Frank Gambale Cracking The Code.

Cool little clip of FG.

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[FingerNubs]

Jazz is kindergarten and amateurish? LOL! Do you believe the moon is made of cheese as well?

[DoubleIntruder]

Why does it always have to be a contest with some people?

It's pretty obvious that Frank Gambale has an encyclopedic knowledge of the guitar & has probably forgotten more about playing than most people could ever hope to learn.

[onamemmet]

@dzre2087 i often have the same yearning. i guess tribal tech comes a little closer...

[adisharr]

This episode of The Commish was a lot more musical than I expected.

[69torus]

@Dking863 Yes, I'm aware of all that, but you're introducing extraneous information. A phyrgian arp? 3-5-7-2... Well, that's just an E mi7 arpeggion (in C ). Since you're addressing modes, phrygian relies heavily upon the semitone E-F to help give it a somewhat "exotic" sound, which is nice over E minor but not neccessarily the best choice over C Maj 7, due to the F natural. An Emin7 arp over C maj7? Of course, it's just a C Maj7/9 with no root.

[Dking863]

@autumnreign78 that's exactly what I was talking about, they function as a chord in place of the modal chord your in. since most people just say this in jazz, let's play a 2-5-1 in D or 2-5-1-7 in Cb. It's really a study in itself and I have a number of books on this subject.

I just call it a shift in the key center. since it's hard to solo if your in Dorian and the guy next to you is playing a secondary dominate.

[Dking863]

@iperman68 you mean the basic triad arpeggios along with pent. scales.. it's harder to solo over a full chord then over a 1-5-1. remember-since most of this is basic music then you can play almost anything over the music that conforms to theory. It's not as hard as it looks so try this. find the key center and as the tune moves just play the extensions. Now you'll sound way out of the loop and if you want to sound in then just play the triads with the 7th. good luck

[Dking863]

@69torus since there are only 7 notes in the major scale then we have only 7 numbers. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. in chord theory it works like this 1-3-5-7-2-4-6. the 9-11-13th are really just the 2-4-6. cause there's only 7 notes. Phryg is the 3rd. it looks like this from the key center 3-5-7-2-4-6-1. if in Ionian and you want to play an arp. then try the Phrygian arp because it looks like this. 3-5-7-2 and is the same as Ionian with the Root missing and a 9th added. Aeolian 6-1-3-5 is a 13th w/triad

[autumnreign78]

@Dking863 actually secondary dominates do not function as 1, they function as the V of some other chord in the original key.

[fivedaysinjune]

@dzre2087 Try J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. He's like Neil Young gone nuts.

[69torus]

You also have to learn chord/arp. substitution. Try a C maj. 7 arp over Am9 and vice versa for example. Try Dm7 over F maj 7. Or, if the chord is G7, I'll slide from the G root up to the 3rd B and then slide up to D and execute a Dm7 ala Frank. His two books that originally came with a cassette are priceless learning materials.

[69torus]

Sure, and you have to apply that arpeggio sweep to Maj. 7. min 7, for a start at least. The right hand and left hand remain consistent on 2 ocatve sweep arpeggios. I used to work it with a metronome ALOT. It still hasn't "clicked", in that fast 2 octave sweeps from still sound quite contrived. However, it has done wonders for arpeggio application all over the neck at slow tempos.with Rhythmic variation. Experimenting with Frank's formula over ballads has been what works for me.