Modern Music Theory Improvisation and Application
Lessons from Jazz/World to 20 Century Classical Music Harmony Rhythm and Theory
How to improvise over altered dominant chords. How to employ chromatic jazz and fusion harmony. Apply twentieth century classical composition techniques to modern jazz music and improv. How to exploit modes of the major. minor and diminished scales. Lesson in alternate picking guitar techniques as used by John Mclaughlin and Al di Meola. How to do metal rock and all styles of alternate picking on the guitar. Plectrum pick technique for electric and acoustic guitarists. alternate guitar style of picking lessons.
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Chord Chart for “Autumn Leaves” at 110 bpm Jazz trio Backing Track.
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HOW ERIC JOHNSON MAKES CREATIVE USE OF THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE
In this 2nd part we will look at 2 examples that display how Eric Johnson takes the “Minor Pentatonic” from a worn out cliche and turns it into a unique musical tour de force of originality.
This 1st example is quite demanding to play but it demonstrates the power of manipulating the intervals to create a unique sound and style. [Notice that the interval of the 7th crops up a lot along with 6ths and 3rds].
The 2nd example is a bit more straight forward, but, because Eric Johnson manipulates the interval of a perfect 4th he creates a fresh modern sound. Also notice that there are arpeggios. These arpeggios create melodic content to the example and draw the listeners ear into the music.
Although this is only a short lesson there is plenty to take from these two examples because they contain the key to unlocking an original approach to the most basic and most used thing in guitar the minor pentatonic scale. The way that Eric Johnson exploits the intervals in this scale is a real eye opener, oh, and a real ear opener!
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Today we will look at 4 interesting concepts that Eric Johnson employs with his modern pentatonic guitar approach. We will concentrate on the major pentatonic in this blog.
Example 1 : Employing 5ths
The employment of perfect 5ths is a brilliant way to create a new and modern sound that adds spark and life into any dull overused pentatonic cliche’s.
Example 2: String Skipping:
This example employs the technique of skipping the strings to create a unique and fresh sounding guitar line that exploits the intervals.
Example 3: Rhythmic Displacement:
This line is really in groups of three, but the way the tetrachords/Cells [4 note groupings] work creates a rhythmic displacement that adds an interesting rhythmic forward momentum.
Example 4: Rhythmic displacement #2.
Lastly we have a five note grouping that once again exploits not only the pentatonic scale but also the rhythmical aspect of it. This in turn creates a brilliant original sounding rhythmic displaced line.
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