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Scale Chord Voicings

Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Topic: Chords
Styles: Any Style, Fusion
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    Scale Chord Voicings - Introduction Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Greetings Guitar slingers! In this tutorial we will look at the concept of Scale Chords. The main focus of this tutorial is not chord theory, scale theory, or any theory in general. Of course it always helps if you do have some theoretical knowledge when working with chord voicings. However, the object of this tutorial is to open your ears and mind to a d...

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    Major Voicings - Part 1 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: To begin with, let’s review what a chord is. A chord is a group of notes derived from a given scale, put together in a cluster. For instance, let’s take the key of Emajor (as presented in the scale charts below). The tonic (I-degree) of E major would be the root, major third and fifth degree of the major scale, together forming a major chord. In ...

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    Major Voicings - Part 2 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: OK, in this second part of major voicings, we’re looking at D major. Same idea; map out the scale across the fret board, and find a voicing you like. The difference here is that I have incorporated the open D-string throughout, and just used the low E and G-strings, and moved the voicings up those strings, using the open D as a drone. This creates a pr...

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    Minor Voicings - Part 1 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Time for Minor! In this part we’re looking at the E minor scale. Also, I have chosen other voicings. I found a voicing I really liked, and ran with that. As you will hear this leads to more “fusionesque” tones. The concept is the same though, this time I use the low E string as a continuous bass-drone. So, once you’ve done with this o...

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    Minor Voicings - Part 2 & Changing Scale Roots Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: So, here I’ve derived my voicings from the same E minor scale, but started out with an Esus4 voicing. I also touch upon another topic here, the topic of key change by altering root. Let’s say you play these voicings over that E-bass note, and play the E minor scale over that. Your scale will sound like an Eminor scale right? However, if I play a ...

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    Outlining Scales & Creating Outside Harmony Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: In this last part, I discuss outlining scales. What I mean by this is that just as a voicing or chord has a certain overall quality and texture, an entire scale has a quality of its own. That is, if you run scales up and down, that is one thing, you can still learn to recognize the scale by ear thanks to the scale degrees. However, if you learn to SING what ...

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