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The Allure of Thirdless Voicings

Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Topic: Reference
Styles: Any Style, Fusion
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    Thirdless Voicings - Part 1 Richard Lundmark
    8:10
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Welcome! In this tutorial we're going to take a gander at thirdless voicings and how to use these both to further our own improvisation, but also as practicing tools for ear training, as well as excellent song writing tools! A thirdless voicing is basically just a chord without the third scale degree, for example E in C major (C,E,G), or Eb in Cm (C,Eb,G)...

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    Thirdless Voicings - Part 2 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: So, the first thing we want to get in our heads are how the different chord tones sounds in relation to the thirdless voicings. So, I want you to sing as you play the chords the roots (A,F,G), then the fifths (E,C,D) and finally the thirds (C,A,B). The key here is to ACTIVELY listen to what you are singing! TO HEAR your voice "marry" the voicings inside your...

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    Thirdless Voicings - Part 3 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: OK, so the concept of thirdless voicings can of course be expanded to cover pretty much any musical style. If you're into fusion, fine. If you're into singing/songwriting, equally fine! This is something that, once you have it in your ears, can be used in any circumstance. In this video we look into some ideas on how to apply this in a more modern singing/s...

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    Thirdless Voicings - Part 4 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: So, "fusion" then... Fusion is of course a very broad genre, so we will just focus on the kind of modern fusion that leans heavily towards quartal harmony and such. In the first part, with the progression borrowed from the Vibrato tutorial, we were very much guided and "lead" by the voicings. We were, as I mentioned, "expecting" to hear the F and G major aft...

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    Thirdless Voicings - Outro Improvisation Richard Lundmark
    1:34
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: And here is the impro. Even though I make a conscious effort to work around the thirds we discussed, it's still an improvisation, and as such I don't limit myself to simply that, but go were the moment takes me. After looking through this, head over to the backing track to try it our for yourself!

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    Thirdless Voicings - Backing Track Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: OK guys, here is the backing track I used for the outro improvisation. What I've done is just loop it four times, so you can improvise over it, going back and forth over the first and second voicings.

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