February 2022 – modern music theory and application

John Mclaughlin ii v7 i chromatic jazz lick guitar lesson

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Modern Music Theory

John Mclaughlin Jazz ii V7 I Guitar Lick Lesson

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John Mclaughlin establishes the Dm7 tonality and then chromatically slips into the altered sound with the EbmMaj7. The Eb note then resolves up to the E natural. The resolution is finally established the F major arpeggio to create Dm7.

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In the next bar John employs Db Lydian Harmony over the G7b5 chord. [The b5 of G7 of course being the Db note]. John keeps the G natural note to establish G7 and at the same time establish the #11 of Db harmony.

Full Lick:

LICK VARIATION:

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John Mclaughlin minor 7 flat 5 alt Dom I mAJ7th Harmonic minor alternate picking guitar Licks

Posted on February 23, 2022February 24, 2022 by Modern Music Theory

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The first bar uses the A Harmonic Minor Scale over the Dm7b5 chord. John employs 4 note groupings [“Tetrachords”] to create a quick rhythmic alternate picking drive.

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The 2nd bar uses the C minor Pentatonic scale: Notice how the F to E [from the previous bar] fall by 1/2 steps to the Eb creating a smooth connection.

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In the 2nd example notice how to final two beats employ the C melodic “Jazz” minor scale.

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Basic ii V7 I Licks examples for improvisation lesson [2 5 1’S]

Posted on February 22, 2022February 24, 2022 by Modern Music Theory

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Basic ii V7 I music cadence lesson/examples

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This first short ii V7 I is built on 4 note groupings called tetrachords. These employ scale fragments and arpeggios:

Example 1: Short ii V7 I example

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The next example is a longer ii V7 I and again employs tetrachords. The first bar employs pentatonic movement whilst the second bar resolves 4-3 and employs arpeggios and scale fragments.

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Author: Clifford Martin Musical Artist: Guitar Gti

Modern Music Theory

Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately. Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form This website is a sort of cataloging of ideas and musical concepts for exploitation and development in the arts of musical composition and improvisation. What started out as a jazz improvisation site has grown into a full blown, harmony, timbre, pitch and rhythm library. Peace, Enjoy!