Lesson 42

Notes to Lesson 42

Lesson 42 returns to Bridges from Lesson 40. Here are our tasks:

Transpose each of the exercises of Lesson 40 to the keys of F, Ab, and Bb
Write two additional bridges for each chord progression
Transpose them to the keys of F, Ab, and Bb.

Mickey analyzes the Bridges by mentioning that he's used minor runs for dominant chords, such as A minor7 run for a D7. Just like we've been doing all along substituting the ii7 for the V7 chords. Read what Mickey says, but I don't think it will come as any big surprise to any of us.

When we write our new bridges, Mickey wants us to use the same runs, but change them around, change the phrasing, etc. I've written two bridges for each of the six exercises and those are named as Extra in the TEF titles. These are just my attempts and you may use them in any way that will help you create your own. I transposed them to the three other keys as well.

I've also repeated the Prime Exercises in G from Lesson 40 so that you don't have to look them up again. The TEF titles for Mickey's originals comprise the exercise number from Lesson 40, the chord progression exercise number from Lesson 15, and then the key. That's probably a little more confusing than it should be, but once you work with them, it'll become clear. Yeah, sure!

Since you have all kinds of creative work, I've not added any additional Bonus TEF's. This lesson is a lot more fun after you do the first example than you're going to think it is. Good luck and if you have some that you're really happy how they turned out, why don't you send them to me to share with all?

Just keep it FUN!