6-So What Chord-Jazz Piano Chord

Youtube--'Walk That Bass'-18/08/03

So What Chord Voicing

• D 'So What' Chord = D-G C-F-A = 4度 4度 4度 大3度

• Chord built out of 4th (like the So What Chord) are:
  -Considered more 'modern'sounding
  -Are a bit more ambiguous
  -Don't want to resolve anywhere (just float there)

• 'So What' is a Modal Jazz song - which is whole thing. But you can use the 'So What Chord' in a more traditional context.

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• So What Chord Voicing--

So What Chord	Possible Chord	Notes
D So What Chord------(D-G C-F-A)	Dm11	D-F-A-C-E-G
	BbMaj13	Bb-D-F-A-C-Eb-G
	EbMaj13#11	Eb-G-Bb-D-F-A-C
	G9sus	G-C-D-F-A

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• II-V-I in Key of C Maj

Simple Chord Prog	Dm7	G7	CMaj7
II-V-I using So What Chord Voicings	Dm11	G9sus	CMaj7
	D SO WHAT	D SO WHAT	E SO WHAT
	D-G--- C-F-A	D-G---C-F-A	E-A---D-G-B
Variation(变化) of II-V-I So What Chord Voicing	Dm11	G9	CMaj13
	D SO WHAT	OPEN	E SO WHAT
	D-G -- C-F-A	D-G -- B-F-A	E-A -- D-G-B

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• <TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN>

	Chord	Play
C		C-B -- E-G
C
D7b5		D-C -- F#-A
D7b5
D-7	D SO WHAT CHORD	D-G -- C-F-A
G9	OPEN G9 CHORD	D-G -- B-F-A
C
C(Maj7#11)	#1(1房子）-B SO WHAT	B-E -- A-D-F#
C(Maj13)	#2（2房子）-E SO WHAT	E-A -- D-G-B

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• So What Chord Voicing
  -Because So What Chord is ambiguous and doesn't need to resolve anywhere, you can move it around the piano. This can be done:

1. Diatonically:- Only using notes within the key
   (Caveat: interval between F & B is a tritone!)

2. Parallel Motion - Keeping the true/classic So What Chord Sharp

Starting Note	Diatonic(全音阶) So What	Parallel Motion(平行运动) So What
C	C-F -- B-E-G	C-F -- Bb-Eb-G
F	F-B -- E-A-C	F-Bb -- Eb-Ab-C
G	G-C -- F-B-D	G-C -- F-Bb-D

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• <SummerTime>

	So What
Am	A-D -- G-C-E
Bb7	[D音]G-C -- F-Bb-D//[C音]F-Bb -- Eb-Ab-C//[D音]G-C -- F-Bb-D//[E音]A-D -- G-C-E
Am-(E7)	维持上述[E音]A-D -- G-C-E
(Am-A7)	维持上述[E音]A-D -- G-C-E

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D So What Chord Inversions	Note
Root Position	D-G -- C-F-A
1st Inversion	G-C -- F-A-D
2nd Inversion	C-F -- A-D-G
3rd Inversion	F-A -- D-G-C
4th Inversion	A-D -- G-C-F -- (Quartal Voicing)

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D So What Chord Intervals	D So What Chord Intervals	Chord
Classic So What	D-G -- C-F-A	Dm11
LH up 2 Semitones	E-A -- C-F-A	Dm9 or FMaj7
LH up 3 Semitones	F-Bb -- C-F-A	BbMaj9
LH up 4 Semitones	F#-B -- C-F-A	?