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Polyphonic Patterns Applied
By Ernesto | March 30, 2008
I started messing around with applying patterns to some standards. Here is one I came up with for All The Things You Are:
Because of the constant movement in fourths, it pretty easy to apply a repetitive pattern like this. Other progressions require a little more creativity.
Here’s the same pattern with some added melodic movement:
I’ll try to work out an etude for the whole song. But the fun part is creating the basic pattern and using it as a foundation for improvising. More later…
Topics: Counterpoint, Guitar, Improvisation |
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