It seems people balked at the price while it was out there and now it's unobtainably out of print. In this way those that don't have the book(s) might get them one grouping a week via email within the group. In that case, maybe we might share the prerequisite pages via attachment and go from there. Perhaps if there's interest, a group might collectively share a cycle a week or something and report back on how it goes. I'll wait and let the thread run for a little while, and see what happens. I was hoping to start a sort of running support group of people to use this material (its very presentation in 3 volumes of telephone book sized sections can be intimidating) so we might report and share the fruits of the collective labours. All have reported profound changes in the shift from "block" type harmonic concept to a completely linear awareness of 4 simultaneous voices. Some have created study groups to explore its use in a situation where everyone can solo while the others can run individual lines individually or in multiple voice progression. Some begin to see the intervals of root movement differently and have acquired an entirely different set of voicings merely from using it. amazing stuff.Īh, you are a rare and hard to find individual! For as many people I've met who actually work with the book, there are that many approaches. My very first session with the voice-leading almanac was stunning, opening up the world of voice-leading in a way that the Van Eps method could only do after months of study. Book #1 addresses triads, 7ths, 1 5 7 9 and 1 7 9 11 triad over bass note structure derived from major, melodic minor and harmonic minor scales. Nothing profound or conceptually complicated but I believe that building this type of thorough foundation can change one's musical world. I see this as fundamental awareness of the inherent harmonic content of a scale. Mick presents many scale derived chords voice led through all the cyclical diatonic progressions. I have the 1st book and have seen the others. I was hoping with this being a jazz guitar group, and one with adventurers looking for new arranging approaches, I might find someone that is making their way through those books. Then he played some and I swear it wasn't a guitar he was playing. These are the sounds that voice led cycles will reveal: beings with all sorts of things sticking out, strange shapes that move in beautifully unimagined ways. Beneath that there's an ocean filled with creatures we've never encountered. We think of all these kinds of fish, all shapes and sizes, but what we know is just the ones that live along the surface. When I asked him what the book was about, after the first volume came out, he said "the harmony we know is like the fish in the sea. I wanted to find out just how it's working out. I posted this because, though they went out of print a couple of years ago, there must be some people who have worked at least some of the cycles through and use these things in their playing. He meticulously and exhaustively worked out all permutations of voicings in cycles, and the sounds are so subtle that much of the time you can't tell what the harmony is, it's just like shadows moving over a landscape. They were like the immersion language version of sounds you never thought you'd get out of a guitar. The voice leading almanac is out of print with no plans for a resurrection, that's why I was wondering if anyone worked with them. Yes, advancing guitarist you can still get.
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I'd love to find out how to get more of his stuff.:confused:
Anyone have the inside scoop on his activities and on how to get hold of the books? "Advancing Guitarist" is a classic. Quote: Originally Posted by JakeAcci That'sthename.Mr. Looked like a typo given the author's name. Quote: Originally Posted by FatJeff LOL, check your title Has anybody in this group had experience with these Goodrick VOICE LEADING books? Anybody able to relate how it changed the way you look at the fingerboard?
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Anybody use the Goodchord Voice Leading Books?Īnybody use the Goodchord Voice Leading Books? Printable View Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one pageĪnybody use the Goodchord (Mick Goodrick) Voice Leading Books? Mick Goodrick (AKA Mr Goodchord) wrote a series of voluminous books on voice leading.