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3275 / 18210 · Workshop 14 — “The Girl from Ipanema”: Major-Key Bossa, Chromatic Dominants, ♯11 Color, and Making a Simple Groove Sound Sophisticated← prev⊞ allnext →

14.20RH should not “announce” every fancy chord

If you play a giant G13♯11 voicing loudly every time:

the groove becomes harmonically top-heavy.

Instead:

two or three defining notes may be enough.

For G7♯11:

B-F-C♯

B-F-C♯

is already very clear.