| Summer Time Piano [16 bars] E7(#5) "Summer..." | |||
| Am7 {!} | E7(#5){!} | Am7{!} | A7(#5) {!} |
| Dm7 G7 {!} | F9{!} | B7(#5){!} | E7(b9){!} |
| Am7{!} | E7(#5){!} | Am7{!} | D9 G7(b9){!} |
| C maj7 Am7 {!} | Bm7(b5) E7(#5) {!} | Am6{!} | Bm7(b5) E7(#5) {!} |
| Summertime - Tenor Sax / / F#7(#5) "F# D = Summer..." | |||
| Bm7 {F# / / /} | F#7(#5) {/ E~D E~F# D} | Bm7 {B / F# /} | B7(#5) {/ X f# d} |
| Em7 A7 {E E ///} | G9 {X D~B D~B D} | C#7(#5) {C / / / /} | F#7(b9) {/ / X F#~D} |
| Bm7 {F# F# F# /} | F#7(#5) {X E~D E~F# D} | Bm7 {B / F# /} | E9 A7(b9) {/ / X F#} |
| D maj7 Bm7 {A F#~A B~D} | C#m7(b5) F#7(#5) {F#~E / D /} | Bm6 {B / / /} | C#m7(b5) F#7(#5) {/ X F#~F#~D} |
Bm7
b3 => D
b7 => A
1 => B
5 => F#
b3 => D
b7 => A
1 => B
5 => F#
F#7(#5)
b7 => EB
1 => F#
3 => A#
5 => ^C
b7 => EB
1 => F#
3 => A#
5 => ^C
Guitar Chord: F#7(#5)
| String | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | - | - | F#/2 | - | - |
| A | X | X | X | X | X |
| D | - | - | - | - | F#/3 |
| G | X | X | X | X | X |
| B | X | X | X | X | X |
| e | - | - | F#/2 | - | - |
B7(#5)
b7 => A
1 => B
3 => D#
5 => ^F
b7 => A
1 => B
3 => D#
5 => ^F
Em7
b3 => G
b7 => D
1 => E
5 => B
b3 => G
b7 => D
1 => E
5 => B
A7
b7 => G
1 => A
3 => C#
5 => E
b7 => G
1 => A
3 => C#
5 => E
G9
1 => G
3 => B
5 => D
9 => A
1 => G
3 => B
5 => D
9 => A
Dmaj7
1 => D
3 => F#
5 => A
7 => ^C
1 => D
3 => F#
5 => A
7 => ^C
Guitar Chord: Dmaj7
| String | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | - | - | F#/2 | - | - |
| A | O | - | - | - | - |
| D | O | - | - | - | - |
| G | - | - | A/2 | - | - |
| B | - | - | - | D/3 | - |
| e | - | - | F#/2 | - | - |
C#m7(b5)
b3 => E
b7 => BB,
1 => C#
5 => _A
b3 => E
b7 => BB,
1 => C#
5 => _A
Guitar Chord: C#m7(b5)
| String | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | O | - | - | - | - |
| A | - | - | - | - | C#/3 |
| D | - | - | E/2 | - | - |
| G | X | X | X | X | X |
| B | - | - | C#/2 | - | - |
| e | O | - | - | - | - |
Bb6
1 => Bb
3 => D
5 => F
6 => G
1 => Bb
3 => D
5 => F
6 => G
About Summer Time
So many versions of this standard.
Best to have a good intro such as oscillating between i and V .
Very well known tunes need some original treatment. -Check Artie Shaw's version.
- Artie Shaw
- Miles Davis
- Chet Baker
"Summertime," Ella Fitzgerald Ella's version of "Summertime," technically a cover of George Gershwin's aria composed for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess, is still utterly jaw-dropping. Gershwin's mix of jazz elements and African-American folk music worked so seamlessly that it would be hard to ignore the song's validity as a jazz standard even if Fitzgerald had never touched the tune. But she did, and did so in a way that really can't be outdone.
Minor 6 chord shape
middle finger on 6th string (low E, the fat string)
if you let your finger straighten slightly it very
conveniently mutes the 5th string which is what you want.
This finger gives you the root note
so the chord is determined by the fret where this finger is positioned,
in our case we want to start on the 5th fret = A
so chord is Am6,
move it up 2 frets and you have Bm6 move up another fret and its Cm6
(so remembering just this one shape gives you
twelve new chords that you know)
first finger goes on 4th string ON THE FRET BEFORE THE ROOT
(so if doing Am6 this is on the 4th fret)
ring finger on the 3rd string on the same fret
as the root note (in this case the 5th)
little finger on the 2nd string on the same fret
as the root note (in this case the 5th)
high e string (1st string)
is muted with the palm of the hand by just closing
up the whole hand a little
(or use whatever part of your anatomy works for you)
Minor 7 chord shape
ring finger presses down
the 2nd 3rd and 4th strings and also mutes the 1st string
(it is easier than it sound)
middle finger comes around the side and presses down
on the 6th string and naturally
tends to mute the 5th string (which is what you want)
so only four strings actually sound,
exactly what you need for a 7th chord (root,
3rd, 5th and 7th note of the scale for those into music theory)
Hope this helps,
sorry if it is a bit long winded
but I have tried to make it as clear as I can,
I would hate anyone to be practising the wrong thing.
Must be fretboard diagrams somewhere on the web
but I have not found any nice ones yet.
FREE GAME TO HELP YOU
Lastly there is a nifty little (free !) game at
Fretboard Trainer
That is supposed to help you memorise the guitar fretboard,
sadly my scores are still in the mid teens
but they are improving slowly and I do think it is helping me
memorise all the note positions. Let me know what you think
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