Re: Guitar Chord Systems

reed kotler ( (no email) )
Thu, 07 Nov 1996 15:36:05 -0800

>
>_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.
>
Well the system I was referring to were the 4 note rootless voicings.

Like I said, if someone tried to apply them there would be some
questions.

>If you want a particular topic to focus on for your systems, how
>about rhythm changes or Parker's bebop blues progression?
>
Maybe I'll post some examples of using the four note rootless
voicings for comping.

reed