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Chord Scale Trick

Instructor: Al Joseph
Style: Rock
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    Chord Scale Trick - Chord Qualities Al Joseph
    4:33
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

    Excerpt: In this tutorial I'll show you how I've taking the concept of chords scales literally to visualizing both chord and scale at the same time to help play through changes. Let's begin! Chord Qualities are important to understand and map out before proceeding on. Let's take a look. Maj7 - C - E - G - B (1 3 5 7) - Lydian C D E F# G A B (C) Dom7 - C - E -...

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    Chord Scale Trick - Inversions Al Joseph
    2:18
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

    Excerpt: The inversions are fair play. Learn them thoroughly. The quicker you get at identifying them the better. See the Maj7 Lydian Chart below! Cmaj7 - C E G B C7 - C E G Bb Cmin7 - C Eb G Bb See if you can apply these intervallic structures to the chart below. Iv'e already mapped out CMaj7/Lydian with scales for you :) Good luck!

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    Chord Scale Trick - Chords Playthrough Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

    Excerpt: Here are the chords we'll be using with the backing track... Gmin7 - G - Bb - D - F (1 b3 5 b7) - Dorian G A Bb C D Eb F (G) Emin7 - E - G - B - D (1b3 5 b7) - Dorian E F# G A B C# D (E) EbMaj7 - Eb - G - Bb - D (1 3 5 7) - Lydian Eb F G A Bb C D (Eb) Dalt - D - F# - A# - C - (1 3 #5 b7) - Super Locrian or Altered D Eb F F# G# A# C (D) - 1 b2 #2 3 #4 #5 ...

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    Chord Scale Trick - Backing Track Rundown Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

    Excerpt: Here are the chords we'll be using with the backing track... Gmin7 - G - Bb - D - F (1 b3 5 b7) - Dorian G A Bb C D Eb F (G) Emin7 - E - G - B - D (1b3 5 b7) - Dorian E F# G A B C# D (E) EbMaj7 - Eb - G - Bb - D (1 3 5 7) - Lydian Eb F G A Bb C D (Eb) Dalt - D - F# - A# - C - (1 3 #5 b7) - Super Locrian or Altered D Eb F F# G# A# C (D) - 1 b2 #2 3 #4 #5 ...

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    Chord Scale Trick - Greg Howe Playthrough Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

    Excerpt: Here are the chords we'll be using with the backing track... Gmin7 - G - Bb - D - F (1 b3 5 b7) - Dorian G A Bb C D Eb F (G) Emin7 - E - G - B - D (1b3 5 b7) - Dorian E F# G A B C# D (E) EbMaj7 - Eb - G - Bb - D (1 3 5 7) - Lydian Eb F G A Bb C D (Eb) Dalt - D - F# - A# - C - (1 3 #5 b7) - Super Locrian or Altered D Eb F F# G# A# C (D) - 1 b2 #2 3 #4 #5 ...

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    Chord Scale Trick - Backing Track Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

    Excerpt: Enjoy the backing track!

    Media Length: 4:11