Big Band Style Quadruple Stops - Notice how Larry incorporates big band-style 'shouts' into a blues here by using quadruple stops. Larry's using a mixture of the 'big band' quadruple stops, ...
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Charlie Parker (Bird) Concept Improvisation Example 3
Here is another example of the Charlie Parker concept discussed and taught be Larry Coryell. He plays some really hip (cool) rhythms he...
Strechin' with Larry Coryell Playing Example 1
Watch and see how Larry weaves together chords and single lines in this blues chorus. He draws on pentatonic ideas, quadruple stops, diminishe...
McCoy Tyner style chord voicings - Let's see how Larry uses chords voicings based on fourths, typical of the great jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. Larry also effectively uses bass note pedals to c...
Strechin' with Larry Coryell Playing Example 4
In this video watch and learn from jazz legend Larry Coryell, the "Godfather of Fusion," as he plays 3 choruses of an F blues where he demonst...
Diminished Whole Tone Scale
In this video Larry demonstrates the Diminished Whole Tone Scale starting from A. This is also known as the altered scale, or as Larry says, it's a little like s...
Strechin' with Larry Coryell Playing Example 5
Let's watch and learn again from jazz legend Larry Coryell, the "Godfather of Fusion," as he plays 3 choruses of a C minor blues where he demo...
3 6 2 5 Phrases
Here Larry demonstrates 3 6 2 5 Phrases. He outlines the changes with some standard idiomatic phrases. Larry uses the chords as spacing for the phrasing of his lines to giv...
2 5 Phrase
In this 2 5 Phrase, Larry combines slight chromaticism with a simple C major scale to negotiate the changes. An effective way to negotiate the changes is to outline the 3rd's an...
Using F Major Over a D Minor Chord
F major over D minor - In this video, Larry shows how it's possible to use an F major scale to play over D minor. He first uses an F lydian scale starting...