Tonal Centers Applied to Secondary Dominants
“To me, Frank's series about the General Tonal Center Concept is an excellent tool. I never could figure that Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel or none of the great players could improv…”
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- Tonal Centers Applied to Secondary Dominants4440
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Joel Jakubowicz
7/31/2007
To me, Frank's series about the General Tonal Center Concept is an excellent tool. I never could figure that Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel or none of the great players could improvise wondering "now, which mode shall I play over this chord". Frank goes straight to the point where you can create your own lines,free enough to become yourself. The General Tonal Center Concept brings you from a very basic to a very sophisticated level of improvisation where you can play using all the altered tones you could dream of, BUT never losing your own voice. Frank shows many great tunes to illustrate his concept and answers very kindly and clearly to the questions asked during the class. SIMPLY ESSENTIAL !
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Frank DiBussolo, a graduate of Widner University, received his Mater of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in composition from the Combs College of Music in Philadelphia, PA. He has studied theory and compositon under Dennis Sandole, Albert Stauffer, Ana Kotserenko, David Finko and Dr. Romeo Cascarino. Frank has many credits to his name, including writing for the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, The Philadelphia Jazz Ensemble, Rosella Washington, Clyde Terrel and Pearl Williams, among others. In addition, he has recorded extensively and has performed with numerous musical personalities, including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, Vicky Carr, Bobby Vinton, Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Severenen, Bob Hope, George Barns and Art Blakey.Jimmy Bruno said of Frank "It would be hard to imagine anyone playing the guitar better than this!"