Solo Phrases: Take The A Train D7b5 (or D7#11) 

The cheat sheet download has no been added to the description! Also here: www.jazzskills.com/p/take-the-a-train-d7b5

Oh my goodness! I am a bass player and was feeling very uncertain about what notes to play over that chord. I literally searched on the issue of this chord in this song and found your lesson (which, just in itself is kind of amazing). When I saw that the focus was soloing, I grew concerned for a moment, but everything you said was helpful and worth knowing. In fact, you made it seem so simple that I think to myself, "Well that was almost obvious." In fact, I wouldn't have come up with that in a million years. Thank you so much!

Your overview is different , brother . Thanks a lot for sharing .

Fabulous lesson..... just terrific.

Thank you so much Shan for this lesson. You broke it down nicely. What I appreciate is the fact that you provided us with exercises and we were able to use as a guide but also we could come up with other patterns to solo. But even at the start it is very encouraging and also exciting. I have enjoyed the last few days practicing "Take the A Train,". I am going to keep working on it so that I keep improving but I am also learning other songs. RU-vid is wonderful to practice also the fact that there are backing tracks. Thanks to you and everyone who makes it possible for us to learn. The possibilities are endless. When you spend hours practicing your instrument and you have no clue of the time and you never get tired, It is an indication that you are really enjoying what you are doing. This is my current situation. Blessings and thanks again.

This has been really helpfull, I was just experimenting with creating that simple fraise on other scales, 5 scale notes and 3 chord notes and another note.. just that, that's so helpfull to me! You'll be able to see my progress with this on my channel soon enough ^^

Great work!

This is great!! Thank you. I've started to get somewhat familiar with playing standards like this with lead sheets but have been a bit limited with phrasing and solo notes so this is really useful - thanks.

Another great lesson, thank you.

Thank you very much Mr. Verma ! It's very kind of you to share your cheat sheet I'm definitely going to play the heck out of this !! I'm very grateful !! Thank you Teddy Korbos !!

Super helpful. thanks. gives me a lot of direction.

Oh yes I did like very much ,think is useful , good help ! greetings from Mexico .

Thank you so much Shan for this lesson. Now, I know how to improvise on the lydien dominant mode. By the way, I like to voice the sharp 11 chord using the upper structure method, it sounds good on The Girl From Ipanema for instance. Aziz

Super helpful. Thank you.

Bravissimo.

This was so helpful

Thanks, I enjoyed that

Great video

Hi Shan, love your videos. They really cut to the heart of the matter. A question about this lesson. If it's a D7b5 and, as you said, it's a b5 nor a natural, then how does the A melodic minor work? Doesn't that introduce the A natural? I'm sure I'm missing an obvious point but I'm curious to know your thinking. Thanks so much!

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wow sir

Explains that the chord we're talking about is D7b5 so the natural 5 shouldnt be in the improvisation. Proceeds by naming a scale that includes an A anyway. Great, now I'm confused.

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I like to flat the sixth and play this as a whole tone scale. Should I be sent to the principal's office?

it's a FLAT 5 not a SHARP 11. yes there is a difference. I think I would play a diminished scale because of the b5.

what is that tune in the intro? i'd like to hear a full version if you have one

Could someone smarter than me please explain why piano tutorials make more sense than guitar ones? Like, I can't play a lick of piano, but I just took what I learned here and applied it to guitar in an instant. This compared to watching a number of guitar tutorials on this song/chord and getting nowhere. Why is that?

isn't that scale lydian dominant?