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

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 by Jazz fusion guitar Improvisation lessons and modern music theory

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 Jazz fusion guitar Improvisation lessons and modern music theory

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 Jazz fusion guitar Improvisation lessons and modern music theory

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

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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John Mclaughlin “QUICK” Lick #1

Posted on May 15, 2020June 15, 2020 by Jazz fusion guitar Improvisation lessons and modern music theory

Today we will take a look at a John Mclaughlin jazz fusion acoustic guitar lick in the style of the “Belo Herozonte” C.D/LP.

It consists of a “Pentatonic scale” and an “Arpeggio” fingering.

John Mclaughlin Quick Lick #1

alternate picking John Mclaughlin guitar lesson — “Belo Herozonte” John Mclaughlin style guitar lick #1

Notice the 2 finger Pentatonic ascending shape and the Arpeggio Descending shape

Shakti John Mclaughlin guitar lick lesson — “Pentatonic” 2 finger guitar shape and “Arpeggio” shape

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Chromatic Displacement?

Posted on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 by Jazz fusion guitar Improvisation lessons and modern music theory

As an antidote to enclosure here we look at some easy developing chromatic ideas for improvisation.

These ideas follow a basic 4 note D chromatic scale to an F arpeggio. They then move into a variation.

Idea 1

chromatic displacement for jazz improvisation

Idea 2

chromatic displacement for jazz improvisation

Idea 3

chromatic displacement for jazz improvisation

Idea 4

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Enclosure/Target tones/Approach notes/Encircling and How to use them #2

Posted on May 2, 2020May 2, 2020 by Jazz fusion guitar Improvisation lessons and modern music theory

Exercise 1: “Off beat” enclosure starting on the 5th string of the guitar creating chromatics for a fluid jazz improvised line.

enclosure /target tones set up off the beat for jazz improvisation — Jazz Chromatic improvised line

Notice: After the first “Off beat” enclosure there are two more set-ups for enclosure starting “On” the beat. Both starting on the 3rd beat.

Enclosure target tones jazz lesson — “Off” Beat and “On” Beat Enclosure to set-up chromatics for the improvised jazz line

Off beat set-up

Off the beat Enclosure Target tones — “Off” Beat Enclosure [Anacrusis] set-up

Set-up “On” the Beat

On beat Enclosure — “On” the beat Enclosure set-up for chromatic jazz improvisation

Enclosure jazz improvisation how to use it

Variation: Starting the Enclosure/Target tones from the 6th string of the guitar.

: Enclosure/Target tones from the 6th string of the guitar

As before we start with an “Off-beat” and then employ two more sets of enclosure “On” the beat. Both starting on the 1st beat of the bar.

Target tone and jazz improvisation how to — “Off” beat and “On” beat Enclosure

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