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
GuitArchitecture Printed Book Editions Are Now Available!!
Hello Everyone! Just a quick note to say that the bound editions of The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes: Melodic Patterns, The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes: Harmonic Combinatorics and The GuitArchitect’s Positional Exploration are finally done!! They’re all available on Lulu.com (and soon on Amazon). You can order any of the books in hardcopy (or pdf form) … Read more
Ends and Odds – Book Order Updates, AU LAB and more
Hey Everyone, I hope this finds you well! Just a few quick updates. Book Orders and Lessons Learned The page has been a little light on lessons (minus the 12-tone post) lately, but I’ve been busy juggling a few other things and getting the book orders out the door are amongst them. I had been … 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
A Book Update And A Look At Things To Come….
Hi all!! I’m back from vacation and geared up hit the ground running! In regards to the books, I’m currently working on cleaning up some graphics issues with them. The good news is that the pdf files look A LOT better (and with less typos – thanks to Doug Kearns!!) – the bad news is that … 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
Augment Your Knowledge: Sonic Shapes and Getting More From Augmented Chords
Hi everyone! . I wanted to post a lesson that uses some of the material from my Positional Exploration book in a way that I didn’t get to cover in the text itself. Back in November when Guitar-Muse posted the second part of my interview with Rob Balducci, Rob brought up a process he called … Read more
The GuitArchitecture (post) Holiday Book Bundle Sale is Done!!
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. . For the rest of the month of January … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes: Harmonic Combinatorics “Pre-Release” Now Available
3/22/12 . While the official version of this book has been released as both a print and a PDF version, I’m leaving this page up for historical purposes (and so that people who are interested in the book can get some more detailed information). Print book orders can be ordered through LULU.com. . First, I … Read more
Slash and Burn – Creating More Complex Sounds With Slash Chords
Hello all, I wanted to take a break from the excerpts from the modes book I’ve been posting and post a lesson that’s based on material from my new Harmonic Combinatorics Book. In that book, I have an entire section about using triads and 7th chords to create more complex sounds. . Here’s the two … Read more
