Pat Martino's 12 Chromatic Forms

[GuyBoden]

Pat Martino's "12 Chromatic Forms" as taught by Pat Martino at GIT in the 1970's.

See Dan Adler pages:
Pat Martino 12 Chromatic Forms for Guitar - Dan Adler

Download PDF here:
https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-conten...atic-forms.pdf






See also:
Exploring Pat Martino’s 12 Chromatic Forms for Guitar: – Modern Music Theory Improvisation and Application

[djg]

here's the application:

[Rscudder58]

Thanks for sharing this… ill give them a try


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[pamosmusic]

here's the application:

Aint that some sh**

[ragman1]

Impressive.

[princeplanet]

here's the application:

one of my fave Martino solos, and that displacement shit going on at 3.12 is to die for (as is the tone!)

[Bob_Ross]

So...what do the numbers -- both those on the top of the staff, and those along the bottom -- indicate?

iow, what would an enthusiastic guitarist actually do with that hunk of manuscript?

[starjasmine]

So...what do the numbers -- both those on the top of the staff, and those along the bottom -- indicate?

iow, what would an enthusiastic guitarist actually do with that hunk of manuscript?

I didn't try this out with axe in hand, but it looks to me like the circled numbers represent strings and the little numbers would be fingers - standard classical notation. e.g. the first note is an E at the 12th fret played on the first string with the fourth finger, followed by an Eb on the 6th string 11th fret 2nd finger.

Pat's chromatic displacement stuff is cool. And I loves me a good cheat sheet! Thanks for posting, Guy!

[ragman1]

So...what do the numbers -- both those on the top of the staff, and those along the bottom -- indicate?

This is how classical guitar music was notated back in the day. I don't know if it's still the same these days but it probably is.

Here's a site which explains it. Mind you, in common with almost every site of this kind, it covers almost every possible squiggle and direction you can get so don't be too over-awed.

Basically, large circled numbers are strings and small numbers next to the notes are fingers.

Guitar Notation Symbols - Complete Guide

[dmorash]

here's the application:

Sounds really cool when Pat applies it. Should be a heck of a string skipping exercise as well. Thanks for the practice snack.

[grahambop]

Here’s a video about it. Interesting how ‘out’ the chromatic scale sounds played with the displacements.

(edit: I see there was a link to this video in the first post, but it wasn’t that obvious).

[ragman1]

Graham -

Thanks for that (and Guy too). Schoenberg eat your heart out. Scary stuff. I'm not sure I'd use much of it but there's definitely a niggle in the back of my mind somewhere. Slip a line like that in and who knows? Might be time to start again...

And who thought Pat had it in him :-)

Good musician that, the guy who does the videos.

[princeplanet]

Graham -

Thanks for that (and Guy too). Schoenberg eat your heart out. Scary stuff. I'm not sure I'd use much of it but there's definitely a niggle in the back of my mind somewhere. Slip a line like that in and who knows? Might be time to start again...

And who thought Pat had it in him :-)

Good musician that, the guy who does the videos.

Yes, it's essentially a 12 tone row (with a couple of extra notes), so it's very "serial" sounding (Schoenberg, Webern etc). One important thing not notated is the all-important pick direction suggestions. Trying to alt pick these exercises is monstrous and I do notice the player in the video example does not do this, with several notes picked with consecutive down strokes (and perhaps some consecutive upstrokes?). Regardless, an excellent alt picking exercise!