Guitar Phrasing Lesson Trailer- Solo over Chord Changes

[crazybones2009]

The hell is a Motiff??...didnt get anything 

[jimmylewis9871]

@crazybones2009

A motif is a melodic/rhythmic idea that is normally repeated in different keys, situations, or such. When you listen to any good improv artist you will hear recurring themes, whether note wise, rhythm wise, or a general feel you can connect to throughout.

Using motifs should be innate and natural, but Joe Rogers, who is an acclaimed guitarist and professor of music at Berklee, is trying to teach you how to start building motifs but making the same movements within chords.

[crazybones2009]

@jimmylewis9871 ...so its basically a lick isnt it??...

[prawser]

@crazybones2009

Not really, although a motif could be a lick that you continuously repeats. literally motif means a recurring element. If you listen to the jazz greats, you will hear them create melodies that repeat themselves in different situations/keys. In this video he is explaining how you get from playing up and down scales to creating actual melodies--here via the use of scale degrees. Watch the video again and try out what he says on a jazz tune, you will love it.

[Ometopada]

Fuckin A man . This is the shit. Awesome. Thanks.

[Ometopada]

Oh yea... Guitarist from band Death had that guitar on video Death - Lack of Comprehension. Nice one.

[CommittedMusic]

@Ometopada YEAH!!!!!! CHUCK SHULDINER. amzing player and man. The world is missing him right now in metal. He's known around the world as the Father of Death Metal.

[SIRONEDRAGON]

good stuff

[RDCureton2009]

Man this is really cool. GREAT JOB!!!!