Jotm Dec Chordchart

August 2015

JAM OF THE MONTH Track

‘FALLEN IDOL’

from Justin Derrico’s ‘Classic Rock Sessions’

JTC SAYS This track is in D minor, and the presence of the Bb5 chord makes it specifically Aeolian (D E F G A Bb C). You can also use the minor pentatonic (D F G A C) and Justin often extends this to the blues scale by adding the flat 5th (Ab). For a temporary contrast, he moves to A Dorian (A B C D E F# G) over the Am chord in measure 14. Scroll down for the full chord chart.

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FALLEN IDOL (CHORD CHART & NOTES) There's a kind of "stretched 12-bar blues" structure to the first progression... Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

C5

G5

C5 Bb5

Dm

F5

G5

Dm

F5

G5

G

F

G

F

Dm

F5

Dm

F5

G5

Bb5

Am Dm

Am F5 G5

Dm

F5

G5

G5

G5

It's the perfect environment for the D minor pentatonic (D F G A C) which you could extend into a blues scale (D F G Ab A C) by adding the flat 5th.

Cadd9

G5

F5 G5

Cadd9 G5

D riff... You can quite easily continue using the D minor pentatonic or blues scale... as it lands on the new chords, it'll simply create a whole new load of melodic possibilities. When the first progression repeats, the last line is replaced with a single measure of E minor, and then we get this 3rd progression... Dm Cadd9 Fadd9

G5 Bb Fadd9

Dm Cadd9 Fadd9

G5 Bb Fadd9

Keep using that D minor pentatonic - it'll serve you well!