Mike's Master Classes

The Harmony of Ravel & Debussy For Guitar

Mike Godette·
5.0 (2 reviews)·INTERMEDIATE·Harmony·1 lesson
$14.95
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By taking the class and practicing the ideas presented, the student will be able to expand on their chord knowledge and learn new voicing's and harmonic movements that are derivative of the piano work of Ravel and Debussy. In this lesson video, Mike shares his findings from exploring a wide variety of different chord voicing’s from the piano works of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. The video breaks down sets of chord voicing’s that can be used for 4 different tonalities taking you through Major, Minor, Dominant 7 and Minor 7b5 chords. After that Mike demonstrates how to utilize these voicings together in a jazz context by demonstrating 18 different chord combinations that can be used for Major and Minor ii V I’s. This is the ideal lesson video for any intermediate to advanced player that wants to further develop their chord repertoire and learn some new voicing’s that are sure to bring them outside of their comfort zone and expose them to new sounds and harmonic territories. Running time: 53 minutes 10 Pages PDFs Included

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james seaberry
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3/21/2023

"harmony of ravel and debussy"

Excellent class; some new chord voicings and new context for their use. Well explained, well researched.

Jamie Price
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3/18/2023

"⌁⌁Not A Review⌁⌁About To Watch/Read/Practice/Play the Course———Just Stoked Because I've Spent Many Joyful Hours Listening/Transcribing/Finding Purpose In The Music of Ravel, Debussy, & He's not on this course but Gustav Mahler Too!"

Yes, I'm giving 100% before completing because I'm completely stoked that Mike Godette put this together. It's simply all joy for me today! Thanks & Cheers! ♫♫♪ ♪

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Mike Godette →
Mike Godette is a guitarist and teacher out of the Southern Connecticut area. He received a BM in Jazz Studies from Western Connecticut State University with a focus on jazz guitar and has taught guitar for the past 16 years. Mike has always had a very wide range of musical influences and his playing is a unique blend of instrumentalist and composers such as Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Herbie Hancock, Booker Little, John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Burt Bacharach & Brian Wilson. In addition to teaching, Mike also maintains an active youtube channel and performs regularly as a leader and sideman throughout the CT/NY area. He has played with artists such as Aaron Goldberg, Jimmy Greene, Gerald Veasley, John Stowell, and Myron Walden.