Explain this Move Challenge #1

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[jerrysumo]

This is a Major 2, 5, 1 movement in key C. 1st chord: D minor 11(13th) quartal voicing; starting with the Gmaj pentatonic scale on the 4th degree of the scale. 2nd chord: G13, and 3rd chord: C maj7 b5.
Thank you sir for this ecstatic testing of our ability in the music field.

[dionemayfield]

Challenge #1 explained:

One way to use this movement is in the context of a song like Amazing Grace in the Key of G Major. I'll set this movement up with the lyrics and melody of the song respectively as if there was a soloist singing the melody and i am the accompanist
So we have this:

"Ah- maaaa"
↪(G major)

[your movement starts here]
⬇️
"ZING"
↪single notes walking up a G pentatonic:
↪D -E -G -A
(all four notes at the moment the singer hits that syllable "ZING"

then on "GRACE"
↪Chord this:
↪G C F B

note that the B from the pentatonic walk up hits at the same time the singer says "GRACE" so it's actually a part of the melody. And the chord itself is functioning as a V7 going to the IV - which is C since we're in G Major.

So the bulk of your movement hits on "GRACE"

↪G C F B with grace notes(A and G) down the pentatonic

To this:
F and B tritone in the left hand and
E-F-E-D movement in right hand...

All that part of the movement is on the word "GRACE"

then finally to the IV chord which in this situation is C major 7 sharp 11
(To be played when the singer hits the word SWEET)
So on "SWEET" I'd play your chord
↪F# - B-C- E
with my right hand and hold a C in bass with my left.

then that sharp 11 (F#) gets moved to a G natural in the chord, functioning like a suspension that's moving from the F# to the G (keeping all the other notes still and only moving the F#.

and to finish the line
When the singers hits "THE"
play E minor 7
like this
Left hand: E
Right Hand:
G-B-D-F#

on "SOUND"
play an A minor
Chord and move it like this...
Left hand: A
Right Hand:
F#-B-C-E
but move that F# to G the same way we moved it on the IV chord, which was the C major 7 sharp 11.

Feel me?

[maicanimpression]

Many things come to mind... at the jump the melody leads my ear to think you are in the key of Gmajor. Based on the bass notes my ears hear (5...1...flat2😮) you are playing Dmin7(11)add13, G7 and Aflat 7#5 #9 all rootless voicings. The third chord is a passing chord that will take you to the 2 or Amin...all this tied together by the melody line you've created.

For a resolved progession I feel it could also be a 2 5 1 in the key of C but the 1 would give a very dissonant sound with the #11 and maj7 played in that second inversion.

[irawardmusic]

I can explain it in one word, awesome!

Rooted G11 to rootless G7 and rootless D13?

G11, G7 to D13 minus the melody?
If I remember correctly, a chord is basically three notes or more and that you can play any of the notes in the chord description?

D13 can also be played as D7/Em with a subtracted 5.

I like your rootless inversion of the D13, F#-B-C-E, you can resolve the B to A# LOL.

Thanks for Blessing us, God sees :).

[closewithchris]

There is possibly a very simple answer to this, but lately, I've been studying complex jazz chords. I've also started playing with a bass player more oftenwhich frees me up from having to play in the lower tones. With that said, when I don’t practice with a bass player, my ears now here other notes that aren't necessarily there and are implied. With that said, I would describe the landing chords like this.

In the key of C this could be a 6, 5, 2 movement.

G-C-F-B
Silent Bass: A

F-B-E-G
Silent Bass: G

F#-B-C-E
Silent Bass: D

[TheExplodingPizza]

To me this makes the most sense in the key of G major as a Dm11(13) - G13 - D13 but the b that you land on in the first chord makes it feel like it’s in the key of C major for a moment. However, I could also see an argument for this being a ii - V - I in C major with a G pentatonic scale juxtaposed on top

[nicorentzsch]

sounds like a rootless Dmin13(11) (voiced in fourths) - G7 - Cmaj7#11 to me. great idea for a series!

[BlessedOne]

Hey, do u also play the organ? In years to come, I would love to play but there isn’t much teaching from someone who plays both and can help with transitioning from keys to Organ. I am not at a high level yet. Also, would that mean having to buy one to practice because I’ve heard these Hammonds are expensive?

[marveljacob]

From the scale played..i think its a 2 -5-1 on the key of C..but the 1 having a spice of the #11M7 added to it...the 2 being a rootless Dm7(11)13 chord to G7 rootless as the 5...then to a CM7#11 as the 1

[wheres-dz]

That was a C pentatonic run and when you played the E you did a quartal voicing

[kopanotempleton]

To me the first Chord looked like a G7 sus 4 🤷‍♂️

[HarmoniqMusiq]

Seems like 1-3-4 or like a sub for 1-4-5 progression.