[Dixielandjazz] A minor horse

Bill Gunter jazzboard at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 5 18:42:27 PST 2003


John Farrell writes:

>However I have heard of a minor and diminished "horse" - indeed I have
>played in bands where the leader yells "Minor Horse !" and all the band
>members know what he means. Again in F, here's how a minor Horse goes (each
>chord has a value of two beats) : F/F7 Bb/Bbm F etc. For a diminished horse
>change the Bbm to Fdim.

and I've heard of a progression called "around the horn" which goes (as I 
recall) something like this:

(In F)  F  D7  G7  C7  F.  This is your basic cycle of 5ths - a chain of 
resolutions

Bill Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com

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