II V I excercise  


Chords in both hands using inversions and with extensions in right hand

Try out this exercise for the II V I pattern, one of the most frequent patterns in jazz. To get a smooth progression inversions are used on the dominant seventh chord in the left hand ( B7, A7 etc).

Practise the left hand first, and later add the right hand which adds the ninth to the minor seventh chords and major seventh chords and ninth and 13th to the dominant sevenths.

                                left hand              right hand                                                                                                           
                                            lowest note first                           

Set 1         

                F#m7         F# A C# E         A C# E G#            
                B7             F# A B D#         A C# D # G#        
                Ema7         E G# B D#         G# B D# F#        

                Em7         E G B D               G B D F#                 
                A7             E G A C#           G B C# F#               
                Dma7         D F# A C#         F# A C# E             

                Dm7         D F A C               F A C E                     
                G7             D F G B             F A B E                    
                Cma7         C E G B             E G B D                   

                Cm7         C Eb G Bb         Eb G Bb D              
                F7            C Eb F A             Eb G A D                 
                Bbma7     Bb D F A            D F A C                     

                Bbm7      Bb Db F Ab    Db F Ab C

                Eb7          Bb Db Eb G     Db F G C
                Abma7     Ab C Eb G       C Eb G Bb

                 
                Abm7     Ab Cb Eb Gb     Cb Eb Gb Bb       
                Db7         Ab Cb Db F       Cb Eb F Bb        
                Gbma7     Gb Bb Db F     Bb Db F Ab           

Set 2 

                Am7         A C E G             C E G B                
                D7             A C D F#         C E F# B               
                Gma7         G B D F#         B D F# A               

                Gm7         G Bb D F         Bb D F A                 
                C7             G Bb C E         Bb D E A                
                Fma7          F A C E         A C E G                   

                Fm7         F Ab C Eb         Ab C Eb G            
                Bb7         F Ab Bb D         Ab C D G               
                Ebma7     Eb G Bb D         G Bb D F                

                Ebm7         Eb Gb Bb Db     Gb Db Db F      
                Ab7             Eb Gb Ab C     Gb Bb C F         
                Dbma7         Db F Ab C       F Ab C Eb         

                Dbm7         Db Fb Ab Cb     Fb Ab Cb Eb    
                Gb7            Db Fb Gb Bb     Fb Ab Bb Eb    
                Bma7         B D# F# A#        D# F# A# C#     

                Bm7             B D F# A         D F# A C#          
                E7                 B D E G#         D F# G# C#       
                Ama7         A C# E G#         C# E G# B           

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