Using Pedal Tones in Diatonic Chord Progressions Part VII

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Using the C jazz melodic minor scale (ascending same as descending) and its family of chords do the following progressions.
Low tones on left to higher tones on right. The last note in chord will be the pedal tone.
Play as chords or arpeggio style.
C, Eb, G   C minor
B, D, G     G major first inversion
A, C, G     A minor seventh flat five - incomplete
G, D, G     G major - incomplete
(i, V, vi7b5, V progression)

A, C, Eb, G    A minor seventh flat fifth
G, B, F, G     G dominant seventh
D, C, F, G     D minor seventh
G, B, F, G      G dominant seventh
C, C, Eb, G      C minor
(vi7b5, V7, ii7, Vb9, i progression)


F, A, C       F major
Eb, A, C      A minor seventh flat five
D, F, C         D minor seventh - incomplete
B, G, B          G major first inversion
C, Eb, G         C minor
(IV, vi7b5, ii7, V progression) pedal tone is not used in last two chord so chord may resolve.


C, G, C        C minor - incomplete
C, G, B         C minor major seventh - incomplete
C, F, A          F major
C, Eb, G         C minor
(i, imaj7, IV, i progression) pedal tone is lowest note in this example (C).


G, B, D       G major
F, B, D        G dominant seventh third inversion - incomplete
Eb, A, D       F dominant thirteenth third inversion - incomplete
D, G, D         G major - incomplete
(V, V7, IV13, V progression)


Now repeat all example ten times. Then move by half step intervals higher in tone (C#) then increase metronome to 110 BPM. Do this by half steps (chromatic scale) to
D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb and B increasing speed by ten BPM for each ascending key.









Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.





















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