Chords for Bird on Indiana

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134.95 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

F

Eb

Fm

Gb

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Bird on Indiana chords
Start Jamming...
Let's see what happens.
[Ebm]
[B] [Db] [Ab]
[Dbm] [Db] Can you hear it?
Let's do [Eb] it.
[E] [Ab] [Dbm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Ebm] Yeah
[Gb]
[Dbm]
[E] Let me [F] show you one that's really something.
You know Bird did one on the song.
[N]
It's almost like if you're playing Indiana.
I want to show you where Bird played a whole tritone
Against like E flat minor to A flat 7.
He played a whole D7 against E flat minor to A flat 7.
Listen to this.
[Ab]
[Fm]
[E] [Ab]
Right at that spot.
This way I got to do [Fm] it.
Now watch.
[F] [G]
[Fm] [Bbm] [B]
[Eb] [Gb] [Dm] [Ebm] That's what he said.
Listen.
[Gb] [Fm] [Dbm]
[Eb] [G] Now that's a [Eb] whole.
[Ab] [Fm]
[N] We need to write that one out.
[Ebm] [E]
[A] That's the way he did it [Db] too.
I might have changed something right in the middle, but that's the way he [Eb] played it.
[Gb] And [F] it's really effective if you're playing.
[C] [D]
[C]
[Eb] [A]
[B] [Ab] [D]
[Cm] [F]
[G] [Gm] [C]
[Gb]
[D] [F] [Em]
[Gm] [Ab]
[G] [F] [D]
[F]
[Gb] [Db] [Dbm]
[Cm] [F]
[G] [Fm] [Ab]
[F] [C]
[Ab]
Now watch.
F minor [Fm] there.
F sharp A.
You hear that?
[F] [Db]
[F] [B]
[F] [Eb]
[Fm]
[F] You hear [G]
[Bbm] that?
[Eb]
[Eb] [N] I wonder what would happen if I run that A7.
See how for the E flat 7 I was playing A7.
I wonder what would happen if I run the A7 into a D7.
This is [Ab] hard.
Let me see if I can do this.
[D]
[Db] [F] No, I
[Gb] [Bm] [Fm]
[N] got to play the chords.
Let's see.
[Ab] [F]
[D] I got to play it right.
[Eb]
[Ab] [D] [Ab]
[E] But that's [N] the way you have to practice the music.
So you have to really learn about tritones.
And there's a reason for you practicing the four sevens that go together.
There's a reason for you practicing them first.
There are other reasons too.
Like
the B7 to the D7.
There's another reason.
When you do a song like Sonny Gets Blue.
Say if I was doing Sonny Gets Blue in the key of E.
The first chord would be F sharp minor to B7.
When Sonny
[Gb]
Sonny gets [Abm] blue
It goes to [A] A minor 7.
The [Gb] dreamer starts a [Eb] jitter.
So there is a thing where you play a [N] 2 and you play a 4 minor.
So that's another reason for playing a B7 to a D7.
The 2
You're playing the 2 to the 4 minor and that's like Sonny Gets Blue.
It's a 2 to a 4 minor.
So there's a reason for that.
There's another reason for that.
See, so each thing has reasons so that you're supposed to practice B7 into D7.
Horn players particularly like you.
You're supposed to practice these things.
You're supposed to practice B7 into F7.
Really when you're practicing you should be practicing
See I can play the chord and hear you know
hear the
What you would call the outsideness of it, but you have to practice
Without really hearing it.
So really what you should practice is like
You should also know you know like if you if you practice a Bb7 into Eb major you got to also practice an E7
E7 into Bb Eb major as if E7 is the most important thing not the Bb7
So you should practice E7 into
Eb major
So you really have to practice that so that you'll get you won't be able to hear because see I can do it
See on like piano play it has an [Ab] advantage.
I can play F minor [D] 7
[Fm] And then I can play the E [Bb] [Eb]
and I can [Fm] hear you know,
[Bb]
[Eb] and [Fm] so you really have
[Bb] [Fm] [Ab]
[Eb]
So you got a really [Db] that's [F]
a pretty one too
[Gm] [N]
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F
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Eb
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Fm
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Gb
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Ab
134211114
F
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Eb
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_ _ _ _ Let's see what happens.
[Ebm] _
_ [B] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ Can you hear it?
Let's do [Eb] it. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] Yeah
_ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ [E] Let me [F] show you one that's really something.
You know Bird did one on the song.
[N] _ _
It's almost like if you're playing Indiana.
_ I want to show you where Bird played a whole tritone
_ Against like E flat minor to A flat 7.
He played a whole D7 against E flat minor to A flat 7.
Listen to this.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ Right at that spot.
This way I got to do [Fm] it.
Now watch.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [B] _
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ebm] That's what he said.
Listen.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [G] Now that's a [Eb] whole. _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[N] We need to write that one out.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] That's the way he did it [Db] too. _
I might have changed something right in the middle, but that's the way he [Eb] played it.
[Gb] _ And [F] it's really effective if you're playing.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Now watch.
F minor [Fm] there.
F sharp A. _ _ _
You hear that?
[F] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ You hear _ [G] _
_ [Bbm] that?
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [N] I wonder what would happen if I run that A7.
_ See how for the E flat 7 I was playing A7.
I wonder what would happen if I run the A7 into a D7.
This is [Ab] hard.
Let me see if I can do this. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [F] No, I _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [N] got to play the chords.
Let's see.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [D] I got to play it right.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [E] _ _ But that's [N] the way you have to practice the music.
_ _ So you have to really learn about tritones.
_ _ _ And there's a reason for you practicing the four sevens that go together.
There's a reason for you practicing them first.
_ There are other reasons too.
_ _ Like _ _
the B7 to the D7.
There's another reason. _ _
When you do a song like Sonny Gets Blue. _ _ _
Say if I was doing Sonny Gets Blue in the key of E.
The first chord would be F sharp minor to B7.
When Sonny
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
Sonny gets [Abm] blue
It goes to [A] A minor 7.
The [Gb] dreamer starts a [Eb] jitter.
So there is a thing where you play a [N] 2 and you play a 4 minor.
_ So that's another reason for playing a B7 to a D7.
The 2 _
_ You're playing the 2 to the 4 minor and that's like Sonny Gets Blue.
It's a 2 to a 4 minor.
_ So there's a reason for that.
There's another reason for that.
_ _ _ See, so each thing has reasons so that you're supposed to practice B7 into D7.
Horn players particularly like you.
You're supposed to practice these things.
You're supposed to practice B7 into F7.
Really when you're practicing you should be practicing
See _ I can play the chord and hear you know
hear the _
What you would call the outsideness of it, but you have to practice
_ _ Without really hearing it.
So really what you should practice is like _ _
_ You should also know you know like if you if you practice a Bb7 into Eb major you got to also practice an E7
E7 into Bb Eb major as if E7 is the most important thing not the Bb7
So you should practice E7 into
_ Eb major _
So you really have to practice that so that you'll get you won't be able to hear because see I can do it
See on like piano play it has an [Ab] advantage.
I can play F minor [D] 7
_ _ _ _ [Fm] And then I can play the E _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
and I can [Fm] hear you know, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ and [Fm] so you really have _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
So you got a really [Db] _ _ that's _ [F] _
a pretty one too
[Gm] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Get