https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:13:09 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216900 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:23:16 +0000 (If you're curious check out the many good reviews in Amazon).]]> Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows Rgalvez https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216900 https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216741 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:44:28 +0000
Vamps create a sort of instant modal environment to solo over, if you wanted to turn the above vamp into a F lydian vamp you would play an F as the bassnote over the F-G progression.]]> Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows Dneck https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216741 https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216628 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:57:36 +0000 By the way and just for the record, Mick Goodrick is a Berklee's teacher and Pat Metheny was one of his students.In fact the book is dedicated to him.]]> Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows Rgalvez https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216628 https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216603 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:00:28 +0000
Vamps are simply repeated figures, usually in the bass. Think of Brubeck's "Take Five" - that's a one-bar vamp that's constantly repeated. They usually have just two chords, sometimes three, sometimes just one (a classical basso ostinato could be considered a vamp)

As Helgi pointed out, a 'modal vamp' is simply one that doesn't use a dominant chord.]]> Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216603 https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216597 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:43:38 +0000 Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows Rgalvez https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216597 https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216595 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:26:21 +0000
Whatever you try to do, the normal "key based" major will take over. Therefore, to play in a "mode", you need to avoid any hint of the V-I resolution.

For many "modal" songs, that means simply hanging onto a single chord, a "Modal Vamp". To play in D Dorian mode, you'd hang around in Dm6 for a long, long time, with perhaps the occasional foray into G (major, not minor), while avoiding A and A7. For songs in G Mixolydian, a G or perhaps G7 I chord with the occasional F. For E Phrygian, E minor with F and perhaps G minor while avoiding B.]]> Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows hbriem https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-216595 https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-22780 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:15:04 +0000 I got 'The Advancing Guitarist' by Mick Goodrick. All the reviews praise it as one of the best guitar books ever. I like the author's style, but it's a bit vague and ambigous som etimes since the author claims it is not a method book.
My question is. do anyone of you guys have read this book? Noteboat perhaps?
I'm intrigued about the 'Modal Vamps' concept which is not clearly defined.Could anyone help me with this?

Merry christmas to you all.]]> Reviews of Instructional Material, CDs and Shows Rgalvez https://guitarnoise.forum/reviews-of-instructional-material-cds-and-shows/the-advancing-guitarist-by-mick-goodrick/#post-22780