@emilernebro

Thank you very much for the explanation Emil! Now everything falls into place.

Best regards,

Kavi.

Hi Emil,

would you please one day make a lesson on how to reharmonize a song from scratch (without even using a lead sheet) from a simple chord-melody to a sophisticated arrangement with chord substitutions.
Best regards and a big thank you for your wonderfull lessons!

Kavi

@emilernebro

Thank you very much for the explanation Emil! Now everything falls into place.

Best regards,

Kavi.

P.S. I now see that my post was categorized under IMPROVISATION LEVEL # 2 which is of course not correct. Sorry for that! Probably it should be labelled as Jazz Guitar Forum. So if the forum admins can fix it i would be greatefull.

Hi Emil,
Your voice leading in a ii V I sounds so tasty. Is there some theory behind it? Would you kindly explain how you choose what chord to play?

Best regards,

Kavi

Emil,
thank you for your clarification! I really enjoyed it!
As for me your answer could not be long enough :)
I have been trying to go to both the extremes - either to play everything by ear or by theory. And I failed ha-ha-ha.
But what is slowly slowly coming out of it is the understanding that every one of us finally has to find his /her own way to master those sweet "secret" tones.

Warmest regards,

Kavi.

Thank you Emil for your reply!

I am sorry, of course it was Dm7(b5) and not Dmb7 :).

In this context I would like to ask another question:
when in a chord progression the 5th chord goes to the 1st we can substitute it with a diminished chord with the root on the b2 or on the maj 3rd, right ? Since the diminished chord consist of equal intervals we can choose either one. Is it determined by our fretboard knowledge as well? As for me I like to use the maj3 as the root since it is only a half-step away from the 1st chord which is easier to associate with coming home.
Is my thinking correct?

Thank you Emil!

Kavi.

Hi Emil,

I watched a couple of interviews with Tommy Emmanuel where he said that he can neither read tabs (let alone notes) nor can he play modes. When asked how to improvise he answered something like this "God gave you ears - use your ears!"
So, does Tommy Emmanuel really not know modes and play everything by ear? What is your take on it?
Same is true (to some extent I think) about Martin Taylor. He says he never thinks in terms of the modes but only in terms of the root and the third.

I am very curious what your answer is gonna be,

Thank you again for your great lessons!

Warmest regards,

Kavi

Hi Emil,

in this lesson you say that when soloing over Fm6 we could arpegiate Dmb7. But if the notes of both chords are identical than what is the point in substituting Fm6 with Dmb7? Is it because of the change of the tonal center?

Thank you in advance!

Warm regards,

Kavi.

Hi Emil,

thanks a lot for your answer!

Your "Arranging for fingerstyle guitar" has been a great inspiration to me! And I am definitely going to check out all of your suggestions.
I was talking about may be something basic in arrangement. Like when you hear a tune and try to find out first a reharmonized basic chord structure then a simple reharmonized chord melody all by ear without ever looking into the "official" notation of the song.

Best regards,

Kavi.

P.S. Those series of videos with songs (like "Yesterday") played in severel levels are invaluable for us! We can see the whole prossess of guitar arrangement from inside out. As for me I can not get enough of those :)

Hi Emil,

would you please one day make a lesson on how to reharmonize a song from scratch (without even using a lead sheet) from a simple chord-melody to a sophisticated arrangement with chord substitutions.
Best regards and a big thank you for your wonderfull lessons!

Kavi

@emilernebro
Hi Emil,

just wanted to thank you for your answer!
Have a nice day!

Kavi