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Author:  Chris Grey Posted:  2/15/01; 3:56:14 PM Msg#:  1409 (top msg in thread) Prev/Next:  1408/1410 Reads:  1573

I seem to remember there is a term for pausing on a V7 chord in a progression. I think it may have come from the Berklee School of Music in Boston.

Examples: Just Friends, There will never be another you, Groovin' High.

There will never be another you:

Eb/ /Dm7b5 /G7b9/Cm7 / /Bbm7/Eb7/Ab/Abm/Gm7/Cm7/F9/F9/Fm7/Bb7//

The F9 seems to suspend the harmonic motion temporarily. I learned a long time ago this is a perfict opportunity to use the #11 or b5 in a real bebop fasion. Just friends has the same thing in about the same place and so does Groovin' High.

This is no problem I just cannot think of the term for this chord?? At Berklee in Boston they used to teach to always extend the V7 with a #11 or just use F7b5 in this situation. They also taught in a IIm7 V7 to use the bII7 (tri-tone substitution) on the V7 with either bII in the base or V in the bass. When V is in the bass you get the V7Altered V7#5b9#9 same as bII7,9,#11,13. This was a very organized approach that I do not see reference often any more.

So what is the term for pausing on a V7 harmonically? This was not a classical term, but a Jazz term of the day. Circa 1968 - 1978. In 1978 I stopped playing music for 15 years and then started again from scratch. Like Rip Van Winkle or someone who was frozen and thawed, or time traveled to the future. I didn't find the evolution of Jazz theory I expected.

So please let me know if this makes sense, thanks Chri

• Re: Pausing on a V7 chord, David Luebbert, 2/15/01; 9:52:53 PM

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