More (and there willl be even more!) on the Greek Modes. This video talks about the Chord Family Template for guitar and demonstrates how a Greek Mode is created by way of a Root Chord. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsRtkDjRnSs
The turnaround chords I use for Blue Bossa are the same for Ray Charles' classic, "Hit The Road, Jack."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Famtw1L28
The whole secret to this entire system can be summed up by the term "Key Blending." This is a very specific form of blending keys together and is by no means arbitrary. To successfully use this System, a two-step process is used to arrive at two separate keys: our original key (the 'umbrella key') and the key we derive from it (the 'switched key.")
- 2:34 The Basic Principle of this System
- 4:24 Blending the I, IV and V of the two extracted keys of A and C
- 5:16 Improvising A Minor Pentatonic against the I, IV and V of A and C
- 7:48 The Who, 'See Me, Feel Me,' pt. 1 unpacked
- 8:41 The Who, 'See Me, Feel Me, pt. 2 unpacked
- 10:18 The Kinks, 'All Day and All of the Night,' unpacked
- 14:51 Nirvana, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' unpacked
- 15:51 The PR Switch in Jazz, 'the Tad Dameron Turnaround'
- 16:49 Two new terminologies in this System, The Umbrella Key & The Switched Key
- 17:11 The PR Switch in Jazz, Hiromi's 'Drifters'
- 18:02 What's coming up next?
I am 1000% certain that this System is an entirely new form of musical analysis that completes the circle of Music Theory altogether. With the Parallel/Relative Switch, we now have 3 Systems by which we can confidently and surely analyze chord progressions: The Greek Modes, The Major/Minor Key System, and this System, the Parallel/Relative Switch.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeV0GoUNj6E
This is a little piece that Pamela London put together as a retrospective of the Waldorf Hotel on Westminster right next door to Groundworks Coffeehouse where I often perform. I'm feature in this sweet Venice retrospective doing "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" and later on, "Sultans Of Swing."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPglDcy13Gg
Even if it's not possible to have a white Christmas in Los Angeles, all our Christmases are bright. Enjoy this Vince Guaraldi classic from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wdBLdldp9g
From the recent October 18th broadcast of Radio Venice with the inimitable Stanley Behrens. Broke a string during my solo and the guitar went painfully out of tune.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuHlt64kZGM