Re: [Harp-L] Vmi7

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think it's acting as the ii of bar 5's IV chord.

For example, in G bars 3 and 4 would be Dmi7 and G7 leading to bar 5's C chord.

On Friday, October 8, 2010, michael rubin
<michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was reading some jazz bass lines in a Rufus Reid book and he had a
> blues progression that started out with 2 bars of the I chord and then
> the third bar was a Vmi7, returning to the I7 chord for the fourth
> bar.  I have never seen this before.  First, everytime I see a
> substitution for the I chord during the first four bars of a blues it
> is during the second chord.  Next the V chord is not dominant, it is a
> mi7.  Any clues as to why this works and if it is common in jazz
> blues?
> Thanks,
> Michael Rubin
> MIchaelrubinharmonica.com
>

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