This Idea BLEW MY MIND: Joe Diorio's Scales Stacked In Fourths | Jazz/Fusion Guitar Lesson

[@cesaregiuliani]

very good material to play with and elaborate to add more modern and "different" sounds to our improvisations, thanks mike!

[@adamkgray]

Using 4ths like this is a glorious cheat code for that "contemporary" jazz sound. Kurt Rosenwinkel is also big on playing 4ths like this and has a similar exercise on his channel. Love it

[@mbacarellaguitar]

Yes, it’s a very easy way to get a modern sound. Sid Jacobs showed me the same concept Kurt talks about in his video, and I’ve had a lot of fun messing around with that. I did a lesson on it previously!

[@Mikkokosmos]

I need to get that book

[@mbacarellaguitar]

It’s wild! Every page is full of ideas like this.

[@BigMan-rg4mu]

So simple and so useful. Thank you!

[@mbacarellaguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it! I’ve been having a blast exploring the ideas.

[@HVL1977]

Always with great ideas !! Thank youu

[@mbacarellaguitar]

Joe Diorio is a lifetime’s worth of good ideas! It’s a lot of fun to work through his stuff!

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Love the variety of ideas you expose us to; I appreciate how you stick with one idea, presented in a no nonsense or fluff way. I don't think this is something I would readily use. It feels too advanced and outside for what I do now. That said, I like be exposed to new ideas (new for me); and you never know when one these ideas will hatch later into something interesting.

[@mbacarellaguitar]

Thanks for the kind words! Ideas like this are definitely different from typical vocabulary, but I think it’s good to explore because it exposes your ear to new sounds. Also, you don’t have to play the entire six string shape, you know? You could mess with 2 or 3 strings at a time, and that may help it sound more palatable for your ears!

[@ThreeLeggedMongoose]

Cool! I subscribed. Funny that right before you mentioned melodic minor, I was thinking the same thing. I've always had trouble memorizing those modes and this should help.

[@mbacarellaguitar]

This should definitely help with picturing those shapes! It’s something I’ve been exploring as well. Thanks for subscribing!

[@MrMjp58]

Excellent

[@mbacarellaguitar]

Thanks!

[@anon8007]

I wouldn't recommend rolling. You just don't get the same sound. Go with Mike's technique here. Personally though, I like to do wide reaches + string skips on the higher frets.

[@mbacarellaguitar]

Thanks for the endorsement! While I agree with you, I will say that Joe himself would play stuff like this with rolling. I physically can’t do it and make it done clean, but he definitely could!

[@innocentoctave]

With a more aggressive tone, you'll hear a lot of similar ideas in Robert Fripp's playing.

[@mbacarellaguitar]

Absolutely! I’m a huge fan of Fripp’s style.