Pat Martino Lines and How To Use Them

Master Pat Martino’s Linear Expressions: Unlock the Secrets to How These Lines Function! 🚀 Private 1:1 Guitar Lessons with Me: 👉 https://sjguitaracademy.com/apply-for... Pat Martino was one of the world's best guitar teachers and players. I have immense respect for Pat Martino and highly recommend his linear expressions book for all avid students of jazz guitar! Pat Martino's website: (great articles and resources available here!!!) https://www.patmartino.com/ The book can be purchased online here: https://www.halleonard.com/product/70... The gist of how it works: "You play a LINEAR EXPRESSION (or a line) using a modified Dorian or Melodic Minor with chromaticsim. This becomes your weapon for performing over chord changes." The lines are minor. So: Let us use the Bb Minor Line as our point of reference. We can then play: Bb minor 7 - play a minor line on I or on Bb! Eb7 - play a minor line on V or on Bb G Minor 7b5 - play a minor line on bIII or Bb A7#5 (or altered) - play the minor line on bII or Bb C13b9 - play the minor line on bVIII Ab Major 7 - play the minor line on II Db Major 7 - play the minor line on VI The study above needs to be taken very seriously and you need to extensively study the relationships between chords/degrees and what is happening. For example on C13b9 by playing the Bb minor line or let us call it Bb Melodic Minor we are really playing the C Dorian b2 scale OR the second mode of the melodic minor. If this sounds complex... IT IS NOT... but you need to just wrap your head around it. The C Dorian b2 scale can be seen as a C13b9#9 chord WITHOUT a third. The minor 3rd of the Dorian scale with a Tritone in the accompaniment becomes a #9 tension. Anyways... if this all sounds like a lot... get in touch... let us schedule a meeting online - I can explain it ✔ As always thank you for watching and wishing you all a MERRY Christmas ahead! #patmartino #linearlines #linearexpressions #jazzguitar #Lines