This may sound stupid, if so forgive me. I come to the ukulele from a background in bluegrass and in that I larned and developed an ear for the I, IV, V chords in the various keys, passing chords, etc. I kind of knew where a song was going as soon as I knew the key.
I'm now tryng to pursue the jass playing of a ukulele and I am baffled in the jazz chord progression issue. Do they start with the 1 and end on the 1 after a turn at the 5? I have read and tried to learned the 1ma7, 1ma6, 2m7 57 progression or the 1ma7, 6m7, 2m7 or 57 progression. My question is how are they used? What do I do with them? Do they generally appear as a package in a jazz tune or are they just as likely to be split up and appear singularly or so forth. If that is the case why are they called progressions and why are we encouraged to learn them as progressions, as units? Thanks for your help. Blessings,
I'm now tryng to pursue the jass playing of a ukulele and I am baffled in the jazz chord progression issue. Do they start with the 1 and end on the 1 after a turn at the 5? I have read and tried to learned the 1ma7, 1ma6, 2m7 57 progression or the 1ma7, 6m7, 2m7 or 57 progression. My question is how are they used? What do I do with them? Do they generally appear as a package in a jazz tune or are they just as likely to be split up and appear singularly or so forth. If that is the case why are they called progressions and why are we encouraged to learn them as progressions, as units? Thanks for your help. Blessings,