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Coltrane Changes Explained

This document discusses the Coltrane Matrix, a jazz guitar technique developed by John Coltrane. The Coltrane Matrix involves reharmonizing chord progressions by modulating between chords a major third apart, creating an augmented triad. This creates a cycle moving between chords a major third lower. The document provides an example of applying this technique to a basic ii-V-I progression in C major. It explains Coltrane first used this technique on albums like Blue Train and Giant Steps and was inspired by the modulation in the B section of "Have You Met Miss Jones."

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Coltrane Changes Explained

This document discusses the Coltrane Matrix, a jazz guitar technique developed by John Coltrane. The Coltrane Matrix involves reharmonizing chord progressions by modulating between chords a major third apart, creating an augmented triad. This creates a cycle moving between chords a major third lower. The document provides an example of applying this technique to a basic ii-V-I progression in C major. It explains Coltrane first used this technique on albums like Blue Train and Giant Steps and was inspired by the modulation in the B section of "Have You Met Miss Jones."

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Coltrane Matrix: a reharmonization of chord substitutions of a basic ii-V-I with


movement in major thirds creating an augmented triad. This is also know as "Coltrane
Substitution," "Coltrane Changes," etc.

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Coltrane first introduced this on Blue Train on tunes such as Moment's Notice and
Lazy Bird, and later on took things further on Giant Steps.
The B section from Have You Met Miss Jones served as inspiration for Coltrane
because of the major 3rd modulation from D to Gb to Bb.

Coltrane Substitution:
1) Here is a normal ii-V-I in C major:
| ii | V |
I ||
| dmin7 | G7 | Cmaj7 ||
2) Now with the Major 3rds Cycle:
| ii

V** |

I*

V** | I*

V** |

I* |

| dmin7 Eb7 | Abmaj7 B7 | Emaj7 G7 | Cmaj7 |


This progression moves from Ab, down a major 3rd to E, then down another
major 3rd to C. Make sense?
Every modulation to a new key is tonicized by a preceding V chord, indicated my
the ** in the diagram.

Where does this come from?


Here is the cycle of 4ths, and as you can see, the
triangle connects the tones that are a major 3rd
appart.
In this diagram, you can rotate the triangle and
figure out all the possibilities for the major 3rds
cycle.

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