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LESSON ASSETS RIFF JOURNAL | WINTER 2016 | ISS 6 | LESSON: CHORD SHAPES FOR IMPROVISATION

Connecting Chord Shapes

CONNECTING CHORD
Using familiar shapes SHAPES
for improvisation
(WrittenJoe Pinnavaia
for Guitar by Joe Pinnavaia)

Standard tuning

= 100

Ex. 1 - A Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented Forms

1
S-Gt

5 5 5 5
5 5 4 6
2 6 2 5 2 5 2 6
2 7 2 7 1 7 3 7
4 3 3 4
5 5 5 5

Ex. 2 - A Major 7th and Minor 7th forms

5

5 9 5 8
6 5
2 6 7 2 5 7
4 3
5 5

Ex. 3 - Use of Shifts from the 7th to connect positions

9

5 8 5 9 8 9 10
5 6 9 9
2 5 7 2 6 7 5 7 10 6 7 11
3 4 7 7
5 5 5 8 5

Ex. 4 Diatonic Connecting notes

3
13

3
3
3

5 7 8
5 6 8
2 4 5 7 6 7 9 5
3 5 7 5 7 9
5 7 7
7 8 5 7 8
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Lessons
LESSON ASSETS RIFF JOURNAL | WINTER 2016 | ISS 6 | LESSON: CHORD SHAPES FOR IMPROVISATION

CONNECTING CHORD SHAPES (CONT)

(Written for Guitar by Joe Pinnavaia)

Ex. 5 - Pentatonic Sus chord forms

16

8 10 15 12
8 5 8 13
7 5 7 9 14
5 7 5 7 12
7 5
5

Ex. 6 - Stacking Shapes in C Major Ex. 7 - Use of traditional chord forms within a line

19

8 5 3 7 8 8 10 8
6 8 5 5 8 10 10
7 5 9 5 4 9 10 12
7 7 9 5 5 7 10
8 7 3 8 12 12 15 14
8 10 13