Ivan Milenkovic

Dominant 7

Sunday's Jazz Lick

     |--3-|   |--3-|  |--3-|   |--3-|     |--3-|  |--3-|  |--3--|  |--3-|    
     Q    E   Q    E  Q    E   Q    E     Q    E  Q    E  Q     E  Q    E    
E||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||--8----7-----------8----7-----------|--8----7--8----7--L-----------------|
G||--9----7-----------9----7-----------|--9----7--9----7--L-----------------|
D||----------11----7----------11----7--|-----------------------11--7----9s--|
A||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


   |--3-|   |---3--|   |--3--|    |--3--|     |--3-|  |--3--|               
   Q    E   E   E  E   Q     E    Q     E     Q    E  Q     E  Q     Q      
-------------------9--10----12--8g9--------|-------------------------------|
---------------10----------------------10--|-------7--9----10-------10~----|
--------9--11------------------------------|--9---------------------12~----|
--11---------------------------------------|------------------------11~----|
-------------------------------------------|-------------------------0~----|
-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


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Heya!

Jazz/funk dominant 7th riff, followed by a dominant ascending lick. Watch out for the muted strings, and pinky stretch on the C# note.

Theory

This is a major-based lick on the dominant chord of the D major key. I also use the mixolydian scale and blue notes in A.

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