Off-Beat: Notes in between being on the “UP STROKE”
Rhythmic Groupings: quarter note. eighth note. sixteenth note.
“Up” skip over pluck down-OFF-BEAT on Upstroke.
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Mastering Coltrane changes in all 12 keys
Today we are looking at Jazz improvisation master John Coltrane and his approach to chord changes.
Both “Countdown” and “Giant steps” have become classic “Trane changes”.
If you look at the diagram below you will see the reharmonisation of the basic 2 5 1 cadence resulting in the “Coltrane changes”.
We will now take the first 4 bars of John Coltrane’s Composition “Countdown” and play it in all 12 keys moving in 4ths. Below are two examples of what to play using 4 note groupings [Tetrachords}
Coltrane’s countdown first 4 bars idea starting with D minor 7th
John Coltranes’s Countdown up a 4th starting with G minor 7th
Coltrane’s “Countdown” changes chart
Play through all 12 keys for fluid jazz improvisation development in the John Coltrane style.
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Picking “BACH” Guitar Lines #2
In the above video we look at a few useful ideas for picking Bach baroque lines with the guitar pick. Below these are presented in music notation and guitar tablature
Exercise 1. Bach guitar picking plectrum concept ascending.
Exercise 2. Bach guitar picking plectrum concept descending.
Exercise 3. Bach guitar picking plectrum melody/counterpoint “push/pull” rhythmic set-up.
Exercise 4. Bach guitar picking plectrum melody/counterpoint “push/pull” rhythmic set-up, part 2
