'Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas'

Improvised solo by Doug Mckenzie

C7/Bb
CMaj7/B
C6/A
(or Am7)

44
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44 Q
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2

q
bQ

RH and LH in contrary motion

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Q

Dm9

Dm6
DmMaj7/C#
Dm7/C

10

G13

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Q

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#q_
Q
Q

G7sus

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q
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G7sus
A7alt Dm11 Ab7#11
G7/F

Bb7#11

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bQ
bQ

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n_

. .
_.. ..

16

q
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q
b_
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b
nQQ Q _QQ _ b_
# bq Q

G7b9

Chromatic approach
chord from beneath

q
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b__
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C69
B69

#
#_
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b

Eb7#11
Bb7#11

C/E

Q
QQ
nb_

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b_

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bQ

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A7b9b13

n#_
Q

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nh
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nQ

Q
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_e
G7/F

G7b13

E7alt

A7b9

Cycle of 5ths turnaround

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Q
Q

q
q

_H
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n_HH

(LH Root,5th,9th and RH m3rd,b7th,11th )

On next 4 bars, 2 ways to harmonise I - vi - ii - V

( CMaj7 - Am7 - Dm7 - G7)

bq_
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bq_

11

D7#11 G7

G7b9

Am9
Eb7#11
Dm11
This is a Kenny Barron minor 11 voicing

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bq

D7

G9

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G13b9

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QQ
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Q
bE

QQ Q
QE
#Q_QQ

F#m7b5
FMaj7
E7alt
Looking for chromatically descending bass line

12

Q
QQ

#Q

G/B

Am7

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q
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b_

C/G

13

F#m7b5

15

All the time, looking for opportunities for descending bass line!
3

Am7

Q.

_
_ b_
Ab7alt

_Q

16

FmMaj7

qqq

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_ b_
__b_ _

Now in tempo on the bridge

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bQ

bq

F/E

18

bn_
_

_HH
H

Dm11

Em7

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_Q
#Q

b #

b_QQQ

qq Q E q
bqe
q bq_

q
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bq _Q
n_
_Q Q n_QQ
_QQ
Q
Q
b_q
3

q
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_ _ _ _
3

19

bb_ _ _ bn

Cdim

10

CMaj7

This is a whole/half dim. scale on Cdim

e.

n_
_Q

_
_Q
#Q
3

22

Dm9

20

F#m7b5

_ #Q

nQ

C7alt

Ebdim

b_
bQQ

E7b9

Gm11

17

Db7

_
_
n QQ
Q

G/F

LH uses chromatic 'fall-off' beneath block chords

21

G7sus

Basic harmony for these 2 bars still basically I-vi-ii-V (CMaj7 Am7, Dm7, G7)

C69

14

Eb7#11

q
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#_

Ab7

n
Q
Q

b_
_QQQ
Q

G7sus G7b9

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_qqq

E qq
q

Q
Q
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3

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b_
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b
b _ _q q
b_
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_q

B7alt

#QQ

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CMaj7
Em/D# Em7/C C#m7b5
C69/B Am11

Em

qq
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23

qq
_q

q
#q_q

#Q

nQ

24

C7

C7/Bb Am7

26

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_qq

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Q.

q
bQ

_
q
_
_q

# n

_Q
QQ _

Dm11

#E

Dm11

27

_qqq

30

Ab7alt

32

33

b
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b

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35

bb_

b
b

More contrary motion

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n
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bnqq

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#q_
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bh.

C69

e
_ _qq_
nb_
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_qq_ n_
_q_

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Am7/G Dm7

G/F

E7sus E7alt

28

be
bq_
E

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_QQ
Q

31

C7alt

FMaj9

b n qqq
# b
q
n Q
Q

QQ
34

Fourth voicings

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Q _QE #Q
E
QQ
Eb7#11

Close position block chords

n n
_Q
q
qq
_
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Dm7 Em7 FMaj7F#dim

G7sus G13b9 C69

25

G7sus G7alt

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Q

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q
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Q
q.
q.

Gm9

e_
Q
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Q Q
Q Q

A7sus AbMaj9

G7sus Db7

Am7
CMaj7 CMaj7/B

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Q b qq
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G7sus G7b9

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b_ _

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qq

q _
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Q
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Q bQbQ
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Am

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Q.

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nq
Q
Q

For next 3 bars, the chromatically descending bass line again!

_q

29

_ _qqq

Q
#q
nQ
3

qq
_
_q
Q

bHH

n
b

b
_
_ bQ_
_Q Q
b Q

Fm/C

C69

Fm/C

37

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C69

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w
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38

B/C

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_ b

Final arpeggio - a B major triad on C

39

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CMaj7

40

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