Workshop 8 mini-test

1. What is the main mental strategy for fast-changing harmony?

2. What is Fm7-B♭7-E♭maj7?

3. What is Am7♭5-D7-Gm?

4. What altered note reveals D7 leading to Gm?

5. What note reveals G7 leading to Cm?

6. Why are guide tones especially useful at faster tempos?

7. What should you target more than scales?

8. Why is one lick per chord a weak approach?

9. What should happen to voicing density as harmonic rhythm gets faster?

10. What is the deepest practical hierarchy for navigating fast changes?

Answers

1. Group chords into functional packets and hear their destination instead of solving every chord independently.
2. ii–V–I in E♭ major.
3. iiø–V–i in G minor.
4. F♯, resolving to G.
5. B natural, resolving to C.
6. They define chord function with minimal notes and move smoothly between changes.
7. Destination chord tones, especially 3rds and 7ths.
8. It fragments the solo and destroys melodic continuity across the harmonic flow.
9. It should generally become simpler and thinner.
10. Chord symbols → functional packets → destinations → target notes.

The central lesson of Workshop 8 is:

Fast harmony becomes playable when you stop chasing the chords and start hearing where the phrase is going.