Harmony Masterclass
Quintal Arpeggios
About this masterclass
Juampy Juarez teaches quintal arpeggios — arpeggios built in fifths, with the modern sound heard in the playing of Joe Diorio, Jonathan Kreisberg, Frank Gambale, and Allan Holdsworth. The device traces back to Hungarian composer Bela Bartok, and Juampy fell in love with these arpeggios from the moment he first tried to play them, both for their sound and for the sequential ideas they opened up in his playing.
What's covered
- How to play quintal arpeggios, which demand big stretches and sweeping technique — making them great practice material in their own right
- Building sequential ideas into your soloing
- Applying the arpeggios to blues, bossa nova, and jazz standards
- Using them for intros, endings, chord melody, and arranging
A simple tool but a powerful one — and one that can genuinely change your style.
- Class includes written materials in standard notation and TAB
- Running time 61 minutes
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Quintal Arpeggios1m 1s
Reviews & Ratings
I am not ashamed to say that I bought this class as soon as I saw it was posted; I have had lots of success with Juampy's classes, and this one is no exception. The material covered is a very natural extension of his previous classes, dealing with clusters and Quartal Harmony, and it gives a clear, well-organized look into Quintal Harmony. The printed materials are considerably more complete and comprehensive than in some of his early classes, and they are most useful when trying to digest this material. His explanations and ideas are clear, logical, and offer real, useable playing techniques. The only thing I would suggest is that since this deals with such open or atonal harmony, having a bass note or bassline to play under his played examples would have made the dissonances easier to hear, but that is a minor point. All in all, this class is well worth the investment.
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