Advanced Chord Scales
For the harmonic understanding and sheer muscle memory on any instrument capable of playing chords, chord-scales are essential. In addition to practicing scales in single notes and triads in various inversions I came up with these ‘thick ambiguous yet diatonic chords’.
The top/treble triads are simple inverted triads. Thus the simple chord symbols. The lower staff are diatonic fourth chords which I didn’t bother to name. Together these voicings sound really thick and ambiguous.
For rhythmic variety try this:
Or this:
Once you understand the basic mechanics take the example through the cycle of fourths (or fifths) – adding a flat (or sharp) on every pass.
Here the basic scale in the next key (F):
These are Fourth voicings for the bass side of the Stick. Fingerings have been included to help internalizing the patterns. Interesting to solo over in modal pieces.
- Stick Stuff 2 – Basic Funk Grooves
- Stick Stuff 3 – Both Hands on Treble Side
- Stick Stuff 4 – 3-2-2-2
- Stick Stuff 5 – 3-2-2-2-3-2-2
- Stick Stuff 6 – 5/4 Latin
- Stick Stuff 7 – 5/4 Latin Funk
- Stick Stuff 8 – 6/4 Latin
- Stick Stuff 9 – 9/8 Latin
- Stick Stuff 10 – 7/4 Latin Funk
- Stick Stuff 11 – Partido Weirdo
- Stick Stuff 12 – 9-9-9-8
- Stick Stuff 13 – Different Olenka
- Stick Stuff 14 – Salsa in 10
- Stick Stuff 15 – Stick-O-Lypso
- Stick Stuff 16 – Polychords
- Stick Stuff 17 – Advanced Chord Scales
- Stick Stuff 18 – Interlocking Chord Rhythms
- Stick Stuff 19 – 7/8 Ostinato
- Stick Stuff 20 – Cool Chords
- Stick Stuff 21 – Baiao Progression