Harmony Masterclass
The Improv Style of Sonny Stitt for Guitar
About this masterclass
Mike Godette examines the improv style of saxophonist Sonny Stitt, adapted for guitar. Mike takes 12 licks from a variety of Stitt solos and breaks down each one individually, explaining the intervallic and harmonic devices at work in every line.
What's covered
- 12 transcribed Sonny Stitt licks, analyzed one at a time
- ii–V–I vocabulary and chord substitutions drawn from Stitt's soloing
- How to take saxophone lines and articulate them effectively on guitar
- Slurs and sweep picking patterns that help achieve a more saxophone-like sound
- Theory explanations so you understand why each line works
A good fit for intermediate to advanced players who want to bring more of Stitt's bebop language and horn-like phrasing into their guitar soloing.
Running time: 52 minutes. 5 pages of PDF included.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1The Improv Style of Sonny Stitt for Guitar | Full Class + Download52m 12s
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Mike Godette is a guitarist and teacher out of the Southern Connecticut area. He received a BM in Jazz Studies from Western Connecticut State University with a focus on jazz guitar and has taught guitar for the past 16 years. Mike has always had a very wide range of musical influences and his playing is a unique blend of instrumentalist and composers such as Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Herbie Hancock, Booker Little, John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Burt Bacharach & Brian Wilson. In addition to teaching, Mike also maintains an active youtube channel and performs regularly as a leader and sideman throughout the CT/NY area. He has played with artists such as Aaron Goldberg, Jimmy Greene, Gerald Veasley, John Stowell, and Myron Walden.