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TABLEOF CONTENTS
PART I INTRODUCTION AND THEIRRELATIVE SCALES CHORD TYPES SUGGESTED APPROACHES (revised). FOR USINGSCALES SCALECHARTS .... TONICAND COLORSCALEEXERCISES PLAYING iim7-V7PROGRESSfONS ON WITHTONICAND COLORSCALES
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PART II SUGGESTED APPROACHES FOR USING SUPERIMPOSEDCHORDS ..,37 CHORDSUBSTITUTION CHARTS AND EXERCISES . . . . .38 TRTADS . . .3941 SEVENTH CHORDS NINTH HORDS C ...4953 SUPERIMPOSED CHORDS iimT-V7 PROGRESSIONS .., . . . .*55 ON EXERCISE TONICAND COLORSCALES COMBINING WITH T O N I C N DC O L O R H O R D S , . w . * . + * l F . . A C . .559 ....