Author Archives: PaulRichards

Altered Dominant Chords There are countless concepts and devices to use over altered dominant chords. i have many approaches depending on the sound I want to get. We will look at dominant chords going to both major and minor One … Continue reading →

Creating an Etude over Autumn Leaves – 17th September Class We are using last weeks diagrams to help us compose an etude over Autumn Leaves. we will use creative devises and voice leading to weave through the changes. Having done last weeks … Continue reading →

MESSIAEN MODES, AUGMENTED ARPEGGIOS  We will be looking at a totally different concept this week.  One rarely talked about. Messian Modes! Don’t worry about your ability level as I have structured the class so it will suit all abilities with … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →