Javier Aviles29th January 2015I really like your harmonies and your playing. Looks like I'm listening to Steve Lukather, although cleaner than him. You're great guitarist! Saludos amigo.
Hajduk29th January 2015Love that Guido, great lesson
Kristofer Dahl29th January 2015Wow both "out" and "in" sounding at the same time. You know this stuff inside out
Sounds awesome Guido!
Monica Gheorghevici29th January 2015Awesome lesson!!!
Guido Bungenstock29th January 2015I really like your harmonies and your playing. Looks like I'm listening to Steve Lukather, although cleaner than him. You're great guitarist! Saludos amigo.
Hi Javier,
that's one of the best compliments i ever got. Many thx, my friend! ;-)
Yeah, I'm really proud about the harmonies. I love these fourths chords a lot, I guess I listened too much of fusion music :-D
@Kristofer,
THX a lot!! yeah, it sound a bit like inside/outside but it's basically just jumping between the scales a lot. But I should make a new lesson about inside/outside playing, I like theses stuff too.
@Monica & Hajuk,
Thx so much guys! ;-)
playaxeman29th January 2015Thanks great lesson. Also good to see an explanation which modes to play over what chord progr. What is the secret (settings) of your great sound? I really dig that.
Ben Higgins29th January 2015Der Meister is back ! I struggle to talk about your playing without using swear words !!
- Guido Bungenstock29th January 2015Thanks great lesson. Also good to see an explanation which modes to play over what chord progr. What is the secret (settings) of your great sound? I really dig that.
Thx a lot! Yeah, i think it's really important here to know which scale i'm using on each of then. Otherwise you get lost.
But telling the truth: I don't know what's the secret (settings) of my sound. I think there's no secret behind it. I just switch on my amp, plug in the guitar and then i just play.
I would say it's more about the way I'm phrasing and feeling. Hard to tell...
Der Meister is back ! I struggle to talk about your playing without using swear words !!
Thx Master Ben! Use whatever word you wanna use, fine with me, haha
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Hi guys!
Welcome to my new lesson!
We are going to take a look at the Pitch Axis concept. This musical concept (based on Modal Jazz) originally comes from the earlier free Jazz players, like Miles Davis etc. It means by keeping the same bass note (or riff) continuously changing the modes on top of it, the chords in this genre mostly are sus4 chords to create an open tension.
But we are going to make a small time travel and transport this into modern rock music.
Bands like Dream Theater, Yes or players like Joe Satriani use Pitch Axis a lot.
In my small tune I just used sus2/sus4 chords and moved them up and down chromatically by keeping the same bass note E. For the next 4 bars I kept the same chords but changed the bass notes! Because I moved the chords chromatically we have a key change (modulation) on almost every chord! This means you have to use a bunch of different scales here. In the B section I demonstrate how this could sound in a solo. The key here is it to make it sound smooth and musical rather than just playing scales or doing exercises.
If you start jamming over the track you'll find out that it needs a bit of practice to do the scales change and finding the right melody. But after a while your ears feel comfortable with it.
The syncopated rhythm guitar of the A section is also a good timing exercise for you because it moves in dotted 8th notes.
Good luck!
A & B section of the song:
A SECTION(Rhythm Part)
EMaj7#4 | % | Em7/4 | % |
Em7/6 | % | Em7#5 | % |
G#m9/B | % | Bm7#5 | % |
F#5b9| % | Csus2| % |
B SECTION(Solo Part)
EMaj7#4 | % | Em7/4 | % |
Em7/6 | % | Em7#5 | % |
G#m9/B | % | Bm7#5 | % |
F#5b9| % | Csus2| % |
Em7 | % | % | % |
Final words
Try to compose your own Pitch Axis songs and enter the new world! There a millions of possibilities with this concept.
I tried to transcribe as close as possible. Specially in the Guitar Pro 5 you'll find all this little extras!
Have fun with it!
Cheers - Guido
Technical specifications
Guitar: Music Man Luke II
Strings: D'Addario NYXL 09/42
Amp: Peavey JSX Top with Marshall 2x12" V30
Effects: T.c. electronic G-Major
Sound-deflection system by DEEFLEXX
Mics: Shure SM57
Audio Interface: Focusrite Saffire PRO 24
Recording SW: Logic 9, several plugins
Standard tuning: E, A, D, G, B, E
Tempo: 112 BPM
Time signature: 4/4
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