Mapping a Tune with Bebop Scales (Chroma Zone 02)
“Excellent. Gives great insight into how the melody of a tune can be conveyed by the appropriate chord scale while being faithful to the melody.”
Discover the Power of Bebop Scales with Mapping a Tune
Are you looking to elevate your jazz playing skills to the next level? Mapping a Tune with Bebop Scales is the perfect course for you! In this comprehensive program, you will learn from top jazz guitarist Genil Castro and discover the secrets of using bebop scales to map out a tune. Designed for intermediate to advanced jazz guitarists, Mapping a Tune with Bebop Scales will help you expand your knowledge and techniques in no time. Our expert instructor Genil Castro will guide you through each step, showing you how to use bebop scales to bring your playing to life. It is a study on exploring Bebop Scales through mapping harmonically and scale-wise a tune, in this case, the standard Stella by Starlight, following up on the first Chroma Zone lesson that was an introduction to bebop scales, this one is a study on how to practice and integrate bebop scales into one`s playing by visualizing the harmonic and melodic content of a tune in specific areas on the guitar. In this program, you will learn:- Visualizing the melody and harmony of the tune in one area as two sides of the same coin.
- Mapping out the tune with Bebop scales
- Dominant(Mixolydian and Myxolidian B9B13) Bebop Scales shapes in 4 positions
- Practicing Bebop scales starting from the root, third, fifth and flat seventh
- Technical tips ( sweep picking and legato) on how to play the triplet
- An introduction to the concepts of syntactical and non-syntactical aspects of music.
- Why do I call a note Cb?
Sub-topic 1 Bebop Scales Sub-topic 2 Sweep and Legato for triplets Sub-topic 3 Harmonic Mapping and Melodic Visualization of Stella
Class Categories:
- Practicing
- Soloing
- Technique
- Theory
INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
Course Content
Lessons
- Mapping a Tune with Bebop Scales (Chroma Zone 02)2412
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Dane Clarke
8/1/2020
"Mapping a Tune with Bebop Scales (Chroma Zone 02) | by Genil Castro"
Excellent. Gives great insight into how the melody of a tune can be conveyed by the appropriate chord scale while being faithful to the melody.
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Studies: Genil Castro started to play in 1981, he studied with the great Bossa Nova guitar player Sidney Barros ( Gamela). During the period of 1983/84 Genil enrolled Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California where he attended workshops and seminars by Lenny Breau, Howard Roberts, Mick Goodrick, Joe Diorio, Ron Eschete, Joe Pass, Tommy Tedesco, Larry Coryell and Moacir Santos. He also attended seminars by Joe Diorio in Brazil in 1985, 1989 and 1995. Licensed in music education by University of Brasília, Genil has a Masters Degree in Musicology, with the thesis: “What chord is that? Plurality: the creative process of resignification of melodic and harmonic structures” Performance: Influenced by Lenny Breau and Bill Evans Genil follows the tradition of the ‘electric lap piano” utilising artificial harmonics to expand the harmonic palette of the instrument. Genil played concerts, and/or recorded TV programs with João Donato, Hamilton de Holanda, Toninho Horta, Joe Diorio, Jeff Andrews, Don Burrows, Phil DeGreg, Lula Galvão, Nelson Faria and many others. He recorded the CD CircumAmbulation in 2009. Teaching: Genil teaches the following classes: guitar, history of the guitar and performance at CEP/EMB Escola de Música de Brasília since 1999. He gave seminars in various festivals across the country. Since 2006 he teaches online lessons to students from different continents. Genil Castro's approach to jazz is comfortable for any level of guitarist. He has a unique ability to teach difficult concepts in a simple way.