The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 12 – Getting Into Modal Arpeggios – Superimpostion
Hello everyone! Greetings from NYC! While I’m still unpacking and waiting for instruments and boxes to make it here from South Pasadena I thought I’d mix and match a few ideas from my GuitArchitect’s Guide to Chord Scales book and modal arpeggios and talk about more ways to recycle things you already know! . 2-string or … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Chord Scales Is Out Now (As Well As The New 4 Book Pdf Bundle!)
The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Chord Scales . I’m happy to announce that the Chord Scale book is done (with the help of massive edits from John Harper and Doug Kearns – thank you both!)! . I’ll talk about it a little more below – but as a shortcut there are 3 ways to buy the … Read more
GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes Part 10 – Getting into Modal Arpeggios – Triads
Hello everyone!! I’ll be delving into individual modes in more depth in the coming weeks and months ahead but as a preliminary step, I wanted to get into modal arpeggios a bit as they’ll be important components in future lessons. . Scales = Chords . Since chords and scales are made up of the building blocks … Read more
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
