Frank Vignola "2-5 Minor 9 to Dominant 9" Practice Session

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:04]All right. So, two fives in action.

[00:00:11]Okay. We're going to start with this G minor 7, C7, that minor 9 to the dominant nine. There's no root in this chord.

[00:00:28]There's your root.

[00:00:32]Dominant nine. There's your root.

[00:00:45]Many ways you can finger it.

[00:00:51]It's the way I usually do it. Or like that.

[00:00:56]Okay, this is an important 25 because right the songs based on that too. uh misty. All right. So, we'll start with G minor 7, C7. Think about it as C7. We'll go around the cycle starting on C7. So, we're putting the two to the five. G minor 7, C7. We're just going to play through the minor 9, dominant 9.

[00:01:48]Repeat it. And then to C minor 7th, F7.

[00:01:56]Okay. And then next would be F minor 7, B flat 9.

[00:02:03]Okay. So we're starting on G minor 7th in a bosanova groove around the cycle. 1 2 C minor 7th, F7, F minor 7th, or F minor 9. But I like to look at it as F minor 7, B flat 7, B flat minor 7, E flat minor 9.

[00:02:48]Let me just add one more thing because if it gets confusing, we always have to remember our main form, right? G minor, C7, C minor, F7, F minor, B flat.

[00:03:08]B flat minor, E flat.

[00:03:12]If we remember that, we'll always remember that this is just the extension of that. Okay. So, while we're playing this, we have to see that six string root.

[00:03:28]to know what key we're in. It'll get easier. Okay, let's start that from the top. We'll take it a little bit slower.

[00:03:38]Now, if you're having a lot of trouble with this, just get the basic G minor 7 C7th around the cycle to start.

[00:03:51]G minor 7, C7th, C minor 7th, F minor, B flat. side minor. So, E flat 9 E flat and A flat 7 goes to A flat minor 7. So, that's one way to remember it.

[00:04:45]D flat 9 goes to D flat minor 9.

[00:04:56]F sharp minor, B flat minor, E flat, E dominant, E minor, A dominant.

[00:05:25]A minor 9 and D minor 9, G.

[00:05:43]Arpeggiate it a little bit.

[00:06:00]F minor, B flat minor 7, E flat, Going E flat minor 7, A flat minor 7, D flat.

[00:06:48]F sharp.

[00:06:52]It's a nice little pattern too here.

[00:06:57]B flat minor. B minor. Sorry.

[00:07:06]E A minor 7th, D minor.

[00:07:36]Okay. So that could become a good rhythm part too.

[00:07:42]Three note G minor 7th then the upper based on Okay. Now, most songs, I mean, no songs go around all these keys. So, this is more challenging than actually playing, say, Avalon, which we're going to get into a second. But, I just want to go around one more time with this with a little swing groove.

[00:08:35]Same concept.

[00:08:45]Now you can put the first chord or not.

[00:08:48]You can just concentrate on this or you can just go around the cycle with the 25 if you're still getting familiar with that. Okay, here we go.

[00:09:01]M uh uh 1 2 3 5 on C minor.

[00:09:19]Eventually you make up your own rhythms.

[00:09:28]B flat minor That's a good one. We'll use that one for the first chords.

[00:09:38]E flat minor 7.

[00:09:42]You don't even have to hit the bass note.

[00:09:45]Concentrate on that middle of the guitar.

[00:09:56]D flat minor.

[00:10:05]F sharp minor, B minor, E minor.

[00:10:32]A minor 7 D minor Okay, now come up with your own rhythms and I'll play some chord of the bar.

[00:10:54]Heat. Heat. N.

[00:11:14]Hey, hey, hey.

[00:11:27]Oh, hey.

[00:12:12]Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey.

[00:12:42]Okay, now another cool substitution is the sharp 11.

[00:12:54]There's your dominant nine.

[00:13:00]Another thing I want to point out is in here.

[00:13:04]Look, also on the fourth string, you have all those notes, the other two They all work against this and against this.

[00:13:24]So you can make any combination and then that's in the song four on six.

[00:13:50]Right. So that's that chord form based on the 25 with the dominant nine. We're doing just flatting one note.

[00:13:59]Okay. So let's go around that and then we'll put it into a song progression. A lot easier than going around the cycle.

[00:14:28]F minor.

[00:14:46]E flat minor 7, A flat minor 7, D flat minor 7, F sharp minor, D minor, E minor.

[00:15:41]A minor, D minor.

[00:15:58]Okay. G minor. You got it. Be creative with some musical ideas with that sharp 11.

[00:16:10]And if you're completely lost, just play some chords around the cycle. Just get used to the chords moving around the neck. F minor, B flat, 7.

[00:16:25]Going to B flat minor.

[00:16:35]E flat, A flat, C sharp, Fsharp.

[00:17:11]B minor, E minor, A minor 7.

[00:17:50]All right, good little solo ring.

[00:17:55]Let's follow the chord down.

[00:18:23]All of it works over the 25.

[00:18:26]Okay, now let's go on to Avalon.

[00:18:29]Did put the changes in there again in the assets.

[00:18:39]Just go over the chord changes.

[00:18:42]It's going to be one measure of G minor 7th, one measure of C7th, one measure of G minor 7th, one measure of C7th. Okay, it says all four measures C7th we're putting in the 25.

[00:19:01]And then it'll just be an F. I'll leave it up to you.

[00:19:08]Major 7th, major 6, 69, anything you want to throw in there. Any kind of major chord type. This is the time to experiment with the minor.

[00:19:21]Right. Okay. So, that's the first eight measures. Then that repeats for another eight measures.

[00:19:27]Okay. Then the 17th measure is one measure A minor 7th, one measure D7, one measure A minor 7th, one measure D7.

[00:19:41]Then two measures G minor or G minor 7th. What we're going to use is G minor 9 for the practice. Remember, it's the extension of this chord shape that we're used to.

[00:19:57]Okay? Up to B flat minor 9.

[00:20:03]Okay?

[00:20:04]For two measures.

[00:20:06]And then an F major for two measures.

[00:20:14]And then an A minor 7 for one measure. Then a D7 for one measure.

[00:20:25]Then a G minor 7 for one measure. C7 for one measure and out. So it's basically we have two two fives we're dealing with in this song. on the G minor 7, the C7, an F, any kind of F major, then again.

[00:20:56]Okay. Now, A minor 7th to a D9 to a G minor 9.

[00:21:06]a G minor to a B flat minor 9. Okay, we're even going to go one step further here on bar uh let's see 16 17 18 19 20. Bar 21 is a G minor.

[00:21:26]We're going to make that a G minor 7 or that G minor 9. And then the next measure we're going to make C 7 or C9. So we can continue that pattern. Then B flat minor 7 and then E flat 7 or E flat 9. So it'll sound like this from letter B.

[00:21:56]That's your A minor 9, D7 and G minor.

[00:22:02]up to B flat.

[00:22:06]Now F. See how nice that leads to that major 7th and then A minor 7, G minor 7, C9 F. Okay, we'll put it in the nice slow bossa to start. This isn't really, we're not looking at this as the song Avalon. simply a chord progression to get us used to using this. And as you see, there's only three in this song.

[00:22:37]Two fives that is. And we're forcing it in there. Usually there's just one or two, maybe three sets of two fives in one song. So again, that circle of fifths is a tough study.

[00:22:50]Okay, we're going to focus on that what we just practiced through the cycle there at 104.

[00:23:04]Okay, a lot said for 3 4 again.

[00:23:16]Now some F majors. Leave it up to you.

[00:23:24]again with the minor 9 and then F coming up to the A minor 7 or A minor 9 in this case.

[00:23:53]G minor, C up to B flat minor, then the F major, A minor, D7, G minor, C7, F.

[00:24:19]Okay. Make your own rhythms. Make it melodic.

[00:24:37]Practice some F major arpeggios in there.

[00:25:33]One more Time for practice.

[00:26:51]Nice. Okay, now we'll work on that.

[00:27:11]Okay. I hate to do it to you, but we're going to take that around the cycle first.

[00:27:18]Then we'll put it into the tune.

[00:27:22]We'll start on G minor 7th. Okay.

[00:27:32]Really concentrating on these two strings. That one's getting in there. It doesn't matter.

[00:27:40]Okay, let's run that around the cycle there.

[00:27:45]One, two, uh, let's get that bossa thing going. Sorry about that.

[00:27:57]Here we go.

[00:28:01]One, two, uh, uh, to C minor.

[00:28:13]Third finger root on the fourth string.

[00:28:20]F minor, B flat minor, E flat, 13th fret.

[00:28:44]Any rhythm will work.

[00:28:48]A flat, B flat minor, F sharp.

[00:29:16]B minor 7, E minor, A minor 7.

[00:29:50]can start to connect them back to G minor.

[00:29:57]Go ahead. You got it. Be creative with the rhythms.

[00:30:08]F minor 7th. Next, B flat minor.

[00:30:39]A flat minor, D flat minor.

[00:31:06]B minor 7, E minor, A minor 7.

[00:31:34]and D minor 7.

[00:31:46]All right, great practice again.

[00:31:50]Remember all those notes work. Plus all the neighbors.

[00:32:27]Right? You hear all those ideas in there? That's the base really for guitar, too. It's a great position time.

[00:32:34]That always leads to the vent as well.

[00:32:36]Um, okay. Let's get back to Avalon and we could practice soloing and also putting in these changes here.

[00:32:53]Okay, here we go. I'll put in the changes. You can throw in the changes.

[00:32:57]Do this. I'll just put a little part in there. And uh feel free remember we have the now F.

[00:33:16]Three blues notes and some others.

[00:33:29]And that's where your ear sort of takes over your vocabulary.

[00:33:34]Um, that's why I always encourage more listening to jazz because it's like learning a foreign language, which I've never done, but I imagine it's the same that the more you immerse yourself in the books in the language that the more seeps in. So, Charlie Christian, the classics. I always love the classics.

[00:33:56]So, uh, I do encourage more, uh, listening. So, here we go.

[00:34:01]I'll play the first one. You play some rhythm.

[00:35:16]You got All right.

[00:36:09]What happen?

[00:36:28]One more time through.

[00:37:43]All right. Now, we're going to put it into the swing.

[00:37:48]tempo about 120.

[00:37:53]Remember, if the tempo's faster, it doesn't mean you have to do everything you were playing at the slow tempo faster. You play less. Show you what I mean. I'll do the first chorus comping.

[00:38:31]rhythmic patterns.

[00:38:58]Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat.

[00:39:10]Put the sharp 11 in me.

[00:39:27]Heat. Heat.

[00:40:14]Go ahead.

[00:40:43]Heat. Heat.

[00:41:18]Play another one.

[00:41:27]Great tempo. 120.

[00:42:09]Okay, one more chorus after this.

[00:42:13]Go get them. Try all the notes you haven't tried yet.

[00:42:50]Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat.

[00:43:11]going now.