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About us - Minimum Labyrinth
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The creative paroxysms of Rich Cochrane and Robert Kingham. Robert Kingham and Rich Cochrane have collaborated on many creative projects since meeting at Cardiff University in the early 1990s, including a production of. The Fall of the House of Usher. With improvised music, and a notorious cabaret band. Both live in South-East London with their large collections of wives, cats, daughters, lumps of seasoned wood and curious musical instruments. Rich Cochrane 1971 – . And listen to some of his music.
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Technique | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Next year the term "deliberate practice" will be twenty years old. In that time it has gradually moved out of the academic world and become a phrase uttered in hushed tones in musical, sporting and other spheres. What does it mean and how can we use it? What is Muscle Memory? If you've ever worked on developing speed on guitar you've probably heard references to "muscle memory". But what is this mysterious facility? Why I Play With A Thumbpick. I've had about a month ...
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Harmonic Minor Modes | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Harmonic Minor Modes: The Super Locrian bb7. In this final instalment of our series on the modes of the Harmonic Minor scale, we consider the scale known as the Super Locrian bb7. This is a very distinctive and dissonant scale, and is difficult to use in standard jazz and rock contexts; it makes us work hard if we're going to get something usable out of it. Harmonic Minor Modes: The Locrian Natural 6. The Harmonic Minor as a Pair of Augmented and Diminished Arpeggios.
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Private Guitar Lessons | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Please note I'm not. Currently taking new students. One reason is that my time at the moment is really taken up with other projects, and I take the commitment of teaching very seriously. The other is that I'm recovering (slowly) from a bout of tennis elbow. Advice for Jazz Beginners. Advice for Guitarists from Two Magicians. New free ebook: Spectral Analysis of Scales. Performance Advice from a Bodybuilder? Some Ornette Coleman Heads. Melodic Minor Quartal Boxes.
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Links | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Guitar Sites and Blogs. Online Guitar Books blog. Musicians, Friends and Colleagues. James Blackthrone on MySpace. These are reciprocal links required for my listing in various blog catalogues. They probably won't be of interest to you unless you're looking for places to promote your blog. Advice for Jazz Beginners. Advice for Guitarists from Two Magicians. New free ebook: Spectral Analysis of Scales. Performance Advice from a Bodybuilder? Some Ornette Coleman Heads.
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Hypermodes (FREE eBook) | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Hypermodes: A Practical Guide. Download the entire book COMPLETELY FREE. This book plugs an important gap in. Scale and Arpeggio Resources. And addresses another one in the theoretical literature on scales. For in that book, and in theory, we always expect a scale to have a root note; yet, surprisingly, sometimes they don't - not just in the abstract realms of high theory but in real-life music-making. I call these "hypermodes". Scale and Arpeggio Resources. Barry Har...
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Archive of Blog Posts | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Archive of Blog Posts. The following is a rather basic list of all the posts I've ever made on this blog. Enjoy! Advice for Jazz Beginners. I'm already a competent player and I want to learn jazz" is a common position for people to find themselves in, at least if online forums are any indication. Here's my compendium of advice I wish someone had given me when I was starting out. Minor-Major 7 Arpeggios on Dominant Chords. Arpeggio and Scale Resources. Following up on ...
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Free Books | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. I'm gradually publishing my theoretical work in a set of free e-books. These are large, searchable PDF files. Generally they're aimed at relatively advanced players. Click the cover for details and download links. Arpeggio and Scale Resources. Spectral Analysis of Scales. Advice for Jazz Beginners. Advice for Guitarists from Two Magicians. New free ebook: Spectral Analysis of Scales. Performance Advice from a Bodybuilder? Some Ornette Coleman Heads. 5 Myths about Modes.
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Scales | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Making Exotic Scales with Familiar Arpeggios. Struck by a bout of insomnia, I decided to figure out all the 7-note scales that can be made by combining a pair of common triad or seventh arpeggios, one at the root and one somewhere else. Here are the results. Barry Harris's Sixth Diminished Scale. Root notes are for wimps: An invitation to hypermodes. Some Dissonant Scales for Minor Chords. I've been exploring some choices for minor chords that don't contain the b3, wh...
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Advice for Guitarists from Two Magicians | Cochrane Music
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London-Based Private Guitar Tuition. Advice for Guitarists from Two Magicians. Here's a video of two well-known stage magicians talking about advice for younger aspiring performers. If you can translate what they say into musical terms you'll find some useful insights here. It's possible to become a professional player as a "tool collector" but it's important to decide that's what you want, not just to fall into it. Advice for Jazz Beginners. Advice for Guitarists from Two Magicians. Feed Your Ears: Avan...
