Originally Posted By: raymb1
........ iRealb by the way has chords that are a step above those in the fake books. When I talk about preferred chords, it's because they make a song sound better.


hmmm I tend to respectfully disagree smile - I also own iRealBook and a lot of the progs are per FBs, some are a little different as they are posted by owners and members of the forum, and a LOT use the same subs that the players used. Check some of the Bill Evans chord subs in some of the books and you will see what I mean.

Not disagreeing with the rest of your post though Ray smile I have a similar philosophy, except I tend to make changes on the fly, which are different (slightly) from one play through to the next..and also quite different to the book...but still following similar root patterns. It is more about embellishment for me rather than wholesale changes.

Dennis

PS: re your PS - the bass players I play with don't play chords wink laugh