A basic approach to playing John Coltrane's tune Giant Steps, moving up and down the neck using basic chords with roots on the fifth and sixth strings. Chords are below.
Giant Steps is a series of 5-1 and 2-5-1 progressions in 3 key centers, G major, B major, and Eb major.
The chords are - Bmaj7 - D7 - Gmaj7 - Bb7 - Ebmaj7 - Amin7 - D7 - Gmaj7 - Bb7 - Ebmaj7-F#7 - Bmaj7 - Fmin7 - Bb7 - Ebmaj7 - Amin7 - D7 - Gmaj7 - C#min7 - F#7 - Bmaj7 - Fmin7 - Bb7 - Ebmaj7 - C#min7 - F#7 - back to Bbmaj7 where progression starts again.
If you look for the key centers, B major, G major, and Eb major, it will help to simplify the progression.
