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BradBrad Frets: 590
edited January 2023 in Theory
...Giant Steps lol 

I quickly threw together this short vid with some approaches to playing Giant Steps for those, who like me, struggle to play it and would maybe like a "way in" with how to tackle it. It's not overly detailed or particularly well produced, but it might give some food for thought at least smile




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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Fucking hell that’s awesome!
    Paul_C said: People never read the signature bit.
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  • westwest Frets: 974
    Great brad ;)  , years ago i attended a couple of the north wales jazz weekends and one of the tutors Corey christiansen showed us this very concept as a way of getting in to G/S  i never fully exploited the lesson and had long forgotten about it , he also did a great thing on quartel harmony ....
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  • BradBrad Frets: 590
    edited January 2023
    @viz thanks my man, greatly appreciated smile 

    @west I'm not familiar with Cory Christiansen. Thanks for the vid, I'll check him out! 
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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 724
    An easy way that I tried when playing Giant Steps was using three keys, but converted to Dorian. It works(ish). ;)
    "Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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  • BradBrad Frets: 590
    GuyBoden said:
    An easy way that I tried when playing Giant Steps was using three keys, but converted to Dorian. It works(ish). ;)
    A la Pat Martino?
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  • LordBucketHeadLordBucketHead Frets: 302
    Terrific. Thanks for taking the time to do this. You've made my day !! 
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  • BradBrad Frets: 590
    LordBucketHead said:
    Terrific. Thanks for taking the time to do this. You've made my day !! 
    You’re very welcome! Knowing it’s made your day, has made my day :smile: 
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  • dcgdcg Frets: 206
    Great vid, and great information: Giant Steps is a bear of a tune, and it's good to hear someone playing over those changes - on guitar - with such confidence and fluidity...
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  • BradBrad Frets: 590
    dcg said:
    Great vid, and great information: Giant Steps is a bear of a tune, and it's good to hear someone playing over those changes - on guitar - with such confidence and fluidity...
    Thank you! Yep it’s a grind indeed, when clinging on for dear life I don’t always feel confident or fluid with it!
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  • joeWjoeW Frets: 387
    This is excellent stuff Brad.  Trane changes are interesting enough harmonically that using these pentatonics sounds beautiful and not at all like a blag.  I really like the open sound over the changes, top stuff indeed.
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  • theatreanchortheatreanchor Frets: 961
    Brad said:
    ...Giant Steps lol 

    I quickly threw together this short vid with some approaches to playing Giant Steps for those, who like me, struggle to play it and would maybe like a "way in" with how to tackle it. It's not overly detailed or particularly well produced, but it might give some food for thought at least smile




    This is the first instructional video I’ve seen here that I actually want to watch!
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  • BradBrad Frets: 590
    joeW said:
    This is excellent stuff Brad.  Trane changes are interesting enough harmonically that using these pentatonics sounds beautiful and not at all like a blag.  I really like the open sound over the changes, top stuff indeed.
    Cheers! I’ve always thought the pentatonic scale gets a lot of unfair flack. I kind of went through a phase of rejecting it myself for a while. Like you say, it has a lovely open quality to it. 

    theatreanchor said: 
    This is the first instructional video I’ve seen here that I actually want to watch!
    I hope it’s worth the time!
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  • thingthing Frets: 469
    Lovely job Brad, some excellent fluid playing there and some interesting tips. Dare I say it even sounded a bit Holdsworthy.

     I feel your pain on the 'clinging on for dear life' comment! I've often thought that at some of my gigs! :)
    This is absurd.  You don’t know what you’re talking about.  It warrants combat.
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  • BradBrad Frets: 590
    thing said:
    Lovely job Brad, some excellent fluid playing there and some interesting tips. Dare I say it even sounded a bit Holdsworthy.

     I feel your pain on the 'clinging on for dear life' comment! I've often thought that at some of my gigs! :)
    Thank you! Yeah I’m a huge Holdsworth fan, so I guess old habits die hard and all… not that I ever really copped much of his playing! 
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  • pacodelucia13pacodelucia13 Frets: 25
    Thank you, really helpful!
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  • BradBrad Frets: 590
    pacodelucia13 said:
    Thank you, really helpful!
    You’re welcome and I sure hope so :smile: 
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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 724






    "Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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