had to fight the women off all break. Man, if only I'd known about this site when I was still single!

 

[Huy Nguyen]

The graphical display really shows which type of progression (ditone or quadratone) is happening at a particular moment if you watch the direction it goes from Key center to key center. Clockwise is quadratone, CCW is ditone. Super cool!!! Thanks Sam!

 

[Marcus Johnson]

Thanks, Sam, next time I play Giant Steps, I'll be seeing all those flashing triangles in my mind. Better throw some Ibuprofen in the gig bag.

 

[Steve Clark]

Thats very cool for a jazz wanna be like me.