[Augman]

What are some possible scale choices to blow over a 7+9+4 chord?
For example the bridge of Girl From Ipanema has a D7+9+4
How about eb Melodic Minor?

 

[matty]

Eb mel. minor is good, so is D Half/Whole diminished

 

[sonnymobleytrane]

A diminished works too.

 

[mhup82311]

D alt would also work

D D# F F# G# Bb C D

one of my teachers actually used this tune so I could learn how to apply this scale

 

[Augman]

Thanks appreciate it. The D alt or super locrian scales have the same notes as the Eb melodic minor. SonyMobleytrane : did you mean A dim half whole? That one would be the same notes as Eb Half whole. or did you mean regular A dim?
This is going in my notes and through my horn at todays gig.

 

[hakukani]

chromatic scale works, too.

 

[sonnymobleytrane]

A diminished start with
whole step

 

[DukeCity]

A diminished start with
whole step

... which is the same scale as the D dim starting with a half-step that matty mentioned in his post...

 

[sonnymobleytrane]

... which is the same scale as the D dim starting with a half-step that matty mentioned in his post...

Yeah I read it fast and thought he said half diminished

 

[DukeCity]

Yeah I read it fast and thought he said half diminished

The more I deal with music theory (both as a player and a teacher) I'm continually reminded that it's all a finely woven web, and there's always more than one way to get to (or label) anything...

 

[Matero]

May I suggest a D blues scale?

Also, A-flat/f pentatonic.

 

[andre]

Ab Major pentatonic

You can also use Ab Major Pentatonic
Ab Bb C Eb F
#4 #5 7 B9 #9

 

[hgiles]

What are some possible scale choices to blow over a 7+9+4 chord?
For example the bridge of Girl From Ipanema has a D7+9+4
How about eb Melodic Minor?

I need context. Which measure of the bridge? The bridge is like 16 measures long. I would probably opt for the altered scale if I didn't have context.