• Hi all, new member here and really enjoyed Tim’s melodic harmony masterclass! I have one technical question.. In ‘blue triad in G’ part Tim plays G7, Dm, Em triad to harmonize the first lick. It sounds great but I was curious why minor triads and from where are they coming from? When I look at harmonized major scale it should be D and Em and if I…Read More

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    • The way I think about it is that the parent scale of G7 is a C major scale so you use triads harmonized from that scale.
      Tim

      • Thanks Tim! So if I understand it correctly we are here in the modes territory, that I’ll need to investigate further. It opens more doors and I already look forward to work on it 🙂 If anyone in the group has any tips where to start with it and how to practice any suggestions more than welcome! I understand where the modes come from, but always…Read More

  • Hey, folks! Good morning. It looks like our next song of the month may be Embraceable You. This is a tough song and quite a workout. I suggest you go into “Tim’s Transcriptions” and check it out ahead of time. The lesson on YouTube is from the Truefire Sensei sessions. It’s a great one. I look forward to a deep dive.

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  • I’m really enjoying everything about the new site. Just what I needed. I live in north Seattle and am interested in getting together to play music with anyone else around here who is up for it.

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  • Hi guys & Tim I’m really excited I tried to get in on the zoom workshop and wanted to join at the time made a note to went to old site and meant to get back to finding this site. Where I once belonged. I’ve been super inspired by Tim his playing & teaching I’ve bought the books that he has written recently Melodic jazz guitar soloing and Melodic…Read More

  • Just caught Tim’s latest video on YT and thought I’d share a little arrangement with vocal on a future lesson I’m hoping to explore as I love this tune.. it’s slightly edited to fit

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