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"Up & Up"

Instructor: Mike Salow
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Fusion
Level: Advanced
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    "Up & Up" - Performance Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: Hi guys! For this tutorial I thought it would be fun to teach you my tune "Up & Up". I won't be covering the full song in this tutorial, just the main melody of the A & B sections. By request, I would gladly go over the rest of the song in a future tutorial! You could say this song is very much in the style of Greg Howe and has a funk/fusion vibe t...

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    "Up & Up" - A Section Breakdown - Part 1 Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: We'll start by breaking down the "A" section melody. I see this as being the "main" melody of Up & Up. This melody is in Em and is mainly based around an Em7 arpeggio and Em pentatonic. Other than notes directly from an Em7 arp or the Em pentatonic we'll land on the 13 a couple of times throughout the melody. Nothing too "out there" at first, but as w...

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    "Up & Up" - A Section Breakdown - Part 2 Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: Now onto the rest of the "A" section melody! The chord progression for this section is E9 for three bars, and then on the 4th bar we have a syncopated progression of: G/A - F/G - Ab/Bb - Bb/C Each time these chords appear in the A section the melody adjusts to the changes and strays from the Em7 arp or Em pentatonic sound. The first time the chords appea...

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    "Up & Up" - B Section Breakdown Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: Now onto the "B" section! The chord progression of this section is the same as every 4th bar of the A section, with a few added chords at the end of each phrase to accentuate the melody. Again that is: G/A - F/G - Ab/Bb - Bb/C - C/D - Db/Eb - D/E (last 3 chords follow the same rhythm as the melody)   Similar to the 2nd time we hear these changes in t...

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    "Up & Up" - Backing Track Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Fusion

    Excerpt: Have fun with the backing track guys! Practice hard!

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