TY - T1 - McCoy Tyner, Modal Jazz, and the Dominant Chord SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/307220; URN:NBN:fi-fe2019112243797 T3 - EST-julkaisusarja A1 - Linna, Sami A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - This thesis examines the significance of dominant seventh chords to jazz pianist McCoy Tyner’s style during the 1960s. As a member of the John Coltrane Quartet, Tyner was at the forefront in the emergence of modal jazz. Consequently, scholarly writings and pedagogic materials have looked at Tyner through the modal jazz paradigm, emphasizing scales and quartal harmonies. However, Tyner himself has brought up the use of dominant seventh chords as one of the characteristics of his style, as well as... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - jazz; improvisointi; piano N1 - PP - ER -