The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 9 – Visualizing Melodic and Harmonic Minor
A while ago, I had posted that given an hour, I could get almost anyone at an intermediate level to visualize any of the Major, Melodic Minor or Harmonic Minor modes anywhere on the guitar. In this overdue return to the serialization of the guide to modes book – I guess this is my put … Read more
Visualizing Video Game Licks Or An Intro To Symmetrical 12 Tone Guitar Patterns
Hello everyone! (For those of you on the e-mail list, we had a false start yesterday morning. It’s a gentle reminder to me to avoid working on anything before I have coffee!) I’m still planning on re-releasing my updated 12 tone pattern book this year but I thought I’d start the process a little early … Read more
Creating Chords And Lines From Any Scale – A Harmonic Combinatorics / Spread Voicings Lesson
Hello everyone! . I wanted to post a lesson up that uses one of my approaches to harmonizing scales from my Harmonic Combinatorics book. It’s a cool way to not only get away from stock voicings but also to generate new lines as well! I’m using C Major as the tonal center for this lesson … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes Part 8 – Major Positional Modal Interchange and Complimenting Modes with Chords
Welcome to the part eight of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b part 4 part 5 part 6 or part 7 of the series . In the last lesson, I took a look at adapting … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes Part 7 – Minor Positional Modal Interchange and Complimenting Modes with Chords
Welcome to the seventh installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b part 4 part 5 or part 6 of the series . In the last lesson, I took a look at the modes and … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 6 – The Circle of 5ths and Modal Interchange
Welcome to the sixth installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b part 4 or part 5 of the series. . In the last lesson, I took a look at using one fingering pattern to … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 5 – Making The Most Of One Pattern
Welcome to the fifth installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b or part 4 of the series. . About The Modal Exchange Example Since describing how interchanging modes work – doesn’t really get you any … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 4 – Modes and Chords
Welcome to the fourth installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out part one, part two, part 3a or part 3b, of the series, but in the meantime, here’s a quick recap: . To Review: Any major scale can be broken down into … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Positional Exploration Pre-Release Now Available
02/09/12 . Thanks to everyone who ordered preliminary copies of the GuitArchitecture Books!! The official versions have been released in print and PDF versions so the sale is now over! I’m leaving the page here for historical purposes, but all book orders are now handled by LULU.com. . Hello Everyone! . First, I want to take … Read more
POD HD and (OLDER) ATOMIC AMPS Part II – Taming the EQ
As a followup to part 1 of this post, I thought I’d talk about how to tweak patches to work with the Atomic. The current Atomic line is Full Range Response, so this is less of an issue – but for those of you on a budget, the earlier (all tube) Atomics, can be picked … Read more
