Mick Goodrick’s Voice-Leading Almanacs and More!
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Almanac Volume 1 (PDF)
Almanac Volume 2 (PDF)
Alamanac Volume 3 (PDF)
What follows is a comprehensive and growing list of “jazz guitar” practicalities. I say “jazz guitar” but it’s such a broad term. What I really mean is advanced harmony although there is some triad stuff there too.
There are interviews and PDF’s that talk about “Beyond Harmony” but is vital when playing good music. These items include texture, phrasing, polyrhythms, counterpoint and much more. Don’t forget to APPLY this stuff, don’t just read it but apply what you’ve read to a standard, a different tune or even your own compositions.
Finally in the bonus section you’ll find lists of great jazz players, guitar forums and over time much more.
So dive in, practise hard and stay tuned!!
Andy Smith
Pat Metheny: Composing to Exploit the Sound of the Guitar
Ben Monder
Ben Monder Practise List (PDF)
Berklee College of Music
Berklee Guitar Proficiency Exams, Semesters 5-8 (PDF)
Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell – Throughout (PDF)
Bruce Saunders
Carla Bley
Chris Buono
Tools of the Trade I Spread Voicings (PDF)
Tools of the Trade II Spread Voicings, Chord Scales and Goodrick Cycles (PDF)
Christian Miller
Introduction to Mick Goodrick’s Voice Leading Almanacs (PDF)
Introduction to Voice Leading With Quartal Chords (PDF)
Darren Sigesmund
Contrapuntally Inspired: Voice Leading, Texture and Rhythm in the Music of Ben Monder (PDF)
Garrett Michaelson
Reharmonization Techniques (PDF)
Gilbert Isbin
Harmonizing A Melody With Modern Chords (PDF)
Harmonizing A Melody With ‘What’s On Top Of 3-Part Chords (Goodrick Almanac Volume III) PDF
Greg Amirault
All the Things You Are Arpeggio Study (PDF)
Herb Pomeroy
Herb Pomeroy’s Dissonance-Richness Index (PDF)
Jameson Feakes
The Guitar Music of Ben Monder: A Physicalistic Analysis (PDF)
Jason Yust
Distorted Continuity: Chromatic Harmony, Uniform Sequences and Quantised Voice Leadings (PDF)
Jazz Guitar Life
Jeffery James Mc Fadden
Fretboard Harmony for University Study: Method and Historical Context……….NEW!
Jeremy Sawkins
Stringing it all together: A study in harmony and counterpoint for solo jazz guitar (PDF)
Jerry Begonzi
Joel Harrison
John Bishop
A permutational triadic approach to jazz harmony and the chord/scale relationship (PDF)
John Stowell
John Stowell Articles (39 Page PDF)
Keith Waters
King Edward VI College
Kurt Weill
Liebeslied (Matthias Bergmann) (PDF)
Mario Laginha
Mark Simos
The Net of Jewels_ An exploration and shape-based guitar pedagogy for songwriters (PDF)
Mathias Lang
Generic Modality Compression (GMC) by Mick Goodrick and Tim Miller -Book_Review
Generic Modality Compression (GMC) II / V / I Examples
Michael Morangelli
A Reference for Jazz Theory (PDF)
Mick Goodrick
Generic Modality Compression (GMC) Supplement (PDF)
Getting a Tone out of Berklee Fender Amps (PDF)
Lawyer’s Dozen (Mick’s Chart) (PDF)
Modal Vamps Put Together (PDF)
No Turning Back (For Laura) Chart (PDF)
Rhythm Changes Reharmonization (PDF)
Running in the Family Solo (PDF)
Stuff and Drawing Book List (PDF)
Symmetrical Augmented Scale (PDF)
The Thinking Guitarist Articles (PDF)
Triadic Equal Rights (Berklee Today, Summer 1999) (PDF)
Tune List That Mick’s Students Had To Learn (PDF)
What Goes Up Should Come Down (PDF)
Wrong Together Steve Swallow Arrangement (PDF)
2 Minor Triads Half-Step Apart (PDF)
Modern Guitar Harmony
10 Top Guitarists Pay Tribute To Mick Goodrick (Blog Post)
13 Steps to Musical Integration (Blog Post)
Embrace Your Originality and Uniqueness on Your Guitar (Blog Post)
Jack Pezanelli’s Triad Over Bass Notes for Non-Functional Reharmonization (Blog Post)
How I Get a Great Tone From My Player Telecaster (Blog Post)
How to Use the Mick Goodrick Almanacs (Blog Post)
Guitar Music Theory 101 (Blog Post)
Tribute to Mick Goodrick and Lesson by Tom Lippincott (Blog Post)
Stephan T. Wieder
The Modern Jazz Guitarists Approach to Standard Repertoire
Teague Stefan Bechtel
Grant Green_ An Analysis of the Blue Note Guitarist’s Musical Vocabulary (PDF)
Thomas G Aquino
Solo Jazz Guitar: Works Modeled on the Improvisational Style of Two Jazz Guitarists (PDF)
Tim Jago
Tom Lippincott
Goodrick For Dummies (PDF and Video at Bottom of Article)
Quentin Angus
Young-Soo Kim
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SOLO GUITAR STYLE OF JOE PASS (PDF)
Paid Material
Mike’s Master Classes
Tom Lippincott – Advanced Jazz Harmony – 4 Part 4ths (Paid content)
My Music Master Class
Ben Monder – Building Blocks of Harmony (Paid content)
Amazon Books
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The Advancing Guitarist – Mick Goodrick
Generic Modality Compression – Mick Goodrick
Compositions – Ben Monder
Compositions Volume II – Ben Monder
Harmonic Mechanisms For Guitar – Volume 1 – George Van Eps
Harmonic Mechanisms For Guitar – Volume 2 – George Van Eps
Harmonic Mechanisms For Guitar – Volume 3 – George Van Eps
Modern Guitar Harmony YouTube Channel
The Modern Guitar Harmony YouTube channel features different performances of pieces composed using the Goodrick Almanacs, of pieces written by Mick Goodrick, Harmony lessons, lessons on how to use the Mr Goodchord Almanacs, interviews and much more.
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Bonus Guitar Resources
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