Emanuel Hedberg

The Girl From Ipanema

Added 2023-04-18 11:28:21 +0000 UTC

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BACKING TRACK is available for download.

Hi!

This is a "solo étude" over the the A section for the classic song The Girl From Ipanema, in the key of D major.

As usual, you can find the right hand notation in the guitar pro files, png or pdf file.

p = thumb
i = index
m = middle
a = ring
c = pinky/little finger

The Progression

The image for the chord progression is available for download

Scale Options

Here's a few diagrams for different scales

Dmaj7: D ionian
E7(#11): E lydian dominant
Em7: E dorian
Eb7(#11): Eb lydian dominant, A altered, Bb melodic minor

For Eb7 I "think" A7.
The tritone substitution for A7 is Eb7.
I got a lesson about tritone substitutions here.
A7 and Eb7 are essentially the same chord, therefore any licks and lines based on A7 should work for Eb7. Let your ear be your guide.

Lessons

To be able to fully understand everything, in the analysis down below, I recommend you watch and read the following lessons:

BASIC Music Theory - How To FIGURE Out Intervals of Chords on Guitar

Altered Scale

In jazz, the altered scale (altered dominant scale) is a seven-note scale that is a dominant scale where all non-essential tones have been altered. This means that it comprises the three irreducibly essential tones that define a dominant seventh chord, which are root, major third, and minor seventh and that all other tones have been altered. These are:

the fifth is altered to a ♭5 and a ♯5
the ninth is altered to a ♭9 and a ♯9
the eleventh is altered to a ♯11 (equivalent to a ♭5)
the thirteenth is altered to a ♭13 (equivalent to a ♯5)

Source (wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_scale

Chord Tones

Here's a few lessons regarding chord tones.

Blues Lesson - SPICE UP Of The PENTATONIC scale with CHORD TONES

How To Mix Chord Tones & Scales

Simple" Trick How To Outline The Chord Progression

Chromatic scale

I have a lesson about chromaticism. Click the link down below

Chromaticism (Introduction)

The chromatic scale or twelve-tone scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone, also known as a half-step, above or below its adjacent pitches. As a result, in 12-tone equal temperament (the most common tuning in Western music), the chromatic scale covers all 12 of the available pitches. Thus, there is only one chromatic scale.