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 for composition.

We will be looking at playing over Gminor Dorian & C7 mixolydian
ie the 2 and 5 chords of Fmaj

And transpose this to other keys.

  Make sure you are familiar with these modes.

Then make sure you can play the triad inversions of Fmajor, Gminor and Aminor in the “E shape”

this will be our starting point to derive the quartal harmony!

you need to know which is the root, 3rd, 5th of each triad.

here is a diagram of the shapes, Aminor is simply the same as Gminor 2 frets up.

See you this week on either Thurs or Sunday!

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Gigs

August
2nd – Brunswick Jazz Jam, the Brunswick, Hove, 8pm
3rd – Brighton i360 opening launch, solo guitar, 10am – 12am, 2pm-5pm
3rd eve – Independent, Brighton, duo with Bjorn Dahlberg, 8pm
4th – solo guitar, Southampton barracks
6th – solo guitar, Brighton i360 event, 6pm
7th – Duo, The Westbourne, Hove, 7.30pm
9th -Brunswick Jazz Jam, the Brunswick, Hove
10th – Independent, Brighton, duo with Aneesa Chaudhry, 8pm
15th eve -Duo, The Westbourne, Hove, 7.30pm
16th -Brunswick Jazz Jam, the Brunswick, Hove, 8pm
17th -Independent, Brighton, duo with Mike Potter, 8pm
18th – 21st – Solo guitar performances in Oman, Arabian Peninsula
23rd -Brunswick Jazz Jam, the Brunswick, Hove, 8pm
24th Independent , Brighton, 8pm
29th – Rye Jazz Festival, Paul Richards trio, 1pm The Buttermarket

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i360 Brighton launch opening

On Weds 3rd August I’ll be performing throughout the day at the Brighton i360 opening launch and again Saturday 6th!

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Various band line ups

Having a large pool of the South Coast’s top musicians means I can organise different bands changing the line up each week.  From Brazilian Samba, Swing Jazz & Flamenco fusion. All have great followings – Brighton Lindy Hoppers come and dance at swing nights and Brighton’s Spanish party people to Flamenco fusion nights.  Here’s some videos!

CatClub Swing with Jive dancing Lindy Hoppers

Flamenco Fusion band with Abraham De Vega & Co

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Gigs

Weds June 29th  The Independent, 95 Queens Park Rd, Brighton, 8pm, free, Imogen Ryall vocals

Thurs 30th June The Westbourne, Portland Rd, Hove, 8pm, free, Imogen Ryall vocals

Fri 1st July Unitarian Church, solo classical Latin guitar recital, music of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Spain , 12.30pm , £2

Sunday 3rd July, Love Supreme Festival, the Bandstand, Paul Richards trio, 2.15pm

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