Chordal Strategies to Stella By Starlight (Part 2)

John Stowell and Steve Herberman continue their discussion and performances of chordal guitar ideas over the beloved Victor Young standard tune. The focus is on solo guitar with performance clips of the two guitarists alternating ideas followed by interesting discussion.

Some areas that are covered in the class are:

• Usage of pedal points
• "Constant structure" chords as a means for re-harmonizing
• Transposition of tunes to expand open string possibilities
• Clusters (tight voicing)
• Locrian #2 melodic minor sounds
• Chordal soloing on a Latin 3/4 feel
• Turnarounds for use over most song forms including Coltrane changes,
• Dameron turnaround and pedal points