Author: Modern Music Theory and Application

Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study in the application of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately. This website is a catalogue of ideas and musical concepts for improvisation and composition.

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LYDIAN SCALIC/MODAL EXTENSION GOING UP IN THE CYCLE OF 5THS STARTING with “C lydian”

meA 1 lydian

LYDIAN IDEA FOR THE GUITAR WITH ‘TABLATURE” ASCENDING UP IN THE CYCLE OF 5THS BUT STARTING with “G lydian”

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Jacob Collier LOCRIAN scale/mode idea. although it is more like a “Mixolydian” modulating ascension.

meta 2 locrian:mixolydian

OTHER IDEAS:

CREATING A SYNTHETIC SCALE FORMATION BY EMPLOYING TWO DIFFERENT ONE OCTAVE SCALES WITH THE SAME TONIC NOTE

lydian minor

For more on the “lydian Minor” this excellent [“The Exciting Universe Of Music Theory”] website has some excellent in depth information please CLICK

Dave Liebman “A CHROMATIC APPROACH TO JAZZ HARMONY AND MELODY” IMPROVISATION CONCEPTS FOR SCALE AND MODAL EXTENSIONS.

Notice the superimpositions/extensions of chord and scale ascending part 1

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Ascending extensions part 2

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Chordal Picking Arpeggios Guitar Lesson

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In this Lesson we will look at Arpeggio “Chordal Picking” patterns as used in compositions like “Orient Blue”.

This style picks the notes of a chord by employing specific picking patterns to bring out the resonant arpeggios.

basic 3/4  pattern: “down down down up up up”

Al di meola basic chordal right hand picking pattern

4 bar sequence of basic 3/4 chordal picking pattern

Al di meola 3/4 right hand chordal picking pattern lesson basic

with the addition of a triplet pattern going “down down up”

Al di meola 8ths to triplet chordal picking right hand guitar patterns lesson

chordal picking with melody notes in the treble [1st string]

Al di Meola chordal picking guitar technique lesson

3/4 chordal picking riff

Al di Meola chordal picking guitar patterns lesson right hand guitar technique

23rd Chord Serial Tone- Rows Pt2 [Guitar]

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Below we have the Lennie Tristano #15th Arpeggio.

#15 tristano arpeggio

If we keep adding thirds to a chord we create “TERTIAN” Harmony. In the example below we move up from #15 to 17th to 19th to 21st and finally to 23rd. [Notice that we have used all 12 notes].

23rd chord Tertian harmony example

Below we have 2 “Hexatonic” lines making up one 12 tone 23rd chord line followed by a different 23rd chord line in 16ths.

Hexatonic 23rd chord improvisation example

In the final example we alternate rhythmically by employing triplets in the first 23rd chord line and 16ths in the second 23rd chord line.

Triplets 12 tone 23rd chord lesson and example

CHORD PAIR LINE

chord pair 23rd chord lesson

HEXATONIC LINE

hexatonic 12 tone serialism line with the 23rd chord

TETRACHORDS/ARPEGGIOS LINE

arpeggios and tetrachords using the 23rd chord

GROUPINGS LINE

23 rd chord serial tone rows odd rhythmic groupings

TRIPLETS LINE

triplets 23rd chord example

16THS LINE

16ths 23rd chord 12tone row jazz guitar lesson

23RD CHORD PART 4

HERE ARE SOME MORE WAYS OF “STACKING” FOR A 23RD CHORD AND IDEAS FOR COMPOSITION AND IMPROVISATION:

We can make a ‘Quartal” Stack

quartal stack in 23rd chord

Next we have a “Polychordal” stack

polychordal 23rd chord example and music theory lesson

“Polychordal Variation”

polychordal variation with the 23rd chord

We can also stack as “Mirror” Harmony

mirror harmony negative harmony 23rd chord

Lastly we have a “Compound” stack

compound 23rd chord stack