“Echoes from then” Glimpses of John Mclaughlin 1959-75

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 by Modern Music Theory and Application

BOOK REVIEW:

A video [Vlog] review of “Echoes from then” Glimpses of John Mclaughlin 1959-75 by Colin Harper.

A truly fantastic book and if you enjoyed “Bathed in lightning” then you will really enjoy “Echoes from then” Glimpses of John Mclaughlin 1959-75

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Messiaen Mode 4 Improvisation Concepts for jazz/20c improvisation

Posted on May 30, 2020June 8, 2020 by Modern Music Theory and Application

Messiaen’s 4th mode: Concepts for this blog are taken from the excellent:

“Dick de Graaf – Beyond Borders. Broadening the Artistic Palette of (Composing) Improvisers in Jazz”.

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Messiaen mode 4 one octave

Messiaen Mode 4 of limited transposition Scale — La technique de mon langage musical mode 4

Messiaen mode 4 Improvisation Concept 1

Messiaen Mode 4 Music Lesson — Messiaen mode 4 Improvisation Concept 1

Messiaen mode 4 Improvisation Concept 2

Messiaen mode 4 Improvisation Concept 3

Messiaen mode 4 Improvisation Concept 4

Messiaen mode 4 Improvisation Line Development #1

VARIATION:

mode 4 messiaen jazz improvisation lick — Mode 4 Improvised line extension jazz fusion guitar

Messiaen mode 4 Improvisation Line Development #2

VARIATION:

Messiaen’s Book La technique de mon langage musical “Techniques of my musical language” treatise.

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Alternate Picking with cycle 4ths chords guitar lesson

Posted on May 24, 2020May 24, 2020 by Modern Music Theory and Application

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Today we look at employing alternate picking with chords on the guitar.

https://youtu.be/vi5fDfI-k8A

The alternate picking group of 4 semiquavers [16ths] notes start with an upstroke. “Up Down Up Down”. This little lick/motif joins the two chords together and creates a compositional movement.

alternate picking guitar chords scale 4ths cycle

Here is the descending music notation and tab. [Chords and alternate picking]

alternate picking guitar chords scale descending

Here is the ascending music notation and tab.

ascending alternate picking guitar chords scale

Descending cycle of 4ths chord sequence [for alternate picking scales with chords].

Ascending cycle of 4ths chord sequence [for alternate picking scales with chords].

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