Resolution Point Matrix
Instantly execute powerful rhythmic propulsion.
Intensify your bass grooves and bass solos without relying on playing fast.
Do you know which resolution points matter most with the style of music that you play?
Intensify Your Grooves and Solos
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This lesson is for all drummers, bass players, guitarists, pianists… anyone that is interested in exploring exciting rhythmic possibilities!
With the Resolution Point Matrix, you will be able to instantly execute powerful rhythmic propulsion.
If you’ve struggled with your rhythm and your rhythm just doesn’t seem to evoke excitement in your listener, I guarantee it’s because you haven’t yet developed a concept for approaching rhythm.
Playing a syncopated rhythm alone is not enough to just move your listener.
YOUR RHYTHM NEEDS TO HAVE DIRECTION!
The rhythm of your phrases need to lead to a final destination point… the resolution point!
After all, music is about tension and release.
Having a developed understanding of resolution points and applying the Resolution Point Matrix to your practice will open up new rhythmic possibilities for you!
With the Resolution Point Matrix, you can INTENSIFY YOUR GROOVES AND SOLOS WITHOUT RELYING ON PLAYING FAST!
The simplest rhythms that you play will automatically have a feeling of forward direction.
You Can’t Play Fast Forever… At Least, I Can’t.
The Resolution Point Matrix spawned during a time I was experiencing extreme physical pain on the bass.
This was several years ago.
During that time of my career, as a freelance bass player, I had been exclusively playing Jazz-Fusion gigs that deeply demanded for my chops.
Each song lasted more than 10 minutes and required me to endlessly fire sixteenth notes like a machine gun!
I was doing fine, but after years of playing every night, breathing stinky-unclean air, eating like crap, and adopting a terrible sleep schedule, I ended up developing a bad case of Tendonitis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, that left my plucking hand weak in strength, lacking in endurance, and difficult to control.
I went from being able to walk a bass line to Rhythm Changes, with the half-note beating at 180 bpm, for an entire night, to barely being able to play the same bass line for 2 measures, with the half-note beating at 60 bpm!
That experience pretty much ended my pursuit to make my living playing Jazz-Fusion gigs.
After months of sitting at home, being tired of feeling depressed and crippled, I began to come up with ideas of how I can still play music with a busted hand.
I actually considered picking up and learning a horn instrument. Anyway, I really did not want to give up playing the bass, even though my doctors advised me not to play the bass again.
I also didn’t want to give up on playing music that evoked the excitement and intensity I experienced when I played Jazz-Fusion.
So, I obsessively began to study musicians that demonstrated emotional intensity with their music, without playing fast.
No matter what style of music… No matter the instrument being played…. RHYTHM was the underlying factor that created intensity in their music!
Where these musician’s started and ended their phrases made all the difference.
This basic understanding has allowed me to be able to maintain intensity in my grooves and bass solos without physically taxing my hands from playing fast.
Face it… You can’t play fast forever… I certainly am not able to.
Like any machine, your body is subject to wear and tear.
Even a light bulb, that uses little energy, will burn out after so many flicks of the switch!
Ask Yourself:
- Does your groove propel your audience regardless of tempo or speed?
- Do your solos sound interesting with just a few notes?
- Are you able to reach an intense climax with your music, without playing fast?
If you answered “NO” to any of these questions then mastering your resolution points is a must.
When you understand resolution points YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO DEPEND ON HOW FAST YOU CAN PLAY!
Satisfying a single resolution point is enough to instantly generate rhythmic propulsion and MAKE YOUR AUDIENCE MOVE!
Hear How A Specific Resolution Point Can Propel Your Music!
(& of 4): This resolution point WILL ALWAYS have a strong sense of forward motion and drive. Starting and ending your rhythmic phrases on this resolution point can be highly effective.
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You can try this now, for your grooves or solos, and IMMEDIATELY HEAR/FEEL THE FORWARD MOTION!
The Resolution Point Matrix Book
- Learn how specific resolution points propel your music!
- Adopt a unique concept for approaching resolution points, that can add intensity to ANY simple rhythmic phrase!
- Acquire 15 Resolution Point Matrix’s, for different time-signatures and time-feels, that you can immediately start using in your practice!
- Explore 4 potent applications for the Resolution Point Matrix. One application shows you how to know where to start any polyrhythm, counter-rhythm, or rhythmic phrase in order to end on the resolution point you desire!
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