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Voice Leading part 2
Yesterday we worked out a few examples of voice leading through a ii-7 V7 Imaj7 using drop 2 chords. Today let’s continue the voice leading exercises but use non-drop 2 voicings. If you are new to this concept of voice … Continue reading
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Voice Leading Intro
It’s one thing to know a bunch of chords. It’s a whole other matter to understand how each chord relates to the next in a chord progression. Every now and then I hear a guitarist refer to a chord voicing … Continue reading
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Triad Pairs Round 7
Okay, so the term “triad” might not be totally correct today. Yes, we’ll be covering triads in the sense that we’re talking about groups of 3 notes, but these aren’t triads in the typical sense of major, minor, diminished, or … Continue reading
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Afternoon in Paris
Let’s take the idea of playing specific chord tones over a set of changes and turn that into some music. I’ve written a solo that targets certain chord tones for each section of the tune. For the first two A sections … Continue reading
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Know Thy Changes
So you’ve licks and lines galore. You’ve transcribed thousands–well at least hundreds of solos of players you admire. You’ve got the technique, the chords, and the knowledge, but something is still lacking. Could it be that in a rush to … Continue reading
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Triad Pairs Round 6
In the course of this series on triad pairs so far, we’ve covered pairs derived from the church modes, harmonic minor, melodic minor, and diminished scales. Today let’s talk about the augmented scale. The augmented scale is essentially two augmented … Continue reading
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Contiguous 7th Chords
Here’s a simple concept to get your playing a little out of the box. Let’s create a series of cascading 7th chords that all share the same quality (maj7, dom7, min7, etc) and are built off the structure of each preceding … Continue reading
Triad Pairs Round 5
Last week we covered the diminished scale and the various combinations of triad pairs we can create from it. We didn’t get to work out too many examples of linear ideas though, so that’s what we’ll do today. All of these … Continue reading
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Uptempo Playing continued…
Let’s keep going on this uptempo theme. Yesterday I introduced the concept of thinking in half-time over burning tempos as a way to stay relaxed. This is not as easy as it sounds as maybe you’ve figured out. It can … Continue reading
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Musical Frogger and Pop Songs
Today I briefly want to wrap up the loose ends of what I posted yesterday. Most chord progressions in pop songs today are made up of these four chords: I, IV, V, vi. The orders may be reversed. You might … Continue reading
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