McCoy Style Quartal Modal Improvisation Annotated

The backing track, MIDI file of my solo and a transcription PDF file of this video can all be found on my website at:
http://www.Lot2learn.com

This is another installment in my quartal/modal themed tutorials. For the form, I use a simple progression that starts out in C Minor for 8 bars and then goes to E Flat minor for 4 Bars, then back to C Minor for 4 bars and ends up with a descending chromatic line 1 bar a piece Gb sus to F sus to E sus to EFlat sus then a single bar II-V (D Minor7 to G7) back to the top.

Improvisation is using C Minor pentatonic and Eb minor and AFlat major pentatonic as well as appropriate chord tones for the chromatic part. I am trying to illustrate that although there are many patterns used in the improvisation, it is much more than just a series of random patterns strung together. There is a logical construction of phrases which create a meaningful solo.
One very important concept to be derived from this solo is that music is always moving forward as tension is created and builds followed by a release.

Techinical notes: For this video I am using a new screen capture program to capture the MIDI keys called BB FlashBack Pro from Blueberry Software. I am very impressed with this screen capture software. Not only is it very easy to use, but it does an excellent job. There is a FREE version called BB Flashback Express which can be downloaded from their website here: http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/Products/bbfbex2.exe

Thanks for listening.
Roger
(Lot2learn)

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• improvisation
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[BATCH420]

SICK!! I'm a guitar player just drooling over here.

[Lot2learn]

@BATCH420 I appreciate your comment.

[b4nt2k]

Wow, good stuff. Is this based off a tune, or is this a chord progression/vamp that you wrote in the style of McCoy?

[Lot2learn]

Thanks. This is a chord progression I put together for this tutorial.

[keyzitis]

Wow, ur killin some stuff! It's beautiful!

[Lot2learn]

I appreciate your comment.

[tjjazzpiano]

Oh, so that's how you do that.

[PianistaItaliano]

I love this creative work, and the annotation helps a lot to understand the sequence of your improvisation. I also love the bass and the percussion.Great work * * * * *

[TheTruth285]

Having everything annotated helps.. But I'm still trying to figure out the logical sequence.

[tzmtv]

@tyleryesta1 Quicktime

[tyleryesta1]

I wish youtube had a feature where you could slow it down.

[coralsand]

@BATCH420

wouldn't it be so awesome to be able to play that stuff on guitar?

[blackvitruvianman]

The tension at 1:54-2:02 and 2:18-2:22 amazing!!

[new01]

amazing :D someday I will be able to play like that.

[matikurzweil]

que genial.......ud es un maestro para mí..muchas gracias por sus lecciones