Naked Guitar The Bare Essentials

by Mark Sostrin

We can make a heck of a lot of music just by using the tones from the major, relative minor and parallel minor scales and the chord triads that are built from the scale tones. For each of the chord triad shapes, the proximity of available tones for extensions, alterations, and substitutions becomes readily apparent and most can be accomplished just by moving one finger. The concepts of partial chords, chord equivalencies, chord inversions, and chord substitutions make all of this possible. All of the scales, modes, chords, and arpeggios are imbedded within each and every CAGED sequence. We can play major and minor scales and all of their modes, including the major and minor pentatonic and blues scales. We can improvise by focusing on the tones that make up the chord triads which are the arpeggios. Any chord triad shape from the CAGED sequence may be used as a starting place. We can freely experiment by moving the chord triad shapes (actually any shape) up and down the fret board and easily alter or extend them just by moving one finger. You too can step out again on your own musical journey using the familiar chord triads that you already know. These chord triads are much more powerful and versatile than you might have realized at first glance. And so are the tones of the major pentatonic scale because these tones make up not just one scale but actually make up three scales and all of them are vital to the rock and blues genres. That is why the pentatonic blues box works so well. But in order to effectively improvise in any genre, we need two closely related parent keys and their relative minors. We use the scales and modes for melody, the chords from the major and minor harmonic environments for harmony, and we play leads, riffs, and chromatic runs mostly by focusing on chord triad tones. We create short phrases using rhythm and dynamics, slides, bends, hammer on, hammer off, and such. We focus on just a few notes of the scale but we hold in reserve all twelve tones of the chromatic scale for making melodies and we harmonize these melodies with the chord triads from the harmonic environments along with their substitutions. We use all of the tools available to us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0891HXBR1
• ISBN13: 9798647510020
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"