Coltrane Patterns -Why They Are Amazing

Jens Larsen
Standard tuning
= 120
Example 1 - C major and Am Coltrane Patterns
C Am

8 5
7 9 5 7
10 7

Example 2 - Coltrane Patterns for Cmaj7

C G Am Em

7
8 8 10
7 9 7 7 9 9
10 7 9 7 10
10

Example 3 - Coltrane Patterns and Arpeggios #1

Cmaj7

7 10 9 8 6 7
8 10 8
7 9 9 (9)
7 9 10
10

Example 4 - Coltrane Patterns and Arpeggios #2

Cmaj7

8 7
8 10 8
7 9 10 8 9 9 9
9 8 7 10
7 10

Ascending and Descending Coltrane Pattern

8 8
7 9 9 7
10 10

Other Melodic Options

8 8 8
7 9 7 9 7 9
10 10 10

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 Example 5 - Playing more melodies and combining different Patterns
Cmaj7

8 5 5 (5)
7 5 7 4 4 5 7
7 5 5 7
3 7

Example 6 - Pat Martino's Secondary Dominant Trick

Am7 D7 Gmaj7

5 4 6 4 3
4 5 5 5
4 6 6 7 6 6
7

Example 7 - Shifting Em-Ebm on a Cmaj7

Cmaj7

3
12 10 11 9 10 8
9 12 12 9 11 8 9 (9)
9 10

Example 8 - II V I in G major with some side slips

Am7 P D7 Gmaj7
P P

P P P

8 9 8 7
7 9 10 8 9 7 8 7 7
10 11 10 10 9 7

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