3275 / 18210 · Workshop 14 — “The Girl from Ipanema”: Major-Key Bossa, Chromatic Dominants, ♯11 Color, and Making a Simple Groove Sound Sophisticated← prev⊞ allnext →
14.20RH should not “announce” every fancy chord
If you play a giant G13♯11 voicing loudly every time:
the groove becomes harmonically top-heavy.
Instead:
two or three defining notes may be enough.
For G7♯11:
B-F-C♯
is already very clear.