7 SWEET CHORD

PROGRESSIONS

a collection of my favorite jazz piano sounds

- discovered over the last 10 years -
by Julian Bradley

www.Jazzherobooks.com
 7 of my favorite chord progressions 1

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- demonstrated in the key of C minor -
chord progression 1a: Presented by Julian Bradley

     

 

Cm7 B² B¨m7 A² C#m7
     
 
      
 
  
mp
 
Piano
    


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chord progression 1b:

    
Cm7 B²
 B¨m7 A7 C#m9

 

  
 
Gospel sound

 
    
 

 


           


  


 
chord progression 1a: (played with Kenny Barron 11th voicings)

     

    
Cm7 B²#4 B¨m7 A²#4 C#m7

 
    

 

  
 
 
  


  
 

 
 
 

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chord progression 2a: (modified version of 'Need To Feel Loved' by Reflekt)

   
(key of C minor) (key change) (key of C minor)


Fm7 A¨² Cm7 B¨² A¨²

   
  
 

     
 
   
   



chord progression 2b: played with Kenny Barron 11th voicings. Feel free to arpeggiate these:

   
Fm7

A¨²

Cm7 B¨²#4

A¨²

 
   
      

     
 







 
   
Copyright © Julian Bradley 2016
www.JazzHeroBooks.com
chord progression 3: repeating modulation pattern (goes through all 12 keys) 2

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(Key of C minor) (Key of F minor) (Key of Bb minor)

  
Cm D¨² Fm7
 G¨² B¨m7

  
 
 
  
 

  
mp
    
    
   
up maj 3rd up maj 3rd
up half-step up half-step

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(Key of Eb minor) (Key of G# minor)
C¨² E¨m7
 E² G#m7
 A²

   
 
 
   
    
   
 
 
    
   


(Key of C# minor) (Key of F# minor) (Key of B minor)
C#m9
 D² F#m9
 G² Bm9

     

 

  
 

 
    
 

      
     


(Key of E minor) (Key of A minor)
C² Em7
 F² Am9
 B¨²

       

 

  
     
     
       


(Key of D minor) (Key of G minor) (Key of C minor)

  
Dm9 E¨² Gm9 A¨² Cm9

         

 
  




    
 
        
 


 
 
   
Copyright © Julian Bradley 2016
www.JazzHeroBooks.com
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chord progression 4: 'the blue lotus chord progression'


(heard in the background to many of my video intros / outros)

        

Fm9 Gm9 Fm9 Fm9 Gm9

 
    
 
    
 
 
 
      
mp side-slipping
    


  
Fm9 Cm9 Dm9 Cm9

  

D¨7

    

  
 
 


 
  

    




Cm9 Dm9 Cm9 C7¨13

     

    
  

   
 

      



chord progression 5: Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor - demonstrated here in C minor

   
Cm/C E¨/C D/C D¨m G7

  
    
p

p p

   
f f f
  
   
Copyright © Julian Bradley 2016
www.JazzHeroBooks.com
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
chord progression 6: hybrid of 1 / 3

   

 
Cm7 B²
 
B¨m7 A²
 C#m9 D²

   
 
  
       
mp mf

 
      
   
up half-step up maj 3


 

 
  
F#m7 F² Em7 E¨² Gm9 A¨²

       
 

  
mp 
     
         
    
mf


 
    up maj 3
up half-step


chord progression 7: the Taxi Driver Theme by Bernard Herrmann (key of F major)


Gm9 C7¨9 F²

   
3
         
    
   
 
mp








 


Dm11 Em11 Dm11 Gm11 C7¨13 3 F² 
              
3


     

   
     
  
side-slipping





3
Copyright © Julian Bradley 2016
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