Stepping Out: A Guide To Playing Outside (Part 1)
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Stepping Out: A Guide To Playing Outside (Part 1)By Thomas Williams
December 23rd, 2011
Playing ‘outside’ is a term synonymous with jazz rock/fusion guitar players. Within traditional forms of jazz this term is replaced by ‘using chromaticism.’ In blues, country, and folk forms it’s called ‘blue notes.’ In everything else it’s considered ‘the wrong notes.’ In all forms, however, the common goal is to play a note that clashes against the background harmony in order to create tension and thus reinforce resolution when it arrives.
