In this 12 Bar Blues video, Larry Coryell will show you how to play the most basic blues. It is 12 measures and consists of 3 chords, a I, IV, and V. The I chord is played for four measures ...
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C Whole Tone Phrase 3
Whole Tone phrase 3 - Moving forward Larry combines the concept of seeing your C Augmented triads and C Whole Tone Scale together. He is putting it now all together an...
Quadruple Stops Improvisation 1
Quadruple Stops Big Band Style -In this video, Larry demonstrates how to incorporate quadruple stops in a big band style into your playing. Listen to how Lar...
Other ways to get into the IV chord example 1 (ii-V of IV)
This video shows you an example of a different way to get to the IV chord. Mr. Coryell teaches us that you can platy the ii-V of t...
D minor Phrase
In 5th position, Larry plays a very standard D minor Phrase phrase built off an F major 7 arpeggio and D dorian with no 6th degree.
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, ...
Other ways to get into the IV chord example 2 (Tritone substitution)
Learn the Tritone Substitution here. Now, once again in order to create a stronger pull or resolution to the IV chord in...
G7 Phrase
Larry plays a nice G7 Phrase. He uses a D Dorian idea with an F major 7 arpeggio embed within it over a G7 chord. These simple modal/arppegiated ideas are the fundamentals for pl...
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...
Other ways to get into the IV chord example 3 (ii - V Tritone substitution)
Instead of just playing the Tritone Substitution, you can also play the ii-V Tritone Substitution. In this last e...