Originally Posted By: raymb1
...the first two bars are Dm7/G7/| Cmaj7///| he would play; F#m7b5/B13/ | Em7/A13/ | .


An old school pianist once told me when I was a lot younger his interpretation of the retrogression theories.

IIRC I asked him how he could appear to be following a fake chart yet wasn't playin' too many of the chords on the chart, yet his playing was always fantastic, always behind the beat, always had the blooz underlying everything.

He simply said, "Look, if the chord you choose shares two or mo' of the same notes, give it a shot." grin

Took me years to work on that, though. Still am. heh.


--Mac