3 Mick Goodrick Concepts From 1987

Hey everyone! Here's the next episode of Three-For-All with 3 Mick Goodrick Concepts From 1987. When I heard the news yesterday about Mick's passing, I literally spent most of the day reviewing/revisiting his classic book 'The Advancing Guitarist' - which I first encountered decades ago when I was a student at AIM in Atlanta.

After a few hours of working through some of his classic method, I had the idea to put together this episode, which is not only a tribute to this late-great educational guru but also explores a few of his ideas at the same time. These concepts will surely open a few new doors/directions for any player, regardless of your playing style, performance level, or musical preferences.

The ideas shared here include a series of approaches to help open your musical mind with a few new possibilities surrounding the most common scale on the guitar - the minor pentatonic scale, a glimpse into Mick's elusive single-string theory fretboard concept, "The Realm Of The Electric Ice Skating Rink" scale/fretboard concept,' reworking the melody of 'Happy Birthday' through the seven modes from the major scale, and much more!

Needless to say, if you're familiar with Mick Goodrick's legacy and educational material, it should be pretty obvious that this lesson is entirely different than anything I've created for the Three-For-All series so far, but that's entirely the point. A huge part of Mick's educational philosophy was learning how to find/be yourself with music, while also making those important connections to understanding the technical and music theory side of what you're learning along the way. If you're ready for a mind-opening challenge - this lesson is totally for you!

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0:00 Introduction
0:10 3 Mick Goodrick Concepts From 1987
2:48 Open Your Mind
5:12 Single-String Theory
7:48 "The Realm Of The Electric Ice Skating Rink"
11:46 Bonus Concept: Modal Happy Birthday (C lonian)
13:45 Happy Birthday melody in C Phrygian
16:03 Happy Birthday melody in C Aeolian