Ah ha … I will practice this with the song I’m working on ..Thanks i was trying to navigate a chord progression on a current song I’m working on and this video answer some of my questions
Almost Happy New Year. Barry Harris also advocates playing arpeggios through the scale (he distinguishes between naming 7th chord arpeggiation and triad). I've done these exercises before, but relearning them within Barry's framework taught me the importance of playing these in time--with no rests--straight 8ths or triplets. You can learn how to hear over the bar line and odd grouping syncopation. There's always a rhythmic component, even with technique exercises like these--and you can leverage rhythm to make the technical side effective.
When applying this to a song, there are often key changes so having the box positions means that they aren’t always useful. How would you apply this to a tune?
Great question! The box positions make you think about the arpeggios in a different way than just starting on the root via the low E string. It forces you to think about the shape and notes if you do it right. Combining this with the other two exercises will then give you the ability to hear and see the arpeggio in every way across fret board so you can either play it directly or use it as a starting point for language or lines
Ah ha … I will practice this with the song I’m working on ..Thanks i was trying to navigate a chord progression on a current song I’m working on and this video answer some of my questions
Awesome! So glad it was helpful!
Wow! Super helpful Nathan. Thank you!
Glad to help! Let me know if you have any questions!
Awesome video Nathan 👍🎸 excellent content as always, thank you!
Thanks JazzStrat, glad you are enjoying all the lessons! Happy the content is being put to good use!
Almost Happy New Year. Barry Harris also advocates playing arpeggios through the scale (he distinguishes between naming 7th chord arpeggiation and triad). I've done these exercises before, but relearning them within Barry's framework taught me the importance of playing these in time--with no rests--straight 8ths or triplets. You can learn how to hear over the bar line and odd grouping syncopation. There's always a rhythmic component, even with technique exercises like these--and you can leverage rhythm to make the technical side effective.
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Thanks for watching! Happy holidays to you :)
Great sounding neck PU! Care to say what that is?
When applying this to a song, there are often key changes so having the box positions means that they aren’t always useful. How would you apply this to a tune?
Great question! The box positions make you think about the arpeggios in a different way than just starting on the root via the low E string. It forces you to think about the shape and notes if you do it right. Combining this with the other two exercises will then give you the ability to hear and see the arpeggio in every way across fret board so you can either play it directly or use it as a starting point for language or lines