- Richard "Spock" Armstrong is the creator the
Matrix Approach to Music Improvisation concept,
- and of course depending on who you ask this may mean
either idiot or genius... :-)
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- Although they are not musical "method" books
and do not tell you how to play stylistically
- the majority of musicians
accept M.A.M.I. as a "dream come true" and a "reference
that can
- be used for life" to support any musical method that they
currently use (or plan) to study.
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- M.A.M.I.'s popularity is
soaring!
- We are
getting thousands of visitors to are website and positive feedback and
testimonials abound.
- Is is always great to hear nice things said
about my books like: "dude, we're not worthy",
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"prolific", and "I take it everywhere I go"! Occasionally the uniqueness of the Matrix
Approach
- does confuse others, and I've had one person say "it gives me
a headache"... :-)
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- Alas, the beauty of M.A.M.I. is the beauty of
music, and is the beauty of life:
- there are many ways, viewpoints, and
perspectives. All are relative and relevant.
- This is the
reason why I make 135 page free downloadable PDF formatted samples available
for
- each version for sale. You can download the version for your instrument and learn
to use M.A.M.I. free.
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- Once you do come to understand the concept
and
find it useful then you will probably
- want to purchase the complete 580 page
hardcopy reference version for your library because
- you
will be able to use it "for life". It will help you find new ideas
and play better!
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- Opinions are divided on my book because of its unique
format and approach, but most musicians
- appreciate that it was designed
exactly for the purpose of being a fresh approach to solving
- an
ages-old musicians problem: how to create unique ideas using musical
elements.
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- I say this: it is much easier to improvise and compose if you know what
elements are
- related to one another and where they are located on your
instrument.
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- Visualizing what notes, arpeggios, chords, inversions, scales and
modes can be grouped together
- to create musical ideas is key. Developed in 1995, M.A.M.I. are the first and only
truly integrated
- visual scale reference texts optimized for specific
instruments on the market.
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- The idea behind the Matrix Approach is to actually
simplify the creative process of musical improvisation
- and composition by
relating all elements generated by given scales and modes simultaneously and
visually.
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- M.A.M.I. allows you to see a scale's notes throughout the
instrument range and then use these notes
- to create music with the melodies,
arpeggios, chords, inversions, scales and modes that are
- derived from, as
well as related to the subject scale.
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- So for example: when you see a "C-Major
7th" chord (sound), with M.A.M.I. it is possible
- to easily find all of
melody notes, arpeggios, inversions, and even extended chords and modes
- that
can make music using this sound because it is visually diagrammed on your
instrument.
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- What more can I say, try the free sample
download...then you decide...
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- Oh...about the nickname "Spock"...you'll have to visit my
"bio" page to find out this story!