Re: Pat Martino techniques

reed ( (no email) )
Mon, 03 Mar 1997 00:42:40 +0000

At 02:44 PM 3/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>reed wrote:
>
>> Pat's idea is to apply the shape of the diminished chord, of which
>> there are only two practical ones on the guitar for these purposes.
>
>Actually, as I stated earlier in my post, Pat advocates learning the
>diminished chords on any and all groups of four strings on the guitar.
>The voicings that you can derive from this are of course going to vary
>in practicality, but they encompass a greater range of chords than the
>drop 2's. BTW, I had never even heard of the terms "drop 2" etc. until I
>had been playing for quite some time, even though I'd already done all
>these inversions. From what I have heard using these terms (on guitar at
>least) stems from Jack Peterson, whose teachings had a great deal to do
>with the curricula at Berklee and North Texas State.
>
Drop 2 is an arranging term from the time of the dinosaurs.

My teacher in high school, Mick Goodrick, used to mention that
term .

Mick is probably in his 60's by now and he learned it at Berklee.

I think it was pretty common knowledge there.

They all used to arranging study from Herb Pomeroy in those days.

reed

Reed Kotler
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