In this example I'm using the lyric broken up into 1+2+4+1+2+2+1

Spoken example

This is the section in the chorus where we go out a little. I'm using 2 seventh chords, an F maj 7 and a G 7 chord. Remember in the seventh chords section, I mentioned that you can play a minor chord melodic word over a major seventh and a diminished chord melodic word over a dominant seventh. Well, that's what I"m doing here.

For the Fmaj7, I'm using a A minor chord and the notes I'm using are A-C-D-E. Click here to listen. Everybody has heard that melodic word. Why? Cause it's the first 4 notes of the minor pentatonic scale. Remeber our chord scales? This is the minor equivalent of that.

For the G7, I'm using the diminished chord word going down. Click here to listen. This is also a commonly used melodic word, cause it accentuates a scale segment between the 7th and 5th. Our last note is the C the B of the diminished chord goes to the C of the C major chord, a very natural progression.

Click below to listen to the sung example:

Sung example.

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