From the recording Into Jazz Blues
Easy chill-out Bossa Nova style Jazz Blues - inspired by people like Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim!
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Chord progression:
II: Gm7 I Gm7 I Gm7 I Gm7 I
I Cm9 I Cm9 I Gm7 I Gm7 I
I Eb9 I D7#9 (Ab13) I Gm7 I Am7b5 D7#9 :II
Scale suggestions:
G minor pentatonic scale - G Bb C D F (G)
G minor blues scale - G Bb C C# D F (G)
G minor scale - G A Bb C D Eb F (G)
Eb7 chords :
Eb Lydian Dominant - Eb F G A Bb C Db (Eb)
D7 chords:
G harmonic minor scale - G A Bb C D Eb F# (G)
Or
Treat it as an altered chord and use the altered scale:
D altered scale - D Eb F Gb Ab Bb C (D)
The altered scale is the mode which starts on the 7th step of the melodic minor scale, so in other words - the notes of D altered scale are the same as those of Eb melodic minor scale :)
Arpeggios:
Gm7 - G Bb D F
Cm7 - C Eb G Bb
Eb7 - Eb G Bb Db
D7 - D F# A C
Am7b5 - A C Eb G
HAPPY JAMMING!