24 Ways That Pros Jazz Up a Simple ii-V-I

  • Substitute the five chord for a sub chord
  • Extend the D7 forward and play it the whole time
  • Play D suspended chord first and then move to the D7 dominant
  • Play two different D7 chords
  • Change your a minor 7 chord into an a dominant 7 chord
  • Use a sharp nine on the A7 and then use a flat 13 on the D7
  • Extend the chords by two more chords and go four places around the circle
  • Spice up the four chord turnaround by adding extensions and alterations to these dominant chords
  • Play a four minor chord for the five
  • Substitute our five chord D7 for the chord that's a trone away
  • Replace D7 with a flat 7
  • Replace our D7 chord with the trone substitution of the two
  • Start from the trone substitution for the turnaround idea
  • Use the back door progression
  • Try some modal modulation
  • Use moo chord voicings
  • Start with an A Minor 9 chord and then do the diminish scale move

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