2008 week 3 lesson: Major scale chord arps and more, with audio

[gennation]

This are nothing more than different views of the basic Diatonic Mode Patterns/Positions most guitarist learn.

 

This is taking some of the larger arpeggio's built from each Diatonic scale and breaking them up across the fretboard and using string skipping.

 

You can use this from time to time just to remember that not everything has to be played linearly to sound cool.

 

You can use these ideas musically or as an exercise to get your "sites" from a different angle and to get you picking across the strings.

 

I've named the chords based on the notes being used as they relate to the Diatonic names, they could have other names if you prefer.

 

Personally I play these note by note, but if you want you can use chord grips too for blending the notes like a chord. I'll post the chords grips at the bottom of the lesson.

 

 

Diatonic arpeggio's using string skipping: Click here for audio

 

 

Gmaj13 Am13 Bmb13b9 Cmaj13

E---------------5--|--------------7--|--------------8--|---------------10--|

B---------5--------|--------7--------|--------8--------|--------10---------|

G------------4-----|-----------5-----|-----------7-----|------------9------|

D------4-----------|-----5-----------|-----7-----------|-----9-------------|

A------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

E---3--------------|--5--------------|--7--------------|--8----------------|

 

 

D13 Emb13 F#mb13b9 Gmaj13

E------------------12--|------------------14--|------------------15--|------------------17--|

B----------12----------|----------13----------|----------15----------|----------17----------|

G--------------11------|--------------12------|--------------14------|--------------16------|

D------10--------------|------12--------------|------14--------------|------16--------------|

A----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

E--10------------------|--12------------------|--14------------------|--15------------------|

 

 

Diatonic chord grips: Click here for audio

 

 

 

Cmaj13 Am13 Bmb13b9 Cmaj13 D13 E13 F#mb13b9 Gmaj13

E-----5-----|----7----|----8----|----10---|----12----|----14----|----15---|----17----|

B-----5-----|----7----|----8----|----10---|----12----|----13----|----15---|----17----|

G-----4-----|----5----|----7----|----9----|----11----|----12----|----14---|----16----|

D-----4-----|----5----|----7----|----9----|----10----|----12----|----14---|----16----|

A-----------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|----------|

E-----3-----|----5----|----7----|----8----|----10----|----12----|----14---|----15----|

 

One thing I like about this is it makes the Gmaj and Cmaj chords seem like the same type of voicing from their Roots, and it makes the Bm and F#m seem like the same type of voicing from their Roots.

 

Also, both the arps and grips from the D to high E strings are straight out of Bill Evans style comp'ing over A Dorian. IOW, play an Am7 vamp and use those grips on the top 4 strings for comp'ing, great stuff. Click here for basic audio sample

 

Enjoy and keep looking for new ways to use the same 12-notes!!!