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Learn the jazz language of Grant Green

A Collection of Music Lessons

Digital Patterns

Taught by: Teague Bechtel

Intermediate, Advanced, Master

Coltrane made them famous on "Giant Steps," but check out how Green used them in this lesson

Introduction

Digital Patterns are a great way to extend your eighth note lines and add color to chords. Grant Green had several digital patterns that he consistently used in his playing. In this lesson we'll look at his most commonly used patterns, examine how he used them in solos, and finally discuss how we can create our own lines using these same ideas.

Clarification -- In the videos when I say digital patterns are numerical representations of intervals, it's better to think of them as cells of notes with a numerical value that relates to the root of a chord or scale with the root being "1."

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    Grant Green -- Digital Patterns Discussion

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    In this video we discuss the origins of the digital pattern, what it is, how they are used, and 7 of the most common digital patterns found in the playing of Grant Green.

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    Digital Patterns

    This PDF accompanies the Digital Patterns PDF in which we discuss what a digital pattern is, how they are applied, and the most commonly occuring digital patterns in Grant Green s playing.

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    Digital Patterns - Transcribed

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    In this video we examine four licks taken directly from Grant Green solos and analyze how he used these small pieces of vocabulary to add length and color to his single note jazz lines.

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    Digital Patterns -- Transcribed

    This PDF accompanies the Digital Patterns -- Transcribed PDF. In this lesson we discuss several Grant Green licks taken directly from solos in which digital patterns are used to extend lines to add color to chords.

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    Digital Patterns - Ideas

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    This video accompanies the Digital Patterns - Ideas PDF. In it we discuss some ways that we can incorporate some of these patterns into our own playing.

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    Digital Patterns -- Ideas

    This PDF accompanies the Digital Patterns - Ideas PDF in which we discuss how to use this material in your playing and several licks have been created using the information discussed in this lesson.

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