Is this a helpful way to think about Coltrane Substitution?
More specifically, is it harmful? From the ii-V-I I could backtrack from the I and suss out the flatVImaj7 and the IIImaj7, but what about:
Bar 1 ii-up a half step to a dominant -
Bar2 down a fourth to a maj7 - up a minor third to a dominant -
Bar 3 down a fourth to a maj7 - up a minor third to a dominant - <-- this is the original V
Bar 4 I
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That's a rule of thumb for copying them. If you want to THINK about them, understand two things.
That you can jump to just about ANY chord and start a ii, V, I pattern. And if you jump to one (say) a major third away, then, having completed that sequence jump another major third, you're building a pattern, and patterns are very powerful things in music! When you do something 'wrong' three times over, it starts sounding 'right'!
And the idea of b5 (or 'tritone') substitutions for a chord that has a dominant function.
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