How to Play an Andy Laverne Pedal Point

Andy Laverne Style Pedal Point

Okay, here’s a great pedal point I've got off on Andy Laverne album. This is a great jazz pianist that’s around today. We’re going to do this in the key of F. So we’re going to pedal on C7 on the fifth chord.

Now we’re going to start with FM7 over that C and we’re going to play that off of the major7 of F. So that’s going to start on E and you're going to have 9th, G our 3rd above that is A and out 5th is C. So there’s your major 7 chord. And then we’re going to a B triad over that. There’s going to be a 2nd inversion of B triad. So it’s going to start on F sharp, B, D sharp. And then we’re just going to come down climatically with that same voicing from the B. B-B flat-A, back to that same FM7 voicing and now we’re going to do the same sequence B-B flat-A but we’re going to start on the 2nd inversion of our D sharp and the B chord. D sharp-F sharp-A, D flat chord or A triad and then resolve to our FM7 our one chord. So then you have…

And it’s great pedal point for intros, for endings or an interlude in the middle of the tune. Have a great time with that and there’s a pdf download showing you all the chords. Thanks, bye-bye.


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