Harmonic Minor Complete: Part I
Harmonic Minor Complete part 1 covers:
- Explanation of the structure of the scale
- Discussion of the seven modes, with suggested uses, names, and typical chord voicings for each
- Exploration of harmonies to form the basic chords of most minor-key songs, using both triads and seventh chords
- Use of harmonic minor to define secondary dominant sounds resolving to diatonic minor chords
- Using various modes to create new and unusual tonal colors
- System for quickly remembering which mode to use for which sound
- Suggested scale fingerings, including 7-positions, CAGED, and symmetrical
- Exploring contrapuntal playing using different intervals within the scale
- Intervallic patterns for increasing fluency
- Exploration of diatonic triads in all inversions, all string sets
- Open triads
- Voice leading through diatonic cycles with both open and close triads
- Root position close seventh chords
Course Details
- 108 minutes in length
- Includes 23 pages of written examples and exercises
- Includes backing tracks for musical examples
- All musical examples from the video are provided in music notation and tablature
- Each example performance is shown in close-up view and titled and numbered for easy navigation
Course Content
Lessons
- Harmonic Minor Complete pt I Full Class + Download6488
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Tom Lippincott →
Eight- and six-string guitarist Tom Lippincott was born in New Jersey and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but has made South Florida his home since 1988. He has a bachelor's degree in jazz studies from the University of North Texas as well as a master's in jazz performance from the University of Miami. Tom teaches jazz guitar at Florida International University, Miami Dade College, and Broward College. He also teaches lessons in person and online, conducts clinics and workshops, and has jazz guitar courses available through Mike’s Master Classes. As a longtime contributor to the South Florida jazz community, Tom has played and recorded extensively with many of the area’s musicians and bands. He has also performed throughout the world as both sideman and leader and has performed and/or recorded with jazz luminaries John Stowell, Jonathan Kreisberg, Ben Monder, Dave Liebman, Don Friedman, and Ed Schuller. In addition to previous recordings such as his 2000 release Painting the Slow Train Brown, Tom has been featured as a performer and composer recently on David Fernandez’s Land, as well as the upcoming release from Rodolfo Zuniga’s band Surfaces with Strings featuring Camila Meza. Tom has a new album of original compositions, Twenty Years Later, available on his website at tomlippincott.com.
