MAMI Scale Atlases
are the ultimate left-hand guitar chord chart reference.
They allow you
to chart any potential chord that can be played on your guitar
for a given
scale, including inversions.
MAMI's "Matrix
Approach" helps you to create music by not only identifying
a scale's
chords but also
by showing you logical sequences for harmonizing musical
elements
like chords,
triads, and arpeggios throughout the guitar's fingerboard.
Pierre
Bensusan is an unbelievable acoustic guitarist who mainly
plays solo.
His "standard"
tuning is as follows: D-A-D-G-A-D.
The first time
I heard his music, it stunned me:
there seemed to
be three guitarists performing simultaneously!
When I finally
witnessed him performing live, I realized that there
were no overdubs
or recording "tricks".
Once I charted
the tuning using M.A.M.I. things began to make much more sense.
Pierre's tuning
could be considered by most to be unorthodox as well as limiting
but the D-A-D-G-A-D
tuning's fingerboard note placement facilitates playing
certain chords
and lines simultaneously with relative "ease".
Well okay, not
ease (Pierre just makes it
sound this way)...
but this tuning
does make music possible that would otherwise be impossible
or extremely difficult
to be played on the guitar by a solo player.
I presented him
with a copy of the M.A.M.I. Scale Atlas for "his tuning"
at a concert
with the hope
that he would be able to create even more, and develop
some undiscovered
potential within
D-A-D-G-A-D. Not more than a year later, Pierre has won
several awards
and received
acclaim for his release "Intuite". It will be great
to hear his future work.
Frequently
asked questions about the M.A.M.I. Music Scale Atlas
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Click
to view a free 140 page PDF demo version for 6-string D-A-D-G-A-D
tuned LH guitars! (1.35mb)
Click
here to visit the Pierre Bensusan DADGAD guitar website!
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