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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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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 4
So far we’ve explored triad pairs from the major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales. Today we’ll continue with the diminished scale. First, let’s talk briefly about what the diminished scale is and how it functions. The diminished scale is … Continue reading
Triad Pairs Round 3
Let’s keep working with our series on Triad Pairs. Last week we explored the harmonic minor scale. This week we will move on to the melodic minor scale. Here’s a brief explanation of the melodic minor for anyone who may not be … Continue reading
Speaking Rhythms
Here’s a quickie for you! Have you ever been reading through a piece of music and come to an odd note grouping of sixteenth notes? If you haven’t yet had the joy of trying to subdivide an even quintuplet of … Continue reading
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Triad Pairs Round 2
I know, I know… I’m a day late on this post. Sorry folks! Cut me a break will ya?! All right, here goes… Last Friday we covered triad pairs and how we can use them to create and harmonize hexatonic … Continue reading
Mulit-Line exercise part 2
Hello again! Here’s the first two variations of yesterday’s exercise. All we’re doing is putting two notes against one. In other words if the lower voice is playing half notes the upper voice is will be playing quarter notes. Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged chord melody, counterpoint, guitar, guitar lesson, guitarist, modern jazz, modern music, multi-line, music lesson, quick lesson, solo guitar
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Multi-Line Exercise
One thing that I’ve always been interested in is playing contrapuntal ideas on the guitar. There are a handful of great books out there on the topic. Jimmy Wyble’s book Art of Two-Line Improvisation is a great one as well as … Continue reading
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…and one more just for good measure
Let’s finish up with this rhythm we’ve been working with. Yesterday we expressed the original rhythmic cell in 3 as a repeated melodic pattern over a bass line in 4/4. Today we will do the same thing but displacing our … Continue reading
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Tagged counting, guitar, guitar lesson, guitarist, meter, modern music, music lesson, music theory, musicianship, polymeter, practice, quick lesson, rhythm, solo guitar
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Polymeter of the day/week…continued
Hey Hey Hey–It’s Monday-ay!! I’m just kidding…nobody ever says that! Let’s jump right back into what’s quickly becoming the polymeter of the week. So you’ve worked out all the counting. You’ve practiced your scales with this rhythm, but maybe it … Continue reading
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