![]() ![]() See, being fresh out of school at the time, I believed that I had to think of a mode- and therefore, Lydian was the first one that came to my mind. Simply put, all it meant was grab any kind of basic Bb Major seventh chord, and just lower the fifth. Even though I was actually wrong (see below) I still managed to find voicings that had the required notes. So the first time I heard Sonny call out that chord (and put me on the spot, kind of.) I naively thought: "Wow, he must mean Lydian.". Since I was usually the only chords instrument in the group, what he wanted me to do was sound the chord, and we would vamp on it for a few minutes so that the rest of the band could tune up to it. ![]() Sonny would routinely start every one of our sets by saying: "OK, let's tune up: Bb major seventh flat five!". ![]() I first encountered the Maj7(b5) chord when I started playing with the great Sonny Simmons, in the early '90s. THE MAJOR SEVENTH FLAT FIVE CHORD aka Maj7(b5) Major7(b5) chord - jazz theory - improvisation - Major seventh flat 5 - diminished 5th - Bruno Pelletier ![]()
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