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I wonder if this book might wet your whistle:
http://www.amazon.com/Harmonic-Experien ... 290&sr=8-1

Do you know it?

There are several fantastic clips of George Russell on YouTube. Here's a new one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40jXuSmusXc

[quote="Bear"][quote]As in light keys= sharp keys, G,D, A,E,B and dark= flat, F.Bb. Eb etc?[/quote] So, what is it specifically (or analytically) about sharp keys that give it the quality of light or bright? As well as what makes flat keys dark in quality. In regards to the laws of resolvi...

As in light keys= sharp keys, G,D, A,E,B
and dark= flat, F.Bb. Eb etc?

[quote="strachs"] You could almost say there is an imaginary CMG tonic station on bII if you wanted to. Or maybe I'm just nuts, who knows? .[/quote] After writing my last post I get what you are saying above. Yes, an imaginary CMG on bII. Or the modal genre I and +IV could be the ultimate(...

Some of the AMGs, such as VII( as in say Ab Lydian environment over a G7) initially seem a bit remote from C major, yet ,Ab is only only one fifth away from the LT of C minor. Carrying this a little further I guess you could say that B Lydian (AMG +V for G7+5) is only one fifth away from Gb, the LT ...

Sorry.. I was cornfused. I don't know if the Coltrane diagrams are on the web.

[quote="strachs"]Is there an image available on the web?[/quote]
You can see most of it here:
http://www.georgerussell.com/

I don't have my book handy but I think that diagram represents the three forces mentioned at the end of the book, passive, active, and neutral. Vertical Tonal Gravity is passive. Horizontal Tonal Gravity is active, and Super-vertical is neutral I believe. The diagram makes sense because flat-lying s...

[quote="bobappleton"]don cherry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80JUJ9K4Ek[/quote]
For some reason I am reminded of the old cartoon of the aliens in deep space sending a reply back to Earth after their encounter with the Voyager space craft that says,â€

[quote="bobappleton"]bob appleton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPdwxX3-9jw[/quote]
wow!

Hope you feel better soon!

I love that line at bars 14 and 15. I hear two other things when I slow it down: 1. right after the A natural in bar two I hear an Ab..setting up a Bb7 change. 2. The last note I hear as an F natural. The is a good example of what George calls 'Vertical Poly-modality' 'cause the notes on beat three ...

The top note of a chord. If I'm playing an F blues and at some point I play a D7#9#11 with G#/Ab on top I'm simultaneously aware and hearing that note as the b3 of an F blues scale.