MODAL X-ING (3 Note Harmonic Fractals)

MODAL X-ING (3 Note Harmonic Fractals) Modal Crossing: I have been researching and studying the concepts and ideas presented in this book for the last ten years. To me they open a whole new world of harmonic exploration and conceptualization on the guitar and also serve as a great way to fully develop a well anchored and solid navigational sense on the fretboard. The main idea consists of extracting three note voicings from the geometrical layout of the modes of a given tonal system. I refer to these harmonic clusters as “fractals” and in this book I will be only concentrating on their extraction and development from the major scale. Each “Harmonic Fractal” always has one static note which serves as the anchor and two movable notes which always rotate in a similar fashion as the crossing lines in the letter “X”. (Hence the name of the book MODAL X-ING) Not only that, but the static note can also shift places within the geometry of the shape by being on an outside string or sitting on an inside string. Because of that, the geometry of the two movable elements will also be stretched in different ways. And last but not least, the static element can also change planes from functioning as a Left Element, a Central Element, or a Right Element. That in turn, completely alters the descriptive geometry of the movable elements as well. In short...we have plenty of options to find the most specific harmonic colors we need. Hristo Vitchev plays Westville Guitars exclusively.