![]() ![]() Simply put, all it meant was grab any kind of basic Bb Major seventh chord, and just lower the fifth. Even though I was actually wrong (see below) I still managed to find voicings that had the required notes. ![]() So the first time I heard Sonny call out that chord (and put me on the spot, kind of.) I naively thought: "Wow, he must mean Lydian.". Since I was usually the only chords instrument in the group, what he wanted me to do was sound the chord, and we would vamp on it for a few minutes so that the rest of the band could tune up to it. Sonny would routinely start every one of our sets by saying: "OK, let's tune up: Bb major seventh flat five!". I first encountered the Maj7(b5) chord when I started playing with the great Sonny Simmons, in the early '90s. THE MAJOR SEVENTH FLAT FIVE CHORD aka Maj7(b5) Major7(b5) chord - jazz theory - improvisation - Major seventh flat 5 - diminished 5th - Bruno Pelletier ![]()
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