Mick Goodrick was an esteemed jazz guitarist, educator and author whose approach to guitar pedagogy was somewhat philosophical as witnessed by the release of his first book ‘The Advancing Guitarist’.
One goal of the Modern Guitar Harmony website is to accumulate, catalogue and preserve Mick’s teachings. We are extremely fortunate to have someone involved who has the rights to the Mick Goodrick estate thus we have access to previously unreleased material much of which will be released in the future.
Another goal of this website is to set up the Mick Goodrick Foundation which will support guitarists around the world who teach and publish Mick’s materials and which will set up a scholarship etc.
Apart from Mick’s books you can find much information about Mick’s teaching on the Modern Guitar Harmony’s Resources page.
On this page you will find the fabled Mr Goodchord Almanacs and if you scroll down to the Mick Goodrick header you will find many articles and notes written by Mick. There is much to be added to this section to keep an eye on it.
You can read more about Mick Goodrick on this Wikipedia page.
Mick Goodrick Books
Mick wrote and co-wrote several books during his career. These are;
- The Advancing Guitarist (Amazon not an affiliate link)
- The Mr Goodchord Voice-leading Almanacs (Available for free or small donation on the MGH Resources page)
- Factorial Rhythms (Use the contact form for a copy)
- 36 Solo Pieces for Fingerstyle Guitar (Currently being reformatted and republished)
In addition there is much unpublished material some of which we are getting ready for publication.
This includes the book Repeat After Me which is part 2 of Factorial Rhythms.
Mick Goodrick Recordings
Below you can find a list of Mick Goodrick recordings on Youtube
Mick Goodrick and John Abercrombie
These live intimate duo recordings of Mick Goodrick and John Abercrombie were previously unreleased until they were handed to the Modern Guitar Harmony Youtube channel. The tunes were recorded for the Brandeis Radio Concert.
- All The Things You Are
- Some Day My Prince Will Come
- Free Intro
- Ralph’s Piano Waltz
- Stella by Starlight
- My Funny Valentine
- All Blues
- Free
- Feebles, Fables and Ferns
- Upon a Time
Mick Goodrick and Randy Roos
These recordings were presented to the Modern Guitar Harmony website by Randy Roos.
You can watch the two-part Modern Guitar Harmony interview with Randy Here and Here.
- A Lingering Thought
- Feebles, Ferns and Fables
- Circle (M.Davis)
- Amazing (S.Swallow)
- Look There (Roos)
- Falling Grace (S.Swallow)
Mick Goodrick and Randy Roos Quartet
The Harmonic Explorations with the Goodrick Almanacs Course
Here at Modern Guitar Harmony we are fans of all things Mick Goodrick!! So much so that we created a course on composing with the Almanacs.
Guitarists often ask me “How do I use this stuff?” so Italian guitarist Marco Giussani and I wrote and recorded 20 short pieces (10 pieces each) using the almanac cycles. Each piece is fully notated in sheet music and tablature and each piece has an explanation and the images of the almanacs to show the pathways that we took. All pieces are available on video within the course.
There is also an 18 page PDF with extra information and 4 PDF pages on harmonic density and passing chords.
We also interviewed none-other than the bearer of the Goodrick torch Ben Monder. This interview is broken down into four lessons. In two of the lessons Ben breaks down The Mentaculus and 3PSC both which use almanac cycles.
The complete scores for both pieces are also included.
You can read about all that is included HERE.
