STANDARD CHORD PROGRESSIONS After all your practice you are now ready for the fun of putting your knowledge to work playing progressions associated with jazz tunes and standards. Placing the voicings within the context of familiar progressions has been our goal from the beginning. The following 50 progressions will add one more step toward being able to function at the keyboard using your own voicings. As with the Il V7 | progressions, the standard progressions are a three staff system with the top staff for one-hand voicings and the bottom two staffs for two-hand voicings (see page 43 for a complete description). The thirds and sevenths are the black notes. There are two new elements to consider when playing the progression - substitutions and multiple chords within a measure. As explained in the II V7 | section, often you will have two choices in the right hand which can be played interchangeably with the left, depending upon the sound you choose. This choice should not affect the basic harmonic structure; they are often just a choice of doubling or whether to use the fifth or thirteenth. Another possibility is just a change of inversion, usually done to place the voicing(s) in the best possible register. However, there will frequently be chord symbols written within brackets () which will indicate a true substitution. You will have the choice whether to play the original or the substitution. For example: Be careful using a substitution during accompaniment of the melody, since one of the new, possibly altered, tones could clash with the melody line. Some measures may look cluttered or full of notes. This will often be a measure which contains two chords, usually two beats apiece. Frequently these measures will also contain substitutions. You will need to remember to select a voicing and give it the appropriate number of beats. For example: -61-