First of all, thanks to ‘pianolover’ for his/her comment on “The Minus-One Chord” post. The following is my reply to his/her question about when to use that chord. I hope it can be useful for everyone…

“I often use Minus-1 in place of 7th chord, in transition from Chord I to Chord IV.
For example, in the key of C, you would notice C7 is used very often between C and F, as in C –> C7 –> F.
What I play, very often is, instead, C –> Bb/C –> F.
Note that the bass note is still a C. This is also know as C11 (C-eleventh).”

In the above example, in the C key, C is Chord I, and F is Chord IV of that key. I’ve used that on many videos posted on this blog, one of the examples is “Amazing Grace”. Please refer to that post.

Les

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This song by Delirious is in Db.

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: Bbm - Ab - Gb
Part 1b: Db/F - Gb
Part 1c: Db/F - Ab/C - F/A
Part 2a: Bbm - Ab/C - Db
Part 2b: Eb/G - Gb
Part 3: Db - Ab - Bbm - Gb

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This song by Rod Steward is in Bb.

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: Bb2 - Dm7 - Eb2 - Eb/F
Part 2: EbM7 - Dm7 - Cm7 - Eb/F - Bb2 - Cm7 - Bb/D
Part 3a: EbM7 - Dm7 - Cm7 - Bb/D
Part 3b: EbM7 - Dm7 - Eb/F

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This song by Corrinne May is in C and D keys.

Part 4 is where the song is played in D.

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: C - G/B - Am7 - Am7/G - F - F/G
Part 1b: C - G/B - Am7 - Am7/G - F
Part 2: Bb - Am7 - Fm/Ab - F/G - G
Part 3a: C - G/B - Am7 - Am7/G - F - Fm
Part 3b: (C/E) - Dm7 - C/E - Am7 - Bb - F/A - F/G - G/A
Part 4a: D - Em7 - G - A - Bm7 - D/F# - G - G/A
Part 4b: D - Em7 - G - A - Bm7 - D/F# - Em7 - G/A - D
Part 5a: F - C/E - D
Part 5b: F - C/E - G/A

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藉口 by 周杰伦

This song by Jay Chou is in D.

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: D - A/C# - Bm7 - Bm7/A - D/F#
Part 1b: G - F#m7 - Bm7 - Em7 - G/A
Part 2a: C#m7(5b) - F# - Bm7 - Bm7/A
Part 2b: G - F#m7 - Bm7 - Em7 - Em7 - G/A
Part 3a: D - A/C# - Bm7 - Bm7/A - D/F#
Part 3b: G - A/G - F#m7 - Bm7
Part 3c: Em7 - Em7 - G/A
Part 3d: Em7 - G/A - D
Part 4: Gm6/D - D (x2)

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