The diminished seventh chord (o7) is one of the most exotic and beautiful harmonies that equal temperament has to offer. This chord type has a completely symmetrical structure. It is …
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The basic blues format In general the blues is a combination of minor pentatonic melody played over a harmonic progression emphasising the tonic, sub-dominant and dominant chords. It’s also common …
The problem Something I have observed with jazz harmony is that the rules around major keys are comparatively straightforward when compared with that of minor keys. Previous posts on this …
Introduction This is a quick recap about how to approach improvisation over altered dominant chords. Altered dominant chords will be dominant chords with one of the following tensions: b9, #9, b5, …
I thought it would be a good idea to have a record of some of my guitars ‘just in case’. If ever some of these were lost or stolen I’d …
Background Some time ago I purchased a number of courses from Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop web site. I use Windows PCs so I downloaded the course material using the supplied …