Linear Harmony Outlines and Melodic Devices

JonnyPac · #1 06-22-2011, 08:57 PM

Greetings y'all. I've been really digging some of the recent posts on the bebop vocabulary and such. I've decided to spill my entire linear harmony and melodic devices chapter from my book here for you to play with. I feel like this information is nothing that I personally invented in any way; I'm just a guy presenting a spin on it with guitar-friendly TAB.

I tip my hat to Bert Ligon for his eloquent explanations and collection of examples in Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony - one of the best jazz books in existence.

Please use these pages for personal study. It took a lot of time and work to compile it. All pages are Copyright 2012 by Jonathan Pac Cantin from Chord-Scale Theory and Linear Harmony for Guitar: Creative Tools for Improvisation and Composition in Contemporary Music

Thanks

Enjoy!

JonnyPac · #2 06-22-2011, 08:58 PM

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JonnyPac · #5 06-22-2011, 09:00 PM

Pages undated today.

m78w · #6 06-22-2011, 09:11 PM

great stuff, thanks for sharing on the forum for everyone to enjoy!!

JonnyPac · #7 06-22-2011, 09:13 PM

Thanks, Matt!

brwnhornet59 · #8 06-22-2011, 09:47 PM

Great job Jonny. I was reading your first post on Chris Juergensen's web site the other day. You have that on a pdf?

whatswisdom · #9 06-22-2011, 09:52 PM

Very generous of you, dude! Thanks.

JonnyPac · #10 06-22-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by brwnhornet59

Great job Jonny. I was reading your first post on Chris Juergensen's web site the other day. You have that on a pdf?

Thanks! I have skipped the PDF of my book because I am constantly revising it! I just updated 40 pages for the next printing, sent it off, and I saw yet another tiny mistake while posting here... never ends! ...and I can't stop learning new things I want to add.

I posted on Chris Juergensen's site?

brwnhornet59 · #11 06-22-2011, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JonnyPac

Greetings y'all. I've been really digging some of the recent posts on the bebop vocabulary and such. I've decided to spill my entire linear harmony and melodic devices chapter from my book here for you to play with. I feel like this information is nothing that I personally invented in any way; I'm just a guy presenting it with guitar friendly TAB and all.

I tip my hat to Bert Ligon for his eloquent explanations and collection of examples in Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony - one of the best jazz books in existence.

Please use these pages for personal study and don't go making a pirate PDF ebook that ends up on rapidshare. It took a lot of time and work to compile it. Thanks

Enjoy!

No, but this information was there in his theory page.

JonnyPac · #12 06-23-2011, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by brwnhornet59

No, but this information was there in his theory page.

Cool. Pop me the link.

guitarplayer007 · #13 06-23-2011, 05:42 PM

Hi Jonnypac,

Nice info, whats the difference between this and linear Harmony book?
Thx
Ken

JonnyPac · #14 06-23-2011, 06:34 PM

This is just a crash-course in my CST book... there to remedy the pitfalls of CST without context.

Bert's book is this kind of stuff and then 125+ pages of examples from actual jazz artists. It's great; worth every cent.

JonnyPac · #15 06-30-2011, 04:28 PM

Dang! I just got dinged with a one-star review of this on amazon. Suck city.

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bought this book because I thought it applied Bert Ligon's theories to the guitar, but it's section on his "outlines" theory is actually quite superficial, and does not expand in any way on Ligon's own books.

It is a brief introduction- and I recommend Bert's on the bottom of the page. I felt inclined to add the basic linear/melodic devices to balance out the scale-centric side of the book. Oh well.

brwnhornet59 · #16 06-30-2011, 05:04 PM

Sorry Dude. I sure liked it!!!!!

JonnyPac · #17 08-02-2011, 07:46 PM

Thanks, BH. It's always nice to have you in my corner.

brwnhornet59 · #18 08-03-2011, 12:08 AM

Count on it!!!

petepachio · #19 08-28-2011, 09:30 PM

Johnny this looks great.I have berts book and I feel this is the "guitarists" help-book to it..lol if ya know what i mean..

JonnyPac · #20 08-29-2011, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by petepachio

Johnny this looks great.I have berts book and I feel this is the "guitarists" help-book to it..lol if ya know what i mean..

Thanks! That was the idea! Glad you dig it!

Octal · #21 08-29-2011, 10:16 AM

Is this directly from Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony? If so, I may need to get this book.

brwnhornet59 · #22 08-29-2011, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Octal

Is this directly from Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony? If so, I may need to get this book.

The Book is AWESOME!!!

JonnyPac · #23 08-29-2011, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Octal

Is this directly from Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony? If so, I may need to get this book.

Not directly, but very similar. Bert uses a little different system of three essential outlines. His selection and analysis of real jazz excerpts amazing. It is a great book; I highly recommend it!

whatswisdom · #24 09-14-2011, 08:52 PM

Jonny,

Just got your book. Very cool indeed. Really like the graphics and clear explanations. It's giving me some fresh ways to look at the fretboard already. Thanks and hope you gain more and more readers. Seeing the excerpts on the forum was great but having it all in a nice quality spiral is well worth it. I'll post again down the road after I've played through it....

brwnhornet59 · #25 09-14-2011, 08:59 PM

How much is the spiral edition Jonny? Of course I would want it autographed!!

JonnyPac · #26 09-14-2011, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by whatswisdom

Jonny,

Just got your book. Very cool indeed. Really like the graphics and clear explanations. It's giving me some fresh ways to look at the fretboard already. Thanks and hope you gain more and more readers. Seeing the excerpts on the forum was great but having it all in a nice quality spiral is well worth it. I'll post again down the road after I've played through it....

So glad to hear it! Keep me posted as you go along. I'm always open to suggestions. Thanks again!

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Originally Posted by brwnhornet59

How much is the spiral edition Jonny? Of course I would want it autographed!!

The book is around $20 including shipping through my website. Amazon has some too- To get it autographed, use my website (Paypal) or the Amazon Marketplace (JonnyPac is the seller name- that's me!)

I don't think I'll be making an ebook or PDF- the spiral-bound 8.5x11 works really nice on music stands for prolonged study of busy diagrams, etc.

Thanks again, guys. Makes me feel good.

whatswisdom · #27 09-15-2011, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by JonnyPac

...the spiral-bound 8.5x11 works really nice on music stands for prolonged study of busy diagrams, etc.

Right. I'm enjoying reading it and looking forward to playing through it when its familiar. I always read through stuff a few times before playing. Well done. A very nice publication and beats the crap out of a lot of stuff I've seen. Nothing like a good book...

AlsoRan · #28 09-15-2011, 08:01 AM

Senor Pac,

I was wondering where you got that diagram of triads laid out on the fretboard. You had posted it a few days ago. I probably have 20-30 Jazz instructional books and play alongs, and another 6 or 7 DVDs - not to mention many downloads from various internet sites.

That triad diagram was best I had seen for displaying major triad positioning.

Upon learning it came from a book you authored, I had to investigate. Now I am going to have to hold off on the Jim Hall CD and get your book first (much to the chagrin of my wife - "another amazon package?!?").

Your book should really come in handy when my life settles down and I am ready to go beyond learning other folk's songs.

By the way, some (if not many) of the reviewers at Amazon are very counterproductive to the review process. I feel so many are unfair (ask Sid Jacobs), so you have to be able to read between the lines.

Sorry you got dinged but I liked your response. I noticed, however, that J. Zucker got a lot of love on Amazon for the content of his book(s) - and from people all over the world. Good for him!

AlsoRan · #29 09-15-2011, 08:05 AM

Senor Pac,

I was wondering where you got that diagram of triads laid out on the fretboard. You posted it a few days ago. That triad diagram was best I had seen for displaying major triad positioning. And I probably have 20-30 Jazz instructional books and play alongs, and another 6 or 7 DVDs - not to mention many downloads from various internet sites- so I have seen a lot of diagrams.

Upon learning it came from a book you authored, I had to investigate. Now I am going to have to hold off on the Jim Hall CD and get your book first (much to the chagrin of my wife - "another amazon package....?!?").

Your book should really come in handy when my life settles down and I am ready to go beyond just learning other folk's songs and basic theory.

By the way, some (if not many) of the reviewers at Amazon are very counterproductive to the value of the review process. I feel so many are unfair (ask Sid Jacobs), so one has to be able to read between the lines.

Sorry you got dinged but I liked your response. I noticed, however, that Mr. J. Zucker got a lot of love on Amazon for the content of his book(s) - and from people all over the world. Good for him!

JonnyPac · #30 09-15-2011, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlsoRan

Senor Pac,

I was wondering where you got that diagram of triads laid out on the fretboard. You posted it a few days ago. That triad diagram was best I had seen for displaying major triad positioning. And I probably have 20-30 Jazz instructional books and play alongs, and another 6 or 7 DVDs - not to mention many downloads from various internet sites- so I have seen a lot of diagrams.

Upon learning it came from a book you authored, I had to investigate. Now I am going to have to hold off on the Jim Hall CD and get your book first (much to the chagrin of my wife - "another amazon package....?!?").

Your book should really come in handy when my life settles down and I am ready to go beyond just learning other folk's songs and basic theory.

By the way, some (if not many) of the reviewers at Amazon are very counterproductive to the value of the review process. I feel so many are unfair (ask Sid Jacobs), so one has to be able to read between the lines.

Sorry you got dinged but I liked your response. I noticed, however, that Mr. J. Zucker got a lot of love on Amazon for the content of his book(s) - and from people all over the world. Good for him!

Thanks for the nice comments! The triad diagrams are part of the same book- I tried to add as many interval-based fretboard charts as I could think of; that takes up about 60 pages or so. The linear rundown above is in the back along with some favorite jazz-piano upper structure voicings that I am gaga for. I guess my inspiration was based around "what material would I like to sent to myself 10 years ago via time machine"...

I was pretty bummed that Anon's review really put it down as a wad of disorganized mumbo jumbo that makes quantum leaps (giant steps) over some theory ideas... I got to response back and never was able to refund their purchase like I offered. Seems like they didn't read the product description and intro posted before buying... oh well... sigh

Again, if you want the mojo of a signature, choose Amazon marketplace or direct sales. The few left at Amazon's warehouse I have no access to now. I think I am going to drop the Advantage program, so I can really keep track of the product/shipping/customer service.

Thanks again, guys. Making a book is scary!