"Giant Steps"
The Giant Steps cycle is the culmination of Coltrane's theories applied to a completely new chord progression: Coltrane uses the Coltrane cycle in ascending Major 3rd tonal transpositions in the opening bars and then ascending ii V I progressions separated by a major 3rd in the second section of Giant Steps. The second section is basically the inverse of the bridge section described in "Have You Met Miss Jones" above.
| I Coltrane Substitution Cycle| ii V | I Coltrane Substitution Cycle| | BM7* D7 | GM7* Bb7 | EbM7* | Am7 D7 | GM7* Bb7 | EbM7* F#7 | BM7* |Ascending/Descending ii V I progression separated by a Major 3rd (Tonal centers E♭ - G - B - E♭ - B)
| ii V | I | ii V | I | ii V | I | ii V | I | ii V :|| | Fm7 Bb7 | EbM7* | Am7 D7 | GM7* | C#m7 F#7 | BM7* | Fm7 Bb7 | EbM7* | C#m7 F#7 :||This diagram shows what scales are used for the different chords:
- BMaj7
- B Maj scale
- D7 to GMaj7
- G Maj scale
- B♭7 to E♭Maj7
- Eb Maj scale
- Am7 to D7 to Gmaj7
- G Maj scale
- B♭7 to E♭Maj7
- Eb Maj scale
- F♯7 to BMaj7
- B Maj scale
- Fm7 to B♭7 to E♭Maj7
- Eb Maj scale
- Am7 to D7 to GMaj7
- G Maj scale
- C♯m7 to F♯7 to BMaj7
- B Maj scale
- Fm7 to Bb7 to E♭Maj7
- Eb Maj scale
- C♯m7 to F♯7
- B Maj scale
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