> There are various "chord systems" for guitar players. You have to really
> isolate them and work on them one at a time. I posted a very important
> one but I'm not going to spend time posting anymore unless I see evidence
> that anyone is working on them. It doesnt really matter to me but as far
> as spending my time, I don't want to waste it. There are some things I
> left out and if anyone was trying to apply it, they would have some
> questions. As soon as I see any of those questions, I'll post more.
Reed,
_Please_ keep posting guitar "chord systems"! I've been incorporating
your and Marc Sabatella's "root & 3", "3 & 7", and "root, 3, 7 and
alterations/extensions" systems into my guitar and bass playing. For
the past couple of months I've been using chordal tones plus passing
tones rather than scale runs in my solo playing.
I've also been trying out a Mel Bay book that I got from Aebersold,
"Rhythm Chord System" or something like that. I liked the book initially
because he starts with 4 basic dom7 chord shapes up and down the neck
and then alters/extends them. My big beef with the book is that
there aren't enough "modern voicings" and the exercises seem to be
just circles of 4ths rather than ii-V progressions.
So please keep on with your guitar chord posts, Reed! I read 'em, I
work on 'em but I don't post to this list unless I think I have something
substantial to add.
If you want a particular topic to focus on for your systems, how
about rhythm changes or Parker's bebop blues progression?
Back to lurking,
--KevinJ
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