Modern Harmony & Harmonic Concepts

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Guitarist Jay Umble holds his first Mike’s Master Class where he conveys his ideas on modern harmony and harmonic concepts.  Read more for a detailed outline.

1. Modern Harmonic Systems
a. C Dorian Harmonized Scale
b. Major and Minor Parallel Chordal Systems

2. Blurring the Harmonic Nature of Chords

3. Bossa Nova Rhythm Concept with application on a Standard Tune

4. Parallel Voicing Concepts for ii – V7 – I Progressions

5. Modern Comping with the Blues
a. Using a common tone on top for entire chorus
b. Pianistic voicings
c. Other voicings – 12 bar example
d. Applying the Altered Dominant Matrix System

6. Modern ii – V7 – I Progressions

7. Harmonic Set-Ups

View a second clip from this class