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The first A section (the first eight measures of the tune) is comprised of the
following progression:
Of course, you must give emphasis to the chord tones to identify each
chord but you can more or less just move around in the key and you will be
getting the general sound. Even better, try to use some digital patterns to
get good melodic motion over the progression! You can find some ideas
about digital patterns in my blog about the II - V - I progression.
The last two measures of the second A section simply stay on the Ima7 and
use the major scale of the key. The first A and last A sections are identical.
The first four measures are II - V - II - V - I in F Major and the second four
measures are a II - V - II - V in G Major leading to a V7 in C Major. So use
an F Major Scale on the first four measures and a G Major Scale on the
next two. The G7 in the last two bars can be played using C Major (G
Mixolydian).
The two dominant 7th chords in the bridge do resolve up a 4th (down a 5th)
so they present a good opportunity to try some different dominant 7th
scales like Lydian, b7, Whole Tone, Diminished or Super Locrian.
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