Playing Techniques

[grooveagent66]

I would like to share these pictures of intervals (root = cyan, upper key = green). Try them also as slide show!
unison / octave

0_8.jpg

minor second

1_k2.jpg

major second

2_g2.jpg

minor third

3_k3.jpg

major third

4_g3.jpg

perfect fourth

5_4.jpg

tritone

6_4#.jpg

perfect fifth

7_5.jpg

minor sixth

8_k6.jpg

major sixth

9_g6.jpg

minor seventh

10_k7.jpg

major seventh

11_g7.jpg

[MusicScienceGuy]

HI GroveAgent88.
How about my coloring / fingering scheme as detailed here in my new posting here:

Axis Harmonic Table-Finger-Key Mapping.png

[grooveagent66]

Hi Ken, here is approximately your color scheme starting with C at the left down corner. I have not (yet) adjusted the saturation of colors for different octaves as you have done.

ColorsMSG.jpg

About Colors you will find some proposals that I have made in the Suggestions / Colors thread.

[sschweg]

Hi All,

I am new here which, in my mind, gives me a clear advantage over the rest of you all. I have not been waiting nearly as long for an Axis Controller

In any case, I have made a chart of common chords for my own education and wanted to share it with you all. The chart is in C but, obviously, one need only relocate the "1" chord and the pattern remains the same.
http://www.box.net/shared/static/lxxpsq9osi.pdf

Regards to all,

Steve

[grooveagent66]

Nice idea for triads in root position. What about the diminished chord?

[sschweg]

Nice idea for triads in root position. What about the diminished chord?

My goal with this one is to set the relationship of common chords in a given key to each other. It's really cool the way the 1 4 5 chord progression can be played in about a half dozen ways without ever moving your hand. This makes left hand comping while soloing with the right hand VERY easy, I suspect. And, you can comp in the same octave that you are soloing, which is almost impossible on a standard key bed.

The augmented and diminished chords are, of course, almost the default chords for this controller bcause they each follow one of the axes.

I have done some other charting for myself. I will try to get them up later today.

I cannot wait to have one of these things!

S

[sschweg]

Here is the Axis 49 layout in green on top of the Axis 64 layout.

http://www.box.net/shared/static/r67injjimh.pdf

S

[sschweg]

Here are two ways I figured out to play a Blues Scale. Again, you can play a couple of octaves worth and hardly move your hand. I am guessing that, after a week of drilling on this scale with some pitch wheel technique, one can shred like Stevie Ray in any key.

http://www.box.net/shared/static/sbo98abcdr.pdf

[grooveagent66]

I find the "red" fingering of your chart more intuitive to remember and play. Here is my version: root is red, other tones of scale in light red. Numbers for sequence of the scale.

blues.jpg

[sschweg]

I find the "red" fingering of your chart more intuitive to remember and play.

blues.jpg

I certainly agree. It also seems a bit more intuative to play with the left hand which, for me, is odd. I have always been a right hand dominate player even though I am left handed.

Do you have an Axis 64?

Steve