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Andy French's Musical Explorations

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Tag: Music Theory

Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization – Part 4

In Jazz Theory, Lydian Chromatic Concept, Music TheoryTags Jazz, Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, Music Theory1st May 2018 Andy French

In this post we look at the Four Horizontal Scales of George Russell's theory, the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. …

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Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization – Part 3

In Jazz Theory, Lydian Chromatic Concept, Music TheoryTags Jazz, Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, Music Theory1st May 2018 Andy French

In this post we continue looking at George Russell's book, the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. We look at the Lydian Chromatic Order of Tonal Gravity and how it was derived and the Seven Principle Scales. …

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Basic tritone substitution

In Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Jazz, Music Theory30th April 2018 Andy French

In this post we look at the basics of tritone substitution. …

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Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization – Part 2

In Jazz Theory, Lydian Chromatic Concept, Music TheoryTags Jazz, Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, Music Theory16th April 2018 Andy French

In part 2 of our examination of the Lydian Chromatic Concept we take a look at its theoretical foundation - why the lydian scale is an attractive basis for music theory. …

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Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organisation (cover)

Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization – Part 1

In Jazz Theory, Lydian Chromatic Concept, Music TheoryTags Jazz, Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, Music Theory13th April 2018 Andy French

This post is an introduction to a series about the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, a music theory presented by George Russell in the 1953 book of the same name. …

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Lydian Dominant scale shapes (part 2)

Non-resolving dominant chords and the Lydian Dominant scale

In Guitar, Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Jazz, Music Theory, Scales11th April 2018 Andy French

This post discusses the difference between resolving and non-resolving dominant chords before looking at altered dominant chords and the lydian dominant scale. …

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Andy French was the lead guitarist and vocalist with the British alternative metal band The Hollowkind. The band is now defunct but their tunes are available on Spotify or SoundCloud.

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