The Lesson and Composition page is a repository of lessons, analysis and compositions that will be added over time. Many of these articles will be based around the Octatonic system in an effort to help musicians and composers understand and utilize the system in their own musical development. Topics however will generally be wide ranging and will also include lessons and thoughts on his 12-Tone and intervolic concepts, .guitar technique and theory. Check back regularly as new content is added.

Capricious By Dave Creamer

In this lesson we look at Capricious, a composition based entirely on the eight notes of octatonic (eight note) scale #33 in G major and introduce the concepts of CAPS and Tetrachords. To see the full lesson and hear the audio example....