In this easy jazz blues guitar lesson, we talk about the “Coltrane Turnaround” for blues. It can really be used anywhere that you would play the I-VI-II-V but it works especially well as a substitution at the end of a 12 bar blues chord progression.
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It’s a good way to add a jazz blues sound to any regular blues chord progression, or it can also just be a way to take your jazz blues chord substitutions to a different place.
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0:00 Intro to the Coltrane Turnaround
0:10 The Basic Jazz Blues Chord Turnarounds
0:34 The Coltrane Turnaround Blues Chord Changes
1:00 Analyzing the Coltrane Turnaround
1:20 Tritone of the VI
1:30 Treating the tritone like a V of it’s own key
1:45 Back to the V or the tritone of the V
2:30 One more time.. Why it works..
2:56 Examples of the Coltrane Turnaround
3:15 Final thoughts
