Chord Melody Masterclass
An Introduction to Voice Leading and Plurality (Insights and Tips on Harmony II)
About this masterclass
Genil Castro continues his Insights and Tips on Harmony series with a class on two foundational ideas: voice leading — the most effective way to move from one chord to the next — and plurality, the phenomenon of one chord structure functioning in many different ways. The vehicle is 3- and 4-note rootless extended voicings, applied to comping and chord melody.
What's covered
- What plurality means in practice — how a single shape can be an Fmaj7, a rootless Dm9, or a Gsus13 depending on the bass note, echoing Mick Goodrick's question: not how many chords you know, but how many usages for each chord
- Voice-leading fundamentals: preserving common tones and changing only what's absolutely necessary
- Comping with 3- and 4-note rootless voicings built from the major scale
- The cycle of 4ths through the major scale, voice-led chord to chord through root positions and inversions
- Chord melody on Satin Doll using 4-note rootless voicings and voice leading
- Using chord voice leading to produce melodic lines
An intermediate-to-advanced class for guitarists who want their chord changes to connect smoothly and their voicings to do more than one job.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1An Introduction to Voice Leading and Plurality (Insights and Tips on Harmony II) Full Class34m 15s
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Studies: Genil Castro started to play in 1981, he studied with the great Bossa Nova guitar player Sidney Barros ( Gamela). During the period of 1983/84 Genil enrolled Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California where he attended workshops and seminars by Lenny Breau, Howard Roberts, Mick Goodrick, Joe Diorio, Ron Eschete, Joe Pass, Tommy Tedesco, Larry Coryell and Moacir Santos. He also attended seminars by Joe Diorio in Brazil in 1985, 1989 and 1995. Licensed in music education by University of Brasília, Genil has a Masters Degree in Musicology, with the thesis: “What chord is that? Plurality: the creative process of resignification of melodic and harmonic structures” Performance: Influenced by Lenny Breau and Bill Evans Genil follows the tradition of the ‘electric lap piano” utilising artificial harmonics to expand the harmonic palette of the instrument. Genil played concerts, and/or recorded TV programs with João Donato, Hamilton de Holanda, Toninho Horta, Joe Diorio, Jeff Andrews, Don Burrows, Phil DeGreg, Lula Galvão, Nelson Faria and many others. He recorded the CD CircumAmbulation in 2009. Teaching: Genil teaches the following classes: guitar, history of the guitar and performance at CEP/EMB Escola de Música de Brasília since 1999. He gave seminars in various festivals across the country. Since 2006 he teaches online lessons to students from different continents. Genil Castro's approach to jazz is comfortable for any level of guitarist. He has a unique ability to teach difficult concepts in a simple way.