Mixed Chromatic Approaches Pt 1
In this latest series, we’ve looked at five different ways of spicing up our lines using non-scale (chromatic) notes and, in this lesson, we are going to apply all five approaches in a single solo study.
Before we start looking at the solo, let’s have a short recap of the various chromatic techniques that we’ve studied to this point. Chromaticism provides us with the opportunity to use tension (dissonance) and then resolve it (consonance), rather than just dwelling on consonant notes all the time. So far, we have looked at the following concepts:
1) Chromatic Approach-notes: either from a semitone above or below the target note.
2) Chromatic Bridging: whereby one note is linked to another (however far apart) by a consecutive series of chromatic steps.
3) Enclosure: which involves approaching a target note from both above and below, either diatonically or chromatically.
