Thanks for your post. 2 quick things.

In terms of audio/video I just relocated from So Cal to NY in the last couple of days so I’m literally waiting for my life (1 box at a time) to get here. Once I get my audio converters here (one of them has gone missing – hopefully not for too long) I can put up some links! In the meantime – I hope that people pick up a guitar and try to play through the ideas!

A big part of what I do on the site (and in the books) is actually to get away from the alienating aspects of the “mumbo jumbo” and make complex ideas easier to grasp (and easier to make music from). This is part 12 in the series so a lot of the jargon issues have been covered already – but like I say in my books (and as I say in most of my posts) the point isn’t to get hung up on what something is called – but instead to focus on how it sounds.

The deeper people understand things, the more easily they’ll be able to use them (and adapt them). If I’m explaining a chord in a progression to someone and say “it’s a Bmin7b5 (add 11)” it makes it easier to get that person to play (or improvise over the chord) if we both understand common terminology than to say, “okay this chord has a B, F, A, D and an E in it”. And then having a player get to that chord and try to remember the individual notes.

Theory is just shorthand to save time in explaining ideas. I have a really short post here that talks about the usefulness of applied theory.

But yes – in short – I stand toe to toe with you on the anti-mumbo jumbo front. ; )

Thanks again for your post!

-SC

Thanks for posting and for catching that! You’re 100% correct. No matter how many time you read through something You might miss mistakes!

I’ve fixed it in the post now as well.

Thanks again!

-SC

Thanks for the comment! I’m glad you enjoyed the lesson! The remaining parts should get posted over the next few weeks and modes are going to get covered in even greater depth over the coming months ahead.

-SC