EVH is taking credit for a lot

[Infinite Ego]

ah, that's a cool approach and makes sense

[sonicdeviant]

I looked at the sheet again and no, I don't consider it easy.

[mirth]

It looks to me that it says something like this ..imagine a blues progression.

1.) A Lydian Dominant |A mixolydian | A minor Pent | Bb melodic minor

2.) D Lydian Dominant |D phrygian dominant| D hw diminished |

3) E whole tone | F Melodic Minor | E mixolydian


Etc.... to me that's all he's writing down. He just doesn't write any chord voicing so he treats them as collective sounds for each and gives options for each "chord".

[sonicdeviant]

Yes, your explanation makes sense and I know that's what he has described before. But that's not what's writtten on that paper. All sorts of crazy symbology. Martino does stuff like this too. It's much easier to communicate one's ideas if one uses the already accepted and utilized symbols of other musicians. But that's okay--AH was an alien.

[sonicdeviant]

I guess he did write "+4" which I assume he meant as augmented 4th. That's what the jazz world calls it anyway.

[mirth]

And the classical world, or diminished 5, or sharp 4 or flat 5....what do you call it?

[mirth]

He just made up his own symbols, but from watching his video he basically just uses common scales.