Digital Patterns
Coltrane made them famous on "Giant Steps," but check out how Green used them in this lesson
By Teague Bechtel
Online Lesson For Jazz Vocabulary, Jazz Lines, Jazz Improv , Jazz Guitar , Jazz Blues, Guitar: Electric, Guitar Lesson, Grant Green, jazz , guitar
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Learn the jazz language of Grant Green
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Learn the jazz language of guitarist Grant Green
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Grant Green -- Digital Patterns Discussion
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
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
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.