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Basics For Baroque Improvisation
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Check The Playlists ! The instructional clips are meant to convey basics of improvising counterpoint on the guitar in Baroque fashion and may also address a wide range of topics.
My original music is downloadable here : basicsforbaroqueimprovisation.bandcamp.com/
May they inspire a growing interest in deeply exploring and enjoying your time spent with music.
Check video descriptions for more information.
Examples should be treated as building blocks and developed.
I truly hope you find something on the channel that you enjoy!!
This page is dedicated with love and gratitude to the memory of Ted Greene and George Van Eps; the 2 guitarists I have been most inspired by and the 2 teachers from whom I learned the most.
If you are enjoying the content and would like to leave me a tip please see the PayPal link below.
Thank you !
May your love of music flourish, grow and bring many years of enjoyment.
Best Wishes -
John McCain
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My original music is downloadable here : basicsforbaroqueimprovisation.bandcamp.com/
May they inspire a growing interest in deeply exploring and enjoying your time spent with music.
Check video descriptions for more information.
Examples should be treated as building blocks and developed.
I truly hope you find something on the channel that you enjoy!!
This page is dedicated with love and gratitude to the memory of Ted Greene and George Van Eps; the 2 guitarists I have been most inspired by and the 2 teachers from whom I learned the most.
If you are enjoying the content and would like to leave me a tip please see the PayPal link below.
Thank you !
May your love of music flourish, grow and bring many years of enjoyment.
Best Wishes -
John McCain
www.paypal.com/paypalme/johncmccain
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 22 - GRATITUDE AND AIM
Here we have a centering practice based upon cultivating gratitude daily and finding something that you serve beyond yourself.
Please ask questions if more clarification is needed
Here is the video I mentioned about fingerboard mapping :
ua-cam.com/video/hlHuoccHDns/v-deo.html
The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here :
ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html
George Van Eps' original title for his Mel Bay books was "Harmonic Mechanisms for the Guitar and Mind" but Mel Bay chose to omit the "and Mind" wording.
I dedicate these lesson to the memory of George Van Eps.
A priceless teacher and friend.
Please ask questions if more clarification is needed
Here is the video I mentioned about fingerboard mapping :
ua-cam.com/video/hlHuoccHDns/v-deo.html
The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here :
ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html
George Van Eps' original title for his Mel Bay books was "Harmonic Mechanisms for the Guitar and Mind" but Mel Bay chose to omit the "and Mind" wording.
I dedicate these lesson to the memory of George Van Eps.
A priceless teacher and friend.
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 21 - THINKING IN 3RDS
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Here we have a centering practice based upon thinking about approaches to fingerboard recognition and chord construction. Please ask questions if more clarification is needed Here is the video I mentioned about fingerboard mapping : ua-cam.com/video/hlHuoccHDns/v-deo.html The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html George Van E...
NEUROGRAPHICA # 8
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The music and images were created together. An exploration of sound and space. The perspective of infinity is not only a living value, but also an inexhaustible source of the highest art. Quotes from neurographic.art/tag/neurographics/ • Neurographica is an excellent method to develop and maintain the state of aware presence, sometimes called mindfulness. The benefits of mindfulness are grounde...
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 20 - FRETBOARD MAPPING
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Here we have a centering practice based upon thinking about approaches to fingerboard recognition. Please ask questions if more clarification is needed Here is the video I mentioned about E-F-G, B-C-D fingerboard mapping : ua-cam.com/video/hlHuoccHDns/v-deo.html The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html George Van Eps' origin...
SOLO GUITAR - MINIATURE # 41 - IN MEMORY OF TOM JACOBS
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Tom Jacobs died quite unexpectedly this week. We'd been friends since 1970. He was a passionate guitarist and recording engineer. Tom forged his own path and I will miss him. Gone far too soon. I pray he rests peacefully in Eternity. Please take care of yourselves out there. The Solo Guitar - Miniatures Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTXwju2lLQ7qsMd1zfAi-WXd.html For more Solo Gui...
NEUROGRAPHICA # 7
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The music and images were created together. An exploration of sound and space. The perspective of infinity is not only a living value, but also an inexhaustible source of the highest art. Quotes from neurographic.art/tag/neurographics/ • Neurographica is an excellent method to develop and maintain the state of aware presence, sometimes called mindfulness. The benefits of mindfulness are grounde...
NEUROGRAPHICA # 6
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The music and images were created together. An exploration of sound and space. The perspective of infinity is not only a living value, but also an inexhaustible source of the highest art. Quotes from neurographic.art/tag/neurographics/ • Neurographica is an excellent method to develop and maintain the state of aware presence, sometimes called mindfulness. The benefits of mindfulness are grounde...
SOLO GUITAR - 12 STRING # 1
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A brief piece enjoying the special characteristics of the acoustic 12 String Guitar. Special attention paid to the overtones here. The Solo Guitar - Miniatures Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTXwju2lLQ7qsMd1zfAi-WXd.html For more Solo Guitar Clips : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTVsUn70cWjMrUth41CLc7Xf.html For a Cathedral Organ Guitar Improvisation : ua-cam.com/video/qNHjd20osOg/v-d...
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 16 - IMPROVISING PARTS
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Here we have a centering practice based around improvising a sung melody and creating a call and response featuring different registers The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html George Van Eps' original title for his Mel Bay books was "Harmonic Mechanisms for the Guitar and Mind" but Mel Bay chose to omit the "and Mind" wordi...
NEUROGRAPHICA # 5
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The music and images were created together. An exploration of sound and space. The perspective of infinity is not only a living value, but also an inexhaustible source of the highest art. Quotes from neurographic.art/tag/neurographics/ • Neurographica is an excellent method to develop and maintain the state of aware presence, sometimes called mindfulness. The benefits of mindfulness are grounde...
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 15 - SHIFTING SEQUENCE
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Here we have a centering practice wherein we are displacing pitches across strings : 3 on 1, 1 on 1 & 2 on another, 2 on 1 & 1 on another, 3 on 1, etcetera The idea is to be able to recognize pitch names on the fingerboard even as they are displaced across strings. The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html Here is a video det...
ORIGINAL - MAGELLAN
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The Beatles Covers / Originals Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTV4p13BpQMLD_nLZYsFbSwy.html LYRICS : Gotta go off somewhere You gotta there they say Such a long way away But you don't have to stay So dare to leave the shore And everything the same You gotta go where they say Go Where they won't even know your name Set Sail Magellan Words and Music, all instruments and vocals by Jo...
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 14 - MAJOR & MINOR
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Here we have a centering practice examining the difference in form between common major and minor chord shapes The idea is to be able to recognize pitch names on the fingerboard even as they are displaced across strings. The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html Here is a video detailing an approach to learning the fingerboar...
NEUROGRAPHICA # 4
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The music and images were created together. An exploration of sound and space. The perspective of infinity is not only a living value, but also an inexhaustible source of the highest art. Quotes from neurographic.art/tag/neurographics/ • Neurographica is an excellent method to develop and maintain the state of aware presence, sometimes called mindfulness. The benefits of mindfulness are grounde...
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 13 - HALF STEPS
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I meant to say # 13 rather than # 12. Here we have a centering practice examining the sequence of half steps in the key of no sharps and no flats, i.e., E - F, B - C. The idea is to be able to recognize pitch names on the fingerboard even as they are displaced across strings. The Harmonic Mechanisms For The Mind Playlist is here : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTW8QHZOVzuyM1VtBB8UZtZ6.html Here is ...
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 43 - RHYTHMIC 7, 9, & 11
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 43 - RHYTHMIC 7, 9, & 11
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 12 - RHYTHMIC 5 & 7
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 12 - RHYTHMIC 5 & 7
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 42 - OUTLINING CHORD PROGRESSIONS
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 42 - OUTLINING CHORD PROGRESSIONS
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 11 - THINKING IN 4THS
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 11 - THINKING IN 4THS
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 10 - CONTRARY MOTION
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 10 - CONTRARY MOTION
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 9 - MELODIC SEQUENCE
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 9 - MELODIC SEQUENCE
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 8 - SUB & SUPER POSITION
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 8 - SUB & SUPER POSITION
TONE POEM - WHILE THE LEAVES ARE BLOWING
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TONE POEM - WHILE THE LEAVES ARE BLOWING
LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 7 - 10THS IN 3RDS
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LESSON - HARMONIC MECHANISMS FOR THE MIND # 7 - 10THS IN 3RDS
GEORGE VAN EPS EXCERPT - TANGO EL BONGO - PART 1
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GEORGE VAN EPS EXCERPT - TANGO EL BONGO - PART 1
❤️Baroque and Bach!
Yes !!!
❤ ❤️Baroque and Bach! I missed Bach in Nashville
Oh hey, I found the relationship to the secondary dominants that I asked about in the chat about the chromatic scale. Not sure I formulated the question properly but this is what I was trying to suss out: ua-cam.com/video/7ES5ULUlSdE/v-deo.html
Nice !
I love the patient development in this one. Gorgeous, poignant work. I found 1:00-1:08 and the higher octave repetition especially moving. Thanks for sharing. I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you Travis ! I truly appreciate your kind and thoughtful comment here
Ah the perfect type of music for video games. The goal of video game is to make soundscapes, and environmental music is to add atmosphere that you can listen to for 1000 hours with out muting. Lets take Skyrim for example. Great music, but 400 hours of game play, I turn it off. Any music played on loop can get annoying. Except if its music that you feel, but not listen to while playing. A good example of this is Elden Ring, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild. So if you ever do get the chance to frelance on video game music keep in mind of when you need the player to feel like a bad ass (but with difrent scores) or just let them feel the mood of the environment. As composer you probably figure it out more than me just spiting out my charisma roll. Cause its just my opinion and gripe on video game music.
Thank you for those insights phlyphlo ! Very interesting indeed !
Very beautiful, wonderful, wonderful sharing 🥰 Thank you 💐🌹 I'm touched 🍀
Thank you for listening and letting me know this touched you. I truly appreciate the feedback ! Very Best Wishes - John
That's absolutely beautiful John. Thank you.
Thank you for listening Joe !
❤❤️Baroque and Bach! A and that swanky guitar. This just popped up I said, oh my gosh I gotta look.
🙂Did you catch more Larry last night ? Did you shoot any footage anywhere to share ?
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation it was a fabulous two night stand. I got a hug and from Tom. He had a table for me upfront John. It was fabulous fabulous my friends took some video that I met there. I was too busy gawking at the guitars and my guitar hero. I got some pictures and I’ll get some video for us and I’ll download it to my UA-cam Kenny Wayne Shepherd guest last night Vince Gill the night before it’s so hot here
@@SeeCSeesCC Great news !!
Such a beautiful and touching music✨ in your special musical language.. I'm very sorry for your loss...since 1970...that's a very long time.. Wonderful tribute
Thank you Marianne - I truly appreciate you giving a listen and letting me know. You know I greatly admire your work !
Finally had a moment to do some youtubing! Like, like, like! Hit that "like button", cause i love it.
Vielen Dank Herr Fraish !!
We are here for such a short time, relatively speaking. My musical endeavors are all encapsulated in the handle of “Time Remaining” for this very reason. Honoring those who are no longer with us is a reminder to also “honor necessity”, and realize the only truth we have is really… love. And the aim to create.
Yes ! Thank you my California Friend !
Golden advice! Thank you friend!
Hope you're having a peaceful weekend there Paul !
Thank you. Indeed calm Sunday morning with the record player and coffee on the porch. Got one of those old Audio Technica Soundburgers. Leo Kottke “Madlark”, Gentle Giant “Octopus”, and Jean Luc Ponty “Enigmatic Ocean” are in the queue. 😊
@@paulauksztulewicz4803 Excellent !!
❤️❤️Baroque !
I have a feeling you heard some gi'tar twanging last night
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation it was phenomenal Vince Gill got up and guested I sat right in front of Tom❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@SeeCSeesCC Yes !!!
🙂
@@wackojacko3962 🙂
Beautiful stuff here.
Thank you for giving a listen and letting me know ! Much Appreciated ! Best Wishes - John
This was a lovely tribute to our beloved friend. May he rest easy. I'm gonna miss him. Thank you for this.
An inspiring piece and a thoughtful tribute. I can’t help but hear the echo of a Japanese Koto.
Thank You Brodie for giving a listen and letting me know. & I did have a Koto in mind on some of those pitches !
💔John so sorry about your friend Tom.. you’re paying him a lovely, heartfelt tribute. Rest easy Tom Jacobs.
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❤❤❤❤️Baroque , in Nashville, waiting for Bach
Out Honky Tonkin ! ua-cam.com/video/_x3cRUzDYPI/v-deo.html
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation yes❤️
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation you are the best John ❤️
So I am revisiting this Harmonic Mechanism and have to say how you use the term Displacement of a note is way cool and on it's own your arrangement sounds good. After thinking about this for a minute...more like an hour...I've reduced this Mechanism too get any 6th sounds on either of the 2 sets of strings I'm either playing a first inversion major 3rd or a first inversion minor 3rd. The coolest thing is I can Displace any 3rd all day long too any note I wish too. Can't wait to practice what I'm thinking...but I believe I'm on the right track. 🙂
Yes ! I think you have a real talent for exploring and organizing.That is a great talent to possess and nurture !
Nice guitar track! I like the tone of the twelve string, very clear and shimmering. Nice percussive effect when you pick all the way back. Very polished top of the guitar, could see you quite clearly in the reflection. Figured it had to be a laptop and not a mirror since the guitar was pointed the other way 😄
Takk T! Det er lyden av en veldig tynn nylonhakke på veldig lette stålstrenger. Jeg elsker den typen toneskifte fra bro til lydhull.
This neurographica method is working very well for you it seems. A wonderful series, both visually and musically. Quite a creative streak you're on!
Det er en ganske morsom prosess for oppdagelse. Jeg er glad du likte denne!!
Intense and vivid music, love the sombre cello parts. Has a symphonic quality.
Takk T! Å skrive musikk til disse stykkene har åpnet opp for noen nye tilnærminger for meg. Det er en glede å utforske!
Dreamy and beautiful
Vielen Dank Herr Fraish !
Wonderful. What is the medium used to paint your work?
Thank you Paul ! This one is Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Oil Marker, Prismacolor Markers, and Mod Podge 🙂
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation Wonderful! I paint with "glaze", which is quite different since instead of organic pigment, minerals and a reduction atmosphere in the kiln will determine the color.
@@paulauksztulewicz7381 I'm sure you do beautiful work Paul ! Glazed colors are brilliant
Hope all is well with you. I gather you’re taking a little break?
All is well ! Taking a little break to paint and compose and organize. It happens like this where cycles of interest and intensity appear and disappear. I'm working on a new Neurographica piece and writing the music for it now. Hope you are going to find smooth sailing there today !
What fun! I really enjoyed this excursion - thanks John.
Thank you for giving a listen Joe !!
Almost Beetlesque...
Wonderful! Hello John, it's Paul. This is my work account so, another subscription added ;). Since I don't allow use of cell phones in the ceramics studio, I use this work/ computer account to watch/ show/ listen to UA-cam music and videos while they all work with clay. Have a great day!
PS, the profile pic is of Dante, Alighieri The II. He is our three year old German Shephard (poor guy stays home alone with our cat while we're working). Smarter than your average high school student! ;)
Hi Paul ! I hope your day is moving along nicely there !!
@@paulauksztulewicz7381 🙂
🤔 uhm,... 😳
Sing Out !
❤ that’s really really nice John the guitar tone is fabulous and if you look really close, it’s like the mirror you must be facing a window
Thank you ! It took me a second to figure out that the reflection is of the laptop recording the video so it does look like a mirror.
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation I thought it was a new production technique lol❤️ like the new homeskoolon’ national headquarters in Nashville, we got ❤️Baroque and Bach central there in Maine
@@SeeCSeesCC We try !
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation ❤️Baroque and Bach! have wonderfully succeeded
Very nice. I tuned my 12 string to NST. Now that’s a toad’s wild ride! 😉
❤❤me and Bach will work on these moves on the plane to Nashville
❤️Baroque and Bach! All the moves I love this morning!
❤❤❤ I love it when you look at the camera first! M4M (15)
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Ive been experimenting, somewhat blindly, with harmonics and this has helped me greatly. Many thanks
Thanks Allan ! I'm happy this has been a help to you. Please let me know if there are further questions I might be able to assist with. Best Wishes - John
I like this. But kinda spending time on it...at first I thought diatonic too one key. At first D but then modulated to F# by moving up a note and instead of repeating a pattern use a lower bass note twice. I usually can simplify movements. I'm just missing something. I mean I know what 6ths are diatonicly 1-6 2-7 3-1 4-2 ect. And know fret placements. We're not really back cycling or anything like that. I'm sorry need that extra idea that puts this all together for me. 🙂
I think I know how to approach this for you. This exercise tracking the alphabet letters so D to B is a 6th, B to G is a 6th, G to E is a 6th, E to C# is a 6th, C# to A is a 6th, A to F# is a 6ths, F# to D# is a 6th, D# to B is a 6th, and it carries on with the fingering beginning now at the 7th fret B. So this doesn't just stay in one Diatonic scale but expands out farther. At 2:03 I mention that we are displacing the E down 2 octaves and continuing on. After that I mentions 3rds a few times but I meant to say 6ths. In a way 6ths and 3rds are the same for me as they are inversions of one another. E to G is a 3rd, G to E is a 6th. Hope this helps !
I look at 3rds and 6ths the same way. Only I look at the pairs as major or minor 3rds and 6ths as they spell out the first two tones of major or minor triads. 🙂
@@wackojacko3962 Excellent !!
Beautiful!
Dziękujemy Pawle za miłe słowo!
Loverly, Sire
Vielen Dank Herr Fraish !
So I am re-examining this and so I am calling out intervals because I am transposing to another key on a completely different set of strings and finding that it fits well with some Harmonic Mechanisms you have posted. 🙂
That's good news ! This should all fit together nicely
I usually move the entire shape across strings, but moving one note at a time is much more beneficial. This is really a dividend paying exercise, thank you for sharing!
You're welcome ! This exercise should help integrate some of the shadowy parts of the fingerboard that often fall between the cracks 🙂I'm glad you're enjoying it
How much more fun can a person have in 5 minutes? Probably the guy with a 7-string guitar. 🙂
🙂!
Great idea!!! I want to hear people starting with the E on the 19th fret on the 5th string!!!!!
Yes ! It takes a special kind of soul to get up there !!
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation No shy babies up there!
thank you for this Derek Bailey series! why does the attack sound slow on your guitar in this vid?
Thank you for giving a listen ! That slow attack cello / organ sound is something I've been working on for a long time and involves a special pedal by Electro Harmonix called Attack / Decay. That pedal is supposed to sound like tape being played backwards ( which it can do ) but I immediately heard the possibility of modifying the front end of the attack and getting that smooth organ-like or cello-like sound. If you own an Attack Decay Pedal : Taking a look at my current settings : I always have it in Poly mode. Sens at 10 o'clock, H Vol off, Tone at 10 o'clock, Harmonix off, Blend full clockwise, Attack at 9 o'clock, Decay full clockwise. Explore and see what you come up with ! There's also a pedal compressor and a long reverb from the Boss Katana MKII amp. I also use very light strings for separation and expressiveness. ( Ernie Ball Zippy Slinkys .007 - .036 on the Stratocasters and Ernie Ball Extra Slinky .008 - .038 on the Les Pauls, Sire H7, Astroluxe Cadet ) Wishing you the best - John
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Thank you ! I'll give it some thought !
So 4 months ago I didn't know of your channel. Of the Mind. Yes indeed my journey is beginning. I must say I've never up cycled 7ths before. Just for warm-up tonight people are gonna feel the aural presence. 🙂
Perfect !!
Such a wonderful song John. I like it a lot. 👏👏👏
Thank you Wolfgang !
❤ John you’re the man the musical man. Guess what one week and I think me and Bach are running off to Nashville
Uncle Larry awaits ! I hope you get to say hello !
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation so awesome that he’s having the show! And Guthrie Trapp I’ve always enjoyed his playing for a long time. I’m so darn excited. I just can’t even think about it. I wish you were going too
❤❤❤❤John, wonderful, what other channel?
That's my old defunct no longer active channel www.youtube.com/@2128169
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation all right Baroque, as long as I’m not missing something
@@SeeCSeesCC No, it's all here !
@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation I just looked at it John there’s still plenty to hear too and I just made it 800 subscribers just cause you know how I am
I think I might be responsible for like half the views this track has on your other channel. I really love it.
Thank you Travis. That brought me a smile !
I don't like givin up my secrets which aren't secrets at all but common knowledge but I've been takin this concept to extreme limits. You definitely know what I mean because it's obviously inherent in everything you do on your channel. Once again I have to say I am very grateful to be able to find some gems that you have given us...skills of playing Guitar 🙂
You are most kind WJ ! I do appreciate your thoughtful comment and continued enthusiasm !
Are you doing exercises from the Van Epps book?
No - These are brief overviews of basic ideas and approaches. There are other videos on UA-cam that go through exercises from George's books. I do have a playlist of transcribed excerpts from George's recordings. : ua-cam.com/play/PLoLOItWSclTWVM6j0k1y21c3XalpIBMhs.html Best Wishes - John