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Alphabetical
Listing
Altered
7th Chords
Use of altered chords and their corresponding scale possiblities.
Bopology
101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples
& guitar tab.
Comping
The "Dues and Don'ts" of accompaniment.
Creating
Melodies using "The Suggestive Method"
The natural path to melodic construction.
Diatonic
Tertian Mega-Scale
A cool and useful idea for improvising over ii-V7-I changes.
Complete with MIDI audio examples.
Evolution
of the Major Scale
The origins of the discovery of the minor pentatonic scale and
its transformation into the Major scale.
Fowler-Brent
Shorthand
A precise and intuitive way of notating chords and scales.
"Giant
Steps" Analysis
Demystifies John Coltrane's "Giant Steps".
Guitar
Fingerings for the Major Scale and its Modes
The "Brent Box Sets" concept.
Internalizing
Rhythm
Find where it lives.
Jazzing
Up a Simple Tune
Some ideas for reharmonizing non-Jazz songs.
Melodic
Tendencies
Note choices based on psycho-acoustic factors
Minors
Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions. Complete with MIDI
and MP3 audio examples.
Mystery
vs. Mastery
Musical evolution and the loss of innocence.
Practicing
How long should I practice every day?
Principles
of Rhythm Guitar
The "Spare and Ringy One", the "Pushed Three" and
the "Busy Four"
Quartals
60 permutations of the ii-V7-I progression using quartals.
Also includes melodic ideas and comping suggestions using quartals,
complete with guitar grids.
The
Relationship of the Fundamental to its Fifth and Fourth
The physics of perfect 4ths and 5ths.
Rootless
Major 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences
Jeff Brent's Rootless ii-V-I Guitar Chord Sequences in guitar
grid format on
WholeNote.com. The Bill Evans closed rootless ii-V-I chord voicing
system for piano -
revoiced open for jazz guitar. Special thanks to Randall Carlson
and Brian Prunka for
proofreading and suggestions.
Rootless
Major 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences (pdf- 9 pgs)
Same material as above, but formatted in standard music notation
and tablature (pdf).
Special thanks to Gerhard Ersdal for taking the time to put
this together.
Rootless
Minor 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences
Jeff Brent's Rootless Minor ii7b5 - V7alt - im9 (or im69) Guitar
Chord Sequences in
guitar grid format on WholeNote.com. A continuation of the Evans'
style rootless chord
system for fingering ii-V-I progressions on guitar above.
Rootless
Minor 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences (pdf - 4 pgs)
Same material as above, but formatted
in standard music notation and tab (pdf). Special thanks to
Gerhard Ersdal for taking the time to put this notation/tab
document together.
Rootless
II-V-I Tutor
Derived from the same materials as above. The
chord components' degrees are mapped onto an interactive
fretboard. The V7alt buttons allow for instantaneous comparative
analysis. Quite simply the most intuitive exposition of chord
relationships I've ever seen. Special thanks to Joe Bianco for
this.
Sidewinder
Patterns
Sidewinder patterns consist of a sequence of identical fixed
melodic intervals chromatically ascending or descending.
Thoughts
on Modes
Some insights into modes.
Tips
on Transcribing
Practical advice on doing transcriptions.
Tritone
Substitutes
A study of their uses in a common progression.
Universal
Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th
chords as melodic soloing choices. Complete with MIDI audio
examples.
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Riffs & Licks
Bopology
101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples
& guitar tab.
Quartals
60 permutations of the ii-V7-I progression using quartals.
Also includes melodic ideas and comping suggestions using quartals,
complete with guitar grids.
Universal
Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th
chords as melodic soloing
choices. Complete with MIDI audio examples.
Melodic
Tendencies
Note choices based on psycho-acoustic factors
Creating
Melodies using "The Suggestive Method"
The natural path to melodic construction.
Sidewinder
Patterns
Sidewinder patterns consist of a sequence of identical fixed
melodic intervals chromatically ascending or descending.
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Modes,
Scales and Megascales
The
Evolution of the Major Scale
The origins of the discovery of the minor pentatonic scale and
its transformation into the Major scale.
The
Relationship of the Fundamental to its Fifth and Fourth
The physics of perfect 4ths and 5ths.
Thoughts
on Modes
Some insights into modes.
Guitar
Fingerings for the Major Scale and its Modes
The "Brent Box Sets" concept.
Minors
Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions. Complete with MIDI
and MP3 audio examples.
Bopology
101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples
& guitar tab.
Altered
7th Chords
Use of altered chords and their corresponding scale possiblities.
Universal
Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th
chords as melodic soloing
choices. Complete with MIDI audio examples.
Diatonic
Tertian Mega-Scale
A cool and useful idea for improvising over ii-V7-I changes.
Complete with MIDI audio examples.
Fowler-Brent
Shorthand
A precise and intuitive way of notating chords and scales.
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Chords, Chords, Chords
Rootless
Major 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences
Jeff Brent's Rootless ii-V-I Guitar Chord Sequences in guitar
grid format on
WholeNote.com. The Bill Evans closed rootless ii-V-I chord voicing
system for piano -
revoiced open for jazz guitar. Special thanks to Randall Carlson
and Brian Prunka for
proofreading and suggestions.
Rootless
Major 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences (pdf - 9pgs)
Same material as above, but formatted in standard music notation
and tablature (pdf).
Special thanks to Gerhard Ersdal for taking the time to put
this together.
Rootless
Minor 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences
Jeff Brent's Rootless Minor ii7b5 - V7alt - im9 (or im69) Guitar
Chord Sequences in
guitar grid format on WholeNote.com. A continuation of the Evans'
style rootless chord
system for fingering ii-V-I progressions on guitar above.
Rootless
Minor 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Fingering Sequences (pdf - 4 pgs)
Same material as above, but formatted
in standard music notation and tab (pdf). Special thanks to
Gerhard Ersdal for taking the time to put this notation/tab
document together.
Rootless
II-V-I Tutor
Derived from the same materials as above. The
chord components' degrees are mapped onto an interactive
fretboard. The V7alt buttons allow for instantaneous comparative
analysis. Quite simply the most intuitive exposition of chord
relationships I've ever seen. Special thanks to Joe Bianco for
this.
Altered
7th Chords
Use of altered chords and their corresponding scale possiblities.
Quartals
60 permutations of the ii-V7-I progression using quartals.
Also includes melodic ideas and comping suggestions using quartals,
complete with guitar grids.
Tritone
Substitutes
A study of their uses in a common progression.
Jazzing
Up a Simple Tune
Some ideas for reharmonizing non-Jazz songs.
Fowler-Brent
Shorthand
A precise and intuitive way of notating chords and scales.
back
to Table of Contents
Practical Musical Advice:
Practicing
How long should I practice every day?
Comping
The "Dues and Don'ts" of accompaniment.
Tips
on Transcribing
Practical advice on doing transcriptions.
Creating
Melodies using "The Suggestive Method"
The natural path to melodic construction.
Melodic
Tendencies
Note choices based on psycho-acoustic factors
Internalizing
Rhythm
Find where it lives.
Mystery
vs. Mastery
Musical evolution and the loss of innocence.
Principles
of Rhythm Guitar
The "Spare and Ringy One", the "Pushed Three" and
the "Busy Four"
back
to Table of Contents
Lessons with Audio
Bopology
101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples
& guitar tab.
Diatonic
Tertian Mega-Scale
A cool and useful idea for improvising over ii-V7-I changes.
Complete with MIDI audio examples.
Minors
Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions. Complete with MIDI
and MP3 audio examples.
Universal
Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th
chords as melodic soloing choices. Complete with MIDI audio
examples.
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to Table of Contents
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