Glossary Of Terms Used In Solo App
“Changes” (There are multiple uses of this term)
1. A sequence of chord changes that will often include notes other than those belonging to the diatonic key. (This is more
of a jazz musician’s definition)
2. Any sequence of chords one after the other. (This is a broader definition)
“Chord scale”
Any chord plus all of its extensions, presented in a linear, single note manner where all of the notes are rearranged from the root
note, ascending or descending in alphabetical order.
“Coltrane Patterns”
The intervallic formula often used by John Coltrane on tunes like Giant Steps. The pattern on major and dominant chords being
1, 2, 3, 5 and the pattern on minor chords, 1, b3, 4, 5.
“Harmonic Device”
Any chord, scale or arpeggio.
“Holdsworthy Hands”
The stretch of the G.O.A.T
“Melodic Structures”
A short series of repeated intervals creating a melody that is mapped over each chord in a chord sequence. Melodic structures
usually combine both chord tones and extensions. (For example, the melodic structure 5, 6, 7, 2 would map onto a Major 7
chord as 5, 6, 7, 2 and a Dominant 7th chord as 5, 6, b7, 2.)
“Playing over/through chord changes”
Making the sound of each chord in a progression clear in your single note/lead playing. ‘You could really hear the changes in his
solo!’
“Voice leading”
Connecting a melody, or phrase as smoothly as possible from one chord to the next. This normally means moving the least
intervallic distance from the last note played over the current chord to the first note played over the new chord.
Index Of Scale & Chord Intervallic Formulas Used In Solo App
Chord types and their associated intervallic formulas in Solo:
7 - 1, 3, 5, b7 (eg: - C seven)
7alt - 1, b9, #9, 3, b5, #5, b7 (eg: - C seven altered)
7b5 - 1, 3, b5, b7 (eg: - C seven flat five)
7b9 - 1, 3, 5, b7, b9 (eg: - C seven flat nine)
7b5b9 - 1, 3, b5, b7, b9 (eg: - C seven flat five flat nine)
7b5#9 - 1, 3, b5, b7, #9 (eg: - C seven flat five sharp nine)
7#5 - 1, 3, #5, b7 (eg: - C seven sharp five)
7#9 - 1, 3, b7, #9 (eg: - C seven sharp nine)
7#11 - 1, 3, 5, b7, #11 (eg: - C seven sharp eleven)
sus4b9 - 1, 4, 5, b9 (eg: - C sus four flat nine)
7sus4 - 1, 4, 5, b7 (eg: - C seven sus four)
7sus4b9 - 1, 4, 5, b7, b9 (eg: - C seven sus four flat nine)
9sus4 - 1, 4, 5, b7, 9 (eg: - C nine sus four)
13sus4 - 1, 4, 5, b7, 9, 13 (eg: - C thirteen sus four)
13sus4b9 - 1, 4, 5, b7, b9, 13 (eg: - C thirteen sus four flat nine)
9 - 1, 3, 5, b7, 9 (eg: - C nine)
9#11 - 1, 3, 5, b7, 9, #11 (eg: - C nine sharp eleven)
13 - 1, 3, 5, b7, 9, 13 (eg: - C thirteen)
13b9 - 1, 3, 5, b7, b9, 13 (eg: - C thirteen flat nine)
13#9 - 1, 3, 5, b7, #9, 13 (eg: - C thirteen sharp nine)
13#11 - 1, 3, 5, b7, 9, #11, 13 (eg: - C thirteen sharp eleven)
6 - 1, 3, 5, 6 (eg: - C six)
6/9 - 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 (eg: - C six nine)
Maj7 - 1, 3, 5, 7 (eg: - C major seven)
Maj7#11 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, #11 (eg: - C major seven sharp eleven)
Maj7#5 - 1, 3, #5, 7 (eg: - C major seven sharp five)
Maj9 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 (eg: - C major nine)
Maj9#5 - 1, 3, #5, 7, 9 (eg: - C major nine sharp five)
Maj13 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13 (eg: - C major thirteen)
Maj13#11 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, #11, 13 (eg: - C major thirteen sharp eleven)
Maj13#5 - 1, 3, #5, 7, 9, 13 (eg: - C major thirteen sharp five)
m6 - 1, b3, 5, 6 (eg: - C minor six)
m6/9 - 1, b3, 5, 6, 9 (eg: - C minor six nine)
m7 - 1, b3, 5, b7 (eg: - C minor seven)
m7b5 - 1, b3, b5, b7 (eg: - C minor seven flat five)
m7b5(nat9) - 1, b3, b5, b7, 9 (eg: - C minor seven flat five natural nine)
m9 - 1, b3, 5, b7, 9 (eg: - C minor nine)
m11 - 1, b3, 5, b7, 9, 11 (eg: - C minor eleven)
m13 - 1, b3, 5, b7, 9, 11, 13 (eg: - C minor thirteen)
mMaj7 - 1, b3, 5, 7 ( eg: - C minor major seven)
mMaj9 - 1, b3, 5, 7, 9 (eg: - C minor major nine)
mMaj13 - 1, b3, 5, 7, 9, 13 (eg: - C minor major thirteen)
Dim/Dim7 - 1, b3, b5, bb7 (eg: - C diminished/diminished seven)
Scales and their associated intervallic formulas in Solo:
Pentatonic Scales
Major Pentatonic - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Minor Pentatonic - 1, b3, 4, 5, b7
Dominant Pentatonic - 1, 3, 4, 5, b7
Minor 6 Pentatonic - 1, b3, 4, 5, 6
Major Scale Modes
Ionian/Major - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Dorian - 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7
Phrygian - 1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7
Lydian - 1, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7
Mixolydian - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7
Aeolian - 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7
Locrian - 1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7
Melodic Minor Scale Modes
Melodic Minor - 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Dorian b2 - 1, b2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7
Lydian Augmented - 1, 2, 3, #4, #5, 6, 7
Lydian Dominant - 1, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7
Mixolydian b6 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7
Locrian Nat 2 - 1, 2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7
Altered - 1, b9, #9, 3, b5, #5, b7
Harmonic Minor Scale Modes
Harmonic Minor - 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7
Locrian Nat 6 - 1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7
Ionian Augmented - 1, 2, 3, 4, #5, 6, 7
Dorian #4 - 1, 2, b3, #4, 5, 6, b7
Phrygian Dominant - 1, b9, 3, 4, 5, b13, b7
Lydian #9 - 1, #9, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7
Superlocrian bb7 - 1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, bb7
Harmonic Major Scale Modes
Harmonic Major - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, 7
Dorian b5 - 1, 2, b3, 4, b5, 6, b7
Altered Nat 5 - 1, b9, #9, 3, 5, b13, b7
Lydian b3 - 1, 2, b3, #4, 5, 6, 7
Mixolydian b2 - 1, b2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7
Lydian Augmented #2 - 1, #2, 3, #4, #5, 6, 7
Locrian bb7 - 1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, bb7
Other Scales
Blues Scale - 1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7
Major Blues Scale - 1, 2, b3, 3, 5, 6
Diminished Half Whole - 1, b9, #9, 3, b5, 5, 13, b7
Diminished Whole Half - 1, 2, b3, 4, b5, #5, 6, 7
Whole Tone - 1, 2, 3, #4, #5, b7
Augmented Scale - 1, #9, 3, 5, #5, 7
Bebop Scales
Bebop Dominant - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7, 7
Bebop Major - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, 6, 7
Bebop Dom7b9b13 - 1, b9, 3, 4, 5, b13, b7, 7
Bebop Tonic Minor (Melodic) - 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 6, 7
Bebop Tonic Minor (Dorian) - 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 6, b7
Bebop Dorian - 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7, 7
