Tritone Substitution

- voicings, licks & Patterns -

tritone sub for major ii-V-I's:

D11 D7(13) C9 D9 D7(13) C9
4
&4 bb w
ww bb b nw
ww
Piano mp
w w
{ ?4
4
D9
b

D7(9)
w

C9 D9
b

D7(9)
w

C9
5
bbb b nw b b nw
& w
w
w bb w
w
w

?
{ b w b w

Licks:
9 D7 D7 C7

& b b b b b

? b w
w
{ D7
b

D7
w
w

C7
11
b b b b b
&
b
b w
? w
{ D7
b

D7
w
w

C7
13
b
& b b b b b b b #j n
b w
w
{ ? b

1
w
w

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tritone sub for Minor ii-V-I's
15 D7(b5) D7(#9) C9 D7(b5) D7 C7

b b
& b b bw
ww b b b

mp
bw b bw
? b b w
{ b w b w

19 D7(b5) D7(#9) C9 D7(b5) D7 C7 F7(#11)

& b b b b bbw
w
w
w b b b b b n

? b
w
w b bbb b b
{ b w
Nice Dm7b5 voicing

Rootless Db7 vocing

'Cry Me A River' Reharmonization Tritone Sub passing chord

C9 C(b6) C6 C7 G7 F9 E7(#11)
23
3

& b
bbbb b
bb
mp
? b n b
{

Tritone Sub passing chord

b n

E7 A7 G11 C7[] F7
26
j
& b j # b b b j b
b b w
3

b b
{
?
b b
4th voicing
bw
w
Tritone Sub back to Cm
1. 2.
29 F7 B7 E7 D7 E7
j b bb U

& b b

b bb bb
{
? b
b b
b

2
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b b
b

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