Holdsworth / Eric Johnson Style 4th chords

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Allan Holdsworth / Eric Johnson style 4th triads


These are beautiful chords. I cover these in my first book, Sheets
of Sound for guitar Vol 1 but you need to hear them in this demo to really appreciate them.


The 4th triads are diatonic and the first set are
fbe, gcf, adg, bea, cfb, dgc, eba


They are notated with fret diagrams in the lesson.


They are really cool and sound awesome for comping. I often use them over Maj7, min7 and 7th chords.


For example, in this key, CMaj7, Dm7, G7.


You can also move them up or down in half steps to create other tonalities.


I have another lesson on my youtube site entited
"Learn to play McCoy Tyner, inside/outside 4th+5th, quartal chords"


This is a longer video and has more insite about how to use 4th chords.

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part ii

Allan Holdsworth chords / 4th triad + added 5th


This is the 2nd lesson on Holdsworth chords. These differ from the last lesson in that we are doubling up one of the inner voices giving a 5th on top of the chord.


I cover these in Sheets of Sound for guitar Vol 1. It's really cool to hear them as well as see them.


The 4th triads with a 5th are diatonic and the first set are
eada, fbeb, gcfc, adgd, beae, cfbf, dgcg.


Notice, the 2nd note in each group is doubled on top giving us a 5th on top.


They are notated with fret diagrams in the lesson.


They are really cool and sound awesome for comping. I often use them over Maj7, min7 and 7th chords.


For example, in this key, CMaj7, Dm7, G7.


I also demonstrate playing them outside of the chord. You can hear that in the 2nd notated example as I'm playing them in a pattern of up a minor 3rd and down a 1/2 step.


i.e.


E G F# A G# B A# C# C Eb D F E


The openness of 4th chords gives you the perfect opportunity to explore inside and outside sounds.


The last notated example shows how you can play these as arpeggiated sequences.


Make sure you check out my previous video called, "Allan Holdsworth / Eric Johnson style 4th triads".


I also have another lesson on my youtube site entited
"Learn to play McCoy Tyner, inside/outside 4th+5th, quartal chords"


It's a longer video and has more insight about how to use 4th chords.

http://<a href="https://youtu.be/c1z...1z3qGIsx1s</a>


#EricJohnson #AllanHoldsworth
#sheetsofsound
#jazzguitarlessons #guitarlessons
#jazzguitar #modernjazzguitar #jazzguitarriffs
#YamahaSG #quartalharmony