Inner Urge
by Joe Henderson
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★★★
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Henderson's 1964 avant-garde masterpiece built on a series of major7#11 chords moving in minor thirds. The angular, wide-interval melody leaps through these shifting tonal planes with fierce intensity, pushing the boundaries of hard bop.
e|---7---3---7---10--7---3---7---11--7---3---------|
B|---8---4---8---10--8---4---8---11--8---4---------|
G|---8---4---8---11--8---4---8---11--8---4---------|
D|---9---5---9---10--9---5---9---11--9---5---------|
A|---7---3---7---10--7---3---7---11--7---3---------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|---7---11--7---3---10--7---3---7---10--7---------|
B|---8---11--8---4---10--8---4---8---10--8---------|
G|---8---11--8---4---11--8---4---8---11--8---------|
D|---9---11--9---5---10--9---5---9---10--9---------|
A|---7---11--7---3---10--7---3---7---10--7---------|
E|------------------------------------------------|