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Mick Goodlick Mastering Dominants
Mick Goodlick Mastering Dominants
Mick Goodlick Mastering Dominants
byMick Goodrich
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Cmuj7chord tone that sounds best to you. (Thats why I use so many accidentals. When you play the exercises forward, the extra accidentals seem redundant. But when you shift into reverse, they come in very handy.) As you work through the scales, keep these points in mind: Examples 1-7 are derived from seven-note scales, while Ex. 8 comes from an eight-note scale and Ex. 9 from a six-note scale. Ex. 6 is Ex. 5 transyrsed up a minor third. : Examples 5 and 7 work best against a G7sus4.
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Ex. 6
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Ex.8 G7 (F symmetricaldiminished)
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Ex. 9
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These scales represent typical insidechoices the yourelikely to encounter. Nowlets touch on some outside options. Before tacklethese you lines,noticethat Examples lo-13 arederivedfrom seven-note scales, whileF.x.14isfrom aneight-noteseries. The nineprevious scales these plus newexamples encompass some the usual of sources melodicmaterial,aswellasa fewatypicalpossibilities for to keenvou thinking.
Ex. 10
G7 (E 1,melodicminor)
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Ex. 11
G7 (F # melodicminor)
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Ex. 12
G7 (B melodic minor)
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@ Altered up a perfect 5th @ Altered down a major 2nd 0 2 Altered up a minor 3rd @ Harmonic minor up a minor 6th @ Symmetrical diminished up a perfect 4th @ Lydian b7 up a minor 3rd
Mick Goodrick teaches at New England Conservatory and is the author ofAdvancing Guitarist [Hal Leonard]. He also gives clinics and perjorms worldwti, His recent albums include Rare Birds(withJoe Diorio) and Sunscreams, and a new album with WolfgangMuthspiel is in the works.