Pat Metheny Flashcards
Melody
often complex/angular “Unity Village”
some simpler/constant “Minuano (Six eight)”
Virtuosic solo, chromaticism, motifs developed, sequences “April Joy” first solo - guitar plays glissando, string bending
simpler and more lyrical “April joy” 2nd solo
harmony
variety of chords “Unity Village” - extensions, sus4s, slash chords
chords more free than trad. jazz
some traditional chord changes, tritone subs and 2ndary dominants “(Go) Get It”
tonality
tonal/modal structures often with non functional progressions and pitches outside key/mode “Bright Size Life”
Less Blues influence but still blues scale “April Joy” head, pentatonic scales and blues notes “AJ” 2nd solo
structure
often head solo head “Bright Size Life”
some standard song form “BSL”
12 bar blues “Soul Cowboy”
often with intros and outros and composed sections “AJ” and “Minuano”
sonority
electric guitar playing “Bright Size Life” - often uses reverb/delay for lusher sound
variety of other instruments: acoustic guitars “And I Love Her”, sitar guitar “Last Train Home”, guitar synthesiser “Offramp”, 12-string guitar “Sirabhorn” and 42-string Pikasso guitar “The Sound of Silence”
sonority 2
guitar solo “and i lover her”
guitar/bass, drums trio “(Go) Get It”
Pat Metheny group - guitar, electric keyboards, bass and drums, additional percussion and vocals and/or horns “Minuano Six Eight”
texture
trio textures, fairly sparse with melody, bassline and drums.
guitar “comps” other musicians “Soul Cowboy”
PMG: lusher melodies and accompaniment textures with repeated riff and ostinatos “AJ”
Avant garde work polyphonic and heterophonic textures “Song X”
Solo guitar work features melody, chords and bassline together on one instrument “And I love her”
tempo, metre, rhythm
mostly straight rhythms, sometimes swing “Soul Cowboy”
Compound metres “Sirabhorn”
Avant garde is ametrical “song X”
time signatures change “uniquity road”
push/drag rhythms and triplets - “Bright Size Life”
Cross Rhythms - Brazilian influence - two over three in “Minuano (six eight)”
Minuano (six eight)
mel - simpler/constant melody
str - intros/outros and other composed sections
son - Pat Metheny Group guitar, electric keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, vocals and/or horns
TMR - cross rhythms with Brazilian influence, 2/3 time
April Joy
mel - ext chromaticism, motif development and sequences, simpler more lyrical lines, glissandos and string bending
ton - blues scales, pentatonic scales, blues notes
str - intros/outros, composed sections
tex - lush melodies, repeated riffs and ostinatos
Bright Size Life
ton - pitches from outside key/mode
son - electric guitar with reverb/delay for lush sound
TMR - push/drag rhythms and triplets
