GUITAR THEORY: Exercises for Melodic Chord Control

[frea1able]

Beautiful and great for training. I would like to see the face of the person while he is playing.. I know that sounds silly for a training or teaching video but it makes it more personal feeling..

[csensesfail92]

none of his videos should have dislikes there is nothing to dislike about them

[iop9709]

wow for once a good youtube video has no dislikes :)

[CKS5000]

I know you love theory and stuff, do you think you could put together something about the scales? People always show the ones they like or use most often, I kind of need to have more than just the major and minor or just mixolydian and phrygian. its like i can only find one or two and thats it. Thanks.

[37no37]

how to plan or deduce the right progression chord for a melody

[ferdielopez1]

:-)

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[AXELGRIZ]

Is this like Voice Leading?

[AXELGRIZ]

Great video! How long have you've been playing?

[Legend5423]

nice!

[darioidan]

Hey can someone help me with this vid? I really don't how this works, i mean i know what he did with progression and top lines and having you go for different chord shapes but i don't how it goes like i can just chose any progression i want and have it make and ascending/descending top line i want?

Cause i somehow feel like i can't just go with anything and I also wanted to know which one i pick first, the chord progression or the melodic progression hum

[CallistoAshus]

@darioidan - You can choose any chords/melody notes you want. Whether they fall within a given key is a different story, but music doesn't have to be diatonically obedient to sound good. My impression here is that Andrew's demonstrating just the opposite - how chromatic melodies can sound very harmonious when backed up by chords.

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[CallistoAshus]

@darioidan (cont.) - You can go with any progression you want. Take a few chords and alter them so their melody notes are the same or chromatic, as Andrew has shown here. Play around and see what sounds good to your ears.

Furthermore, you can pick either first. Personally I'd do chords first if I'm composing from scratch. If I'm dealing with a bassline or other already-existing musical element, I'd play around with single notes first to determine a melodic approach. Then I'd add chords to them

[darioidan]

@CallistoAshus wow man a lot o/ You really helped me out i mean i thought that Andrew the theory out of this and i was really confused but yeah it's really that simple XD

And that's something I've been looking for a while, combining melody lines with chords, thanks for your help o/

And thanks for Andrew for the great lesson as always =D

[Jamesincolor]

i love the lesson Andrew. its given me something to practice!

[murphj4]

1 3 6 flat 2. I can't say I've seen that one before. How does that work. Is the flat 2 some kind of substitution? I was expecting 1 3 6 2 5 1.

[jippie11261]

@murphj4 ... That's a real jazzer's version: I = (Root Chord) III = (bIII Ma7 - Modal Interchange Chord) VI = (bVI Ma7 - Modal Interchange Chord) bII Ma7#11 (this chord is an inverted E7b5 sus4)

Watch all of Andrew's theory videos, that's where I've learn't all of my theory from.

YouTuber's like marty schwartz and justin sandercoe are okay but just don't have the credentials or the natural teaching ability of Andrew.

[murphj4]

@jippie11261 Thanks, I don't know why I didn't think of that before posting. Too impulsive I guess.

[MarkoRuzinOfficial]

This lesson is enlightening, now all that's left is learning those hundreds of standard sequences. :)

[mikedg18]

You should also check Mickey Baker's 'Complete Course in Jazz Guitar'

[creativeguitarstudio]

@mikedg18

The Mickey Baker stuff is a fantastic book series, thanks for this suggestion! I'll include the links to these books in the handout for the lesson plan. Thanks again for the great tip.

Andrew Wasson

Creative Guitar

[Eyewash03]

Do you or do you know of any good tips for squareneck dobro?

[alapunk13]

nice one sir!