Re: Pat Martino techniques

Richard Rodseth ( rodseth@wco.com )
Sat, 1 Mar 97 21:29:43 -0800

Reed wrote

>On the guitar you are forced to use drop 2 voicings for the most
>part. Thus [B E G D]
>
>If you want to think drop 2 on the piano, it's very easy to
>just visualize the chord in closed position and see the 2nd voice
>from the top drop an octave.
>
>On the guitar this visualization process doesnt work.

Thanks for spelling it out so clearly for me. I guess the flip side is
that guitarists have an easier time "planing", or transposing. Right?

Richard

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