Guthrie Govan Discussion

[shapiro]

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[loiking]

i've recently encountered the same problem as you, and believe i have found a solution. when using chromatics never land on a note out of the sscale at the end of a phrase. they need to be more in'between notes , in between "inside" notes. also it is good say if in a dorian mode, to slide or slur from a chromatic note to the 6th degree or the 2nd degree of a scale. this works for me anyway
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[shapiro]

Well thats about how much of chromatics I understand at the moment, just the concept of it in general. But i cant really figure out how to apply it over fast phrases. I mean sure every now and then ill go inbetween two notes that are a whole step apart by playing the middle note (the one a half step away). But to play some of the govan stuff where every other note is a chromatic and sounds good? boggles my mind

[Mirth]

My advice would be:

1. Make sure you are comfortable playing chromatic runs in a fast way (meaning with your technique). So try to improvise only using chromatic scale. Make everything excessively chromatic. Try to get the feel of what’s happening. If this doesn’t make sense to you, make sure you can even play a chromatic scale across all strings, start to finish. Try it with 4 notes per string. Like this:
E: 5678
A: 4567
D: 3456
G: 2345
B: 2345
E: 1234

- So get used to playing up and down, stopping and starting in different places, but keep in totally linear, and completely chromatic, get used to the sound and the feel. Try moving it around, try different fingerings, but see if you can make a continuous chromatic run.

2. Now once you are comfortable with that, try it with a click track (if you haven’t already) and pick a chord (for example Gmajor –{GBD}) now try to land on a chord tone every beat, or every other beat, or every fourth beat, or whatever you can think of. Meaning, be in control of your chromatic runs.

- This I the trick to the whole thing is knowing where to land. That is a whole other topic. For some chords there are definitely notes you don’t want to land on, or stop on, like a perfect 4th on a Major 7#11. But on other chords like Altered 7th, there are a few more options, though again the lamest note would probably be the 4th, or major 7th.

3. Finally trust your ears, once you kind of feel it out a bit, you need to trust your ears more than anything, try to hear where the line wants to go, not where your fingers want to take it. By targeting notes in an actual improvisation, you will sound stale and rehearsed, but eventually you should just trust your ears to take you to the right place.

Well good luck, I hope this wasn’t in “greek” to everyone.

Cheers.
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[shapiro]

Thats great advice. Thanks, ill give it a shot

[Wickedpicker]

That was excellent stuff mirth, how much do you charge for lessons? I'll have to owe ya
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