Pierre Boulez Guitar Concepts; Atonality for improvisation and Composition

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In this blog/vlog we will look at applying the style of the Great French composer Pierre Boulez to the guitar.

The first example is a flat 5 or diminished 5th added to the perfect 5th. The use of intervals also employs augmentation #5 and the semitone.

Example 1

In the next example we employ wide intervals. This example exploits semitones and other intervals by creating wide intervallic shapes which create a fresh intervallic sound.

In the next example we employ “Cross Picking”. This is very similar to that taught by guitarist Robert Fripp in his guitar craft. This concept can also be found in some of the King Crimson recordings.

The concept is a very simple one that can be applied to execute some very odd/complex musical ideas on the guitar. The picking pattern with the guitar plectrum is:

“Down Down Up”

Example: D D U Repeated loop pattern.

Basic D D U Cross Picking Pattern

The next two patterns employ Diminished and Augmented shapes in triplets with an open string.

Another example with the open string concept

This last open string cross picking pattern is a mixture:

To Finish, we will employ a basic triplet pattern without any open strings.

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