Stories from a guitarist's notebook
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In with the New . . . .
a guitarist's notebook &bull Jan 14, 2010
The move to the new website and the lack of further development of iBlog software leads to a poor prognosis for this Blog. Full Story »
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New and Old
a guitarist's notebook &bull Dec 14, 2009
Cleaning up Full Story »
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voice leading turnarounds - III
a guitarist's notebook &bull Oct 12, 2009
The "Woody'n You" Sequence Full Story »
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Topics:
- Chords
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Chromatic Tritones; voice leading turnarounds - II
a guitarist's notebook &bull Sep 22, 2009
The Dominant Seventh SequenceHere is a set of drills applicable to songs such as Nice Work if You Can Get It (George Gershwin, 1937) or the bridge to Jordu (Duke Jordan, 1954) following this basic harmonic outline: ? Note that… Full Story »
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- Chords
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voice leading turnarounds - I
a guitarist's notebook &bull Sep 13, 2009
The Night and Day SequenceHere is a set of solutions for voice leading through a common chord sequence - probably the most famous example of which being the last eight bars of the Cole Porter tune Night and Day. The… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Chords
- Performance
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Diminished Scale Voice Leading
a guitarist's notebook &bull Dec 22, 2008
Upper partial triads of the tonic and dominant diminished scales with resolutions to the tonic chord. Specifically, voice leading to three note quartal fragments of the tonic chord. Full Story »
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- Chords
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The Diminished Scale - Part One
a guitarist's notebook &bull Dec 19, 2008
Chords from the Octatonic Symmetric Scale Full Story »
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Topics:
- Chords
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The Melodic Minor Pentatonic Scale
a guitarist's notebook &bull Dec 1, 2008
Functional applications for this pentatonic scale: C - D - Eb - G - A - C Full Story »
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Topics:
- Chords
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Wes Montgomery - part three
a guitarist's notebook &bull Mar 19, 2008
If I Should Lose You Full Story »
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Topics:
- Wes Montgomery
