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Tritone Substitution Lesson Sheet Music

This document discusses tritone substitution, providing examples of tritone substitutions for major and minor ii-V-I progressions in jazz piano. It shows common tritone substitution chord voicings and licks. It also provides an example of using tritone substitution to reharmonize the song "Cry Me A River".

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Tritone Substitution Lesson Sheet Music

This document discusses tritone substitution, providing examples of tritone substitutions for major and minor ii-V-I progressions in jazz piano. It shows common tritone substitution chord voicings and licks. It also provides an example of using tritone substitution to reharmonize the song "Cry Me A River".

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Tritone Substitution

- voicings, licks & Patterns -

tritone sub for major ii-V-I's:


D‹11 D¨7(„ˆˆ13) CŒ„Š9 D‹9 D¨7(„ˆˆ13) CŒ„Š9
4
&4 ˙˙˙ bb˙˙˙˙ w
ww ˙˙ b˙bœ˙˙ bœ nw
ww
Piano mp
˙˙˙ w ˙˙˙ w
{ ?4
4
D‹9

D¨7(„ˆˆ9)
w

CŒ„Š9 D‹9

D¨7(„ˆˆ9)
w

CŒ„Š9
5
œ œ bb˙bœ˙˙ bœ nw œ œ bœ bœ nw
& ˙˙˙ w
w
w œ™ œ œ bb˙˙˙ w
w
w
∏∏∏

∏∏∏

∏∏∏
?
{ ˙ b˙ w ˙ b˙ w

Licks:
9 D‹7 D¨7 CŒ„Š7

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ œ œ bœ bœ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ

? ˙˙˙ b ˙˙ w
w
{ D‹7

D¨7
w
w

CŒ„Š7
11
œ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
œ œ bœ œ œ
b ˙˙ w
? ˙˙˙ w
{ D‹7

D¨7
w
w

CŒ„Š7
13

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ #œj œ œ nœ ˙
˙˙˙ b ˙˙ w
w
{ ? ˙ b˙

1
w
w

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tritone sub for Minor ii-V-I's
15 D‹7(b5) D¨7(#9) C‹9 D‹7(b5) D¨7 C‹7

œ b œ b œ œ œ œ
& œ œ bœ˙ bœ bw
ww œ b œ b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ
˙
mp
bw b ˙˙ bw
? b˙˙ b˙˙ w
{ b˙˙ w b˙ w

19 D‹7(b5) D¨7(#9) C‹9 D‹7(b5) D¨7 C‹7 F7(#11)

& œ œ bœ˙ bœ bœ bœ bbw


w
w
w bœ œ œ b œ b œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ b œ œ n˙
˙
∏∏∏

? b˙˙
w
w b˙˙˙ bbb˙˙˙˙ b˙ b ˙˙
{ b˙˙ w ˙
Nice Dm7b5 voicing
˙
Rootless Db7 vocing
˙

'Cry Me A River' Reharmonization Tritone Sub passing chord


C‹9 C‹(b6) C‹6 C‹7 G¨7 F‹9 E7(#11)
23
3

& ™™ b˙˙ ™ œ œ œ
œ bbbbœœœœ œ œ bœ œ
œ œ ˙ bbœœœ œ œ ˙
mp
? ™™ ˙˙ b˙ n˙ bœ
{ ˙

Tritone Sub passing chord


˙ œ bœ ˙ n˙

E¨Œ„Š7 A¨7 G‹11 C7[áÆ] F7


26
j
& œ bœ ˙ ‰ œj #œ œ œœ œ bœ œ b bœ˙ œ™ ‰ œj œ bœ œ œ œ œ
˙ bœ b˙ w œ
3
∏∏∏∏

b˙ ˙˙ b˙˙
{
? ˙
b˙ b˙ ˙ ˙
4th voicing
bw
w
Tritone Sub back to Cm
1. 2.
29 F‹7 B¨7 E¨Œ„Š7 D¨7 E¨Œ„Š7
j œœ b bœbœœœ ™™ U
˙˙
& ‰ bœœ œ bœ œ œ œ œ ˙˙ ˙˙
∏∏∏

∏∏∏
∏∏∏
∏∏∏

b˙˙ bbœœœ bb˙˙˙


{
? b˙
˙ b˙ b

˙˙

2
Stop sounding bland, and start sounding sophisticated at:
bœ ™™ b

˙˙

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