Turnarounds

Chromatic Dominants (I-bII7-ii-bVI7)

Chromatic dominants where the diatonic turnaround chords would be. Maximum chromaticism.

Key
C
Level
advanced
Where
Modern jazz, reharmonization

The changes

  1. Cmaj7
  2. Db7
  3. Dm7
  4. Ab7

The hands

Left hand then right, as the source writes them. A pianist's voicing routinely carries a colour the chord symbol does not spell — a flat ninth over a dominant, a ninth on top of a seventh chord — so the notes printed under each keyboard are what is actually played, rather than what the symbol alone would predict.

Cmaj7

chord 1

LH C2 G2RH E4 B4 D5

Db7

chord 2

LH Db3 Ab3RH F4 Cb5 Eb5

Dm7

chord 3

LH D3 A3RH F4 C5 E5

Ab7

chord 4

LH Ab2 Eb3RH C4 Gb4 Bb4

Associated players