Ivan Milenkovic29th November 2008Very interesting backing and lines, good job mate
Emir Hot29th November 2008very cool
Muris Varajic29th November 2008Tricky bars,thanks Ramiro.
Nazgul29th November 2008Great, Ramiro! Well done!
Fran29th November 2008Really interesting concept Ramiro, and best of all, it sounds really good too
Ramiro Delforte29th November 2008Thank you guys
Dejan Farkas29th November 2008Interesting stuff
Joe Kataldo29th November 2008Impressive
that's the stuff I like 
Hisham Al-Sanea29th November 2008nice one Ramiro.good job
Jose Mena29th November 2008Awesome, it sounded very Dream Theater to me
Vinod Saranga30th November 2008very interesting concept!
Thanks for the lesson Ramiro.
Gerardo Siere30th November 2008Very interesting stuff, for calssical guitar you can check also Leo Brouwer who has minmalistic stuff, as a side comentary Andy Summers says this music has a lot of influence in his playing.
Kuba Szafran30th November 2008Interesting concept, first time I hear about it. Thanks Ramiro!
Nemanja Filipovic30th November 2008Great lesson man.
- Ramiro Delforte30th November 2008
Thanx again
Pi382nd December 2008Interesting time signatures; very progressive. Great job!
fkalich5th April 2009This is neat, it is the kind of thing one should be interested in, if they are really serious about musicianship.
Young Guitarist18th January 2010The time signatures are making my brain explode
Santiago Diaz Garces21st January 2010The time signatures are making my brain explode
That's the idea! Hahaha
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Hi GMC! Welcome to the world of additive composition. This procedure was developed by some classical composers at the beginning of the past century. Great masters like Stravinsky and Ives employed this concept to create a music that is surprising because you never know what is going to happen. In this lesson I introduce this concept by making a kind of melody that add and subtract notes. If you check the Guitar Pro tab you will see that I've written the lesson in different odd measures: 7/16 – 10/16 – 7/16 – 14/16 - 7/16 – 10/16 – 7/16 – 13/16 - 7/16 – 10/16 – 7/16 – 4/4
Notice that I start with seven 16th notes then I add three more (that makes 10), then I subtract three (coming back to 7), at last I add seven more notes to make a measure of 14. The next harmony is quite similar but in the end, when you expect that measure of 14 I subtract one and make the measure of 13. The same happends in the last harmony where the rock comes in with the 4/4 measure.
If you are interested in this kind of rhythmic procedure you can listen to The rite of the spring or Firebird by Igor Stravinsky, Halloween by Charles Ives. Also many minimalistic composers uses this technique. One of my favorite ones is Steve Reich; you can listen to City Life and Three Tales.
The progression is*: Ab (first 4 measures) – Bb (next 4 measures) – Db (last 4 measures)
*The chords have some alterations but in the harmony is more like the one I've described.
