u/c_isbellb

What scale of chords would you use when the melody includes the 13 on a m7 chord? Likewise, how would you handle the b7 on a m6 chord?

My best solution is to use the bVII major 6th scale on the m7 so you can borrow the 13 from its corresponding diminished, but that’s more of a suspended sound. This is the one situation it seems he didn’t account for.

Like in As Time Goes By (in Eb, say) there’s that Bb-6/Gm7b5 with a passing Ab. Doesn’t seem to work in his block chord style.