Clinic: Tonal, Polytonal, and Atonal Techniques for All Guitarists
Focusing on modern jazz, fusion, progressive metal, and rock, this Norman Zocher–led clinic will strike a balance between in-and-out playing over grooves and II Vs through the application of tonal, polytonal, and atonal techniques, including the use of super arpeggios, tetrachords, double pentatonics, double harmonic minor, and diminished/augmented scales.
Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Zocher is a longtime guitar professor at Berklee College of Music and faculty member at the New England Conservatory. He has performed or recorded with a broad range of artists, including Esperanza Spalding, Maria Schneider, John Medeski, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Oliver Lake.
Described by the Boston Globe as a “fast-rising star of pedal steel,” Zocher has accomplished many firsts on the instrument, including being the only person to perform John Coltrane’s 26.2 on pedal steel guitar as well as performing the world premiere of “Giant Steps” on the E9 neck in a duo with bass legend Cecil McBee.