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The Improv Style of Sonny Stitt for Guitar

Mike Godette·
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In this lesson, Mike takes 12 different licks from a variety of Sonny Stitt solos and he breaks down and analyzes each lick one at a time and explains what sorts of intervallic and harmonic devices are being utilized in each lick. In addition to the theory explanations, these licks also offer a lot of insight into how to take saxophone lines and how to articulate them the most effectively when translating them over to the guitar and a variety of these licks utilize interesting slurs and sweep picking patterns which help to achieve a more saxophone like sound. If you are looking to get more Sonny Stitt sounds into your soloing, this is the lesson video for you!

Sub Topics

  • ii V I licks
  • chord substitutions
  • sweep picking

Categories:

  • Harmony
  • Jazz Blues
  • Practicing
  • Soloing
  • Standards
  • Technique
  • Theory
Course Details:
  • Title: The Improv Style of Cannonball Adderley for Guitar
  • Instructor: Mike Godette
  • Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
  • Running time: 52 minutes
  • 5 Pages of PDF Included

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Mike Godette →
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.