Thanks Isolated! yeah I agree, the tritone is a lovely sound and really good for composing riffs and adding surprises in the harmony. Also, for some reason they just work and sound really unique on the guitar.👍
This stuff is fantastic. I don't know if I'll ever be able to play these excercises fast enough to get the intended musical effect, but I'm sure gaining dexterity from the trying
Thank you for demonstrating this exercise! Although it's quite "geometrical", it's also musical and sounds great when played well. I'm taking it to my practice routine. Thank you very much for sharing!
@@nquerosaber Thanks, Yeah, they're fascinating subjects I am a big fan of set theory especially in regards to 20c style classical music for the guitar👍
Robert Fripp is playing in a different standard tuning, The tuning (C2-G2-D3-A3-E4-G4), places each string at perfect intervals, a method of tuning used for violins, cellos and mandolins.
Hi Condition Zero, thanks. I realise this, but most players use standard tuning. This is only an example/exercise for youtube it's not "Guitar Craft". It's just an idea for those wanting to take some Fripp ideas/concepts into their own playing. Also, Fripp didn't always use NST , it wasn't until 1983 that he really developed it and really stuck with it. 👍
Really interesting. I love diminished and whole tone scales. I usually use them real heavy on the seventh of harmonic minor. They work well for modulation because at that point nothing is technically correct. And you can get some really strange stuff that way. Shawn Lane turned me onto the concept of outside sounds.
Hi Ryan, Yeah, I agree. The diminished and whole tone scales/harmony always have that unique quality that work really well on the guitar. Great for getting away from cliches. Also, I find the diminished harmony really useful for fusion style compositions.👍
@@CliffordMartinOnline Great lesson! Fun and zany. I'm a little confused about where to use this. Since it focuses on the #4, do you just treat it where you would focus the blues scale? like over dominant chords? diminished chords?
@@KY_Matty Hi thanks! I really did this as more of an exercise for connecting tritones and octaves together in the way that chord pairs work. ....Having said that you could play over Dominants. For instance in bar 1 we could have D7 G7 C7 F7....But, this connecting the tritones works best as a more free improvisational almost atonal quirky approach. 👍👍👍
Hi mate! This is just an exercise in the style of Crimson for composing in "Tri- Tones" on the guitar. it's really for composing your own unique lines in this style👍
@@CliffordMartinOnline it's very good!! I was watching your videos. You have instagram? I just uploaded to instagram video playing this idea of yours.
Why are they called "Tritones" if it's a root, a #4 and the octave? Both "The Root" and "the Octave" is considered the same note, they are obviously two different frequencies that share the same note name. This would mean only two note names are being used: For Example C,F#C. Which surely would imply a two note Ditone and not a Tritone. Alternatively, If the note in the middle of "The Root" and "The Octave" is considered "The Tritone", then this is both a single frequency and a single note name. The word "Tritone" surely implies "Three Tones"...no??? For Example: Tri-Angle, Tri-Pod, Tri-Ads both major, minor, and augmented each Triad has three frequencies and three note names. So, why is it called a Tritone???
Hi, it's the concept of 1 to flat 5 and building off of that as opposed to a perfect 5th. These are also picking patterns to connect and create from. 👍
sorry for being late with the answer, but nobody answered so far, so... Tritone is an interval between two notes which consists of three whole tones, hence Tri-Tone. The distance between C and F#, for example. It's not the number of notes in a group (triplet or triad).
Hi Blackarrow, I have to say that I like this side of Fripp as I find it really creative and a search for originality. But, having said that I understand what you are saying as I love the melodic "Court of the Crimson King" and "Bible Black" compositions/style. I think that Fripp is his own opposite at times and hence never stays still and that's what makes what he does always interesting, even if not always appealing. 👍
![Robert Fripp- Symmetrical Scale [Tetra-tonic]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zobVVWiwQYU/mqdefault.jpg)
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AS A METAL GUITAR PLAYER MYSELF I FIND THIS CONTENT REALLY INTERESTING.THE TRITONE DARKNESS IS OUTSTANDING
Thanks Isolated! yeah I agree, the tritone is a lovely sound and really good for composing riffs and adding surprises in the harmony. Also, for some reason they just work and sound really unique on the guitar.👍
mikael akerfeldt style mixes a lot of tritones and minor all the time
This stuff is fantastic. I don't know if I'll ever be able to play these excercises fast enough to get the intended musical effect, but I'm sure gaining dexterity from the trying
Thanks Larry, the key is to just keep going, it's an old cliche but the more you practice the easier it gets.👍
this is excellent!! thanks much for your effort & insights.
Thanks mate, appreciated!👍👍👍
Thank you for demonstrating this exercise! Although it's quite "geometrical", it's also musical and sounds great when played well. I'm taking it to my practice routine. Thank you very much for sharing!
Thanks Alex, appreciated!👍👍👍
its funny because the tritone is in fact a geometrica form, on both chromatic scale and circle of fifths, and also in set theory
@@nquerosaber Thanks, Yeah, they're fascinating subjects I am a big fan of set theory especially in regards to 20c style classical music for the guitar👍
Robert Fripp is playing in a different standard tuning, The tuning (C2-G2-D3-A3-E4-G4), places each string at perfect intervals, a method of tuning used for violins, cellos and mandolins.
Hi Condition Zero, thanks. I realise this, but most players use standard tuning. This is only an example/exercise for youtube it's not "Guitar Craft". It's just an idea for those wanting to take some Fripp ideas/concepts into their own playing. Also, Fripp didn't always use NST , it wasn't until 1983 that he really developed it and really stuck with it. 👍
interesting...LTIA Part I: check min 4.55 and LTIA Part III (TOAPP) from the beginning...
Very good!
Thanks mate, appreciated!👍
Really interesting. I love diminished and whole tone scales. I usually use them real heavy on the seventh of harmonic minor. They work well for modulation because at that point nothing is technically correct. And you can get some really strange stuff that way. Shawn Lane turned me onto the concept of outside sounds.
Hi Ryan, Yeah, I agree. The diminished and whole tone scales/harmony always have that unique quality that work really well on the guitar. Great for getting away from cliches. Also, I find the diminished harmony really useful for fusion style compositions.👍
@@CliffordMartinOnline Great lesson! Fun and zany. I'm a little confused about where to use this. Since it focuses on the #4, do you just treat it where you would focus the blues scale? like over dominant chords? diminished chords?
@@KY_Matty Hi thanks! I really did this as more of an exercise for connecting tritones and octaves together in the way that chord pairs work. ....Having said that you could play over Dominants. For instance in bar 1 we could have D7 G7 C7 F7....But, this connecting the tritones works best as a more free improvisational almost atonal quirky approach. 👍👍👍
Great video - thanks!
Thanks Ben, appreciated! 👍
is it some crimson theme? greetings from Argentina
Hi mate! This is just an exercise in the style of Crimson for composing in "Tri- Tones" on the guitar. it's really for composing your own unique lines in this style👍
@@CliffordMartinOnline it's very good!! I was watching your videos. You have instagram? I just uploaded to instagram video playing this idea of yours.
@@JORGEECURA Hi Jorge, thanks for your instagram upload! I am now following you on instagram 👍
Why are they called "Tritones" if it's a root, a #4 and the octave? Both "The Root" and "the Octave" is considered the same note, they are obviously two different frequencies that share the same note name. This would mean only two note names are being used: For Example C,F#C. Which surely would imply a two note Ditone and not a Tritone. Alternatively, If the note in the middle of "The Root" and "The Octave" is considered "The Tritone", then this is both a single frequency and a single note name. The word "Tritone" surely implies "Three Tones"...no??? For Example: Tri-Angle, Tri-Pod, Tri-Ads both major, minor, and augmented each Triad has three frequencies and three note names. So, why is it called a Tritone???
Hi, it's the concept of 1 to flat 5 and building off of that as opposed to a perfect 5th. These are also picking patterns to connect and create from. 👍
sorry for being late with the answer, but nobody answered so far, so...
Tritone is an interval between two notes which consists of three whole tones, hence Tri-Tone. The distance between C and F#, for example. It's not the number of notes in a group (triplet or triad).
It's about muscle memory and # 4. Not about guitar playing. Not the Fripp I like best. Give me his beautiful melodic lines/sound.
Hi Blackarrow, I have to say that I like this side of Fripp as I find it really creative and a search for originality. But, having said that I understand what you are saying as I love the melodic "Court of the Crimson King" and "Bible Black" compositions/style. I think that Fripp is his own opposite at times and hence never stays still and that's what makes what he does always interesting, even if not always appealing. 👍
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Thanks Joan!👍