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Article: Brett Garsed: Rock Guitar Improvisation.(Brief Article)
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- Guitar Player
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- July 1, 2005
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BRETT GARSED Rock Guitar Improvisation
When most guitarists say, "I don't play jazz, I'm a rock musician," it's usually in defense of limited fretboard knowledge, near inability to swing, and melodic paralysis that sets in as soon as the background harmony changes. However, when Brett Garsed makes the same statement on this DVD, it's a humble claim made for quite the opposite reason--it's made in defense of having lead guitar chops so ferocious that most jazz fusion players would gladly give their left ... um ... big toe, for comparable skills. And this DVD's title, Rock Guitar Improvisation, is the other big understatement. Sure, Garsed--a patient, energized, ...
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...ONE WAY OF EXPLORING MODALITY IS THROUGH polychords, which consist of an upper-structure triad accompanied by a diatonic or non-diatonic bass note. (Don't confuse this with polytonality-playing in two or more keys simultaneously.) In jazz, a polychord is represented by a symbol such as G/F. The
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