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20/8/20 Sussex jazz guitar school

Wide interval soloing ideas, counterpoint beginnings  Hi guitarists, here is the accompanying sheet to go with this week’s lesson. Drop 2 voicings on middle string set of Bbmaj7 which we will use to do some very interesting things with. We … Continue reading

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13th August Sussex Jazz Guitar School

Expansions on Quartal harmony, clusters, linking clusters using interval leaps, connecting lines to chords Hi, here’s the material for this week’s class. Be sure that you know the harmonised major scale in C Have these diagrams to hand during class … Continue reading

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6th August, Sussex Jazz Guitar School Zoom

Quartal structures with added notes This lesson will be a real eye and ear opener! We will look at root position quartal clusters over the entire range of the fretboard , our starting point will be the C harmonised major … Continue reading

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Spread Triads, 30/7/20

We will be in Investigating spread triads in this weeks lesson. I would often hear players like Julian Lage, Jonathan Kreisberg and other modern players utilising lovely sounding wide interval structures and wondered how they did it. Well rewind back … Continue reading

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Sussex jazz guitar prep

Quartal clusters – inversions, voice movement, modal uses, 251 prog Ever wondered how guitarists play about 20 chords over 1 chord?! We will be looking at a concept to create interesting modern chordal movements, single note line solos & fresh ideas … Continue reading

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