My apologies, Bert. I was speaking facetiously. I'm generally averse to using those little "smileys", but this is a case where an emoticon might have been...
I think in order to improvise one needs to know the song very well. You have to know where the song is going chord wise. In your practice times alone on the...
I think this is a great idea. I'm not a transcriber, but I do study transcribed solos in order to understand what ideas and techniques were used. In particular...
That's the whole idea w/ improvisation in the genre you are discussing and which I try to play. To spontaneously create MUSIC that works within the context of...
... Lotsa chords. I'm pretty good with playing harmonized bop heads and blowing in 8th notes in chords because I work on it all the time. What helps me is...
Interesting topic about licks. Can you guys recommend a book which give details on one should go about in generating their own set of licks from standard...
Come on guys, know your history. You think Wes had time to rehearse with the musicians on that album? Who was paying for the rehearsal? They showed up that...
Does anyone know a website that lists JAZZ musicians that want to jam, and that lists them by CITY? I live in Philly, and there is no way to hook up. There are...
... From: <jaenahigh@...> To: <jazz_guitar@yahoogroups.com> Sent: February 1, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: [jazz_guitar] Phrases Part II ... That's the one I'd...
I would be hard-pressed to find a poor solo by Wes but, yes, some solos reach a higher state of perfection than others. All are interesting and I think Remler...
-Yes, I agree, Wes was simply a tremendous improvisor with a huge sould and endless supply of inventiveness. However, I can understand why some may believe...
Specially good in this matter is “Comprehensive Techniques for Jazz Musicians”, from Bert Ligon. I own this book and I am happy with it, though its a life...
... recommend working on root position and inversions of drop ... your ... If you know all the drop 2 and 3 inversions really well and can play scales up and...
Listen to anything off of Now He Sings Now He Sobs by Chick Corea. His improvisations are so brilliant, they sound worked out. I know guys like Brecker and...
I don't participate as much as others in this guitar group but I guess the word blasphemy caught my attention. When I saw who it was about and what others have...
Hi, You should learn enough chord voicings to be able to play a chord from any given chord "type" with any melody note on top. By chord "type" I mean one of...
Dave Antonio
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Feb 2, 2003 11:05 pm
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... Let's see if I can do this right. Start with a chord voiced like 1,3,5,7. A drop 2 voicing takes the second voice (from the top) and drops it to the...
... Oops! That's right. It does help putting the melody note on top! Do it on all the string sets: 1,2,3 2,3,4 3,4,5 etc... and maybe even the spread...
... chord ... the ... This is indeed very easy to master with a minimum of chords, but the original poster was interested in learning to play in chords what...
Thanks much for the ideas. As for the G#, thanks again for clearing it up. I also tried the GM7, as the 1st note is G and it sound ok to me. Any thoughts on...
another question... one of the few 'chord-melody' arrangements of a tune i know well, for the head, is 'giant steps'. the first note, F#, is under a BM7 chord,...
re improvisation: For me: I have a 'musical vocabulary' of stuff that I like to play/emote (phrases, licks etc if you like). When improvising I recombine these...
When you say: "play chords of single notes" do you mean play chord melody arrangements of songs a la Joe Pass? Or do you mean harmonizing the notes with triads...
Can anyone help with an online source of acoustic flat wound strings for my acoustic archtop (1948 epiphone Broadway)? What brands do you like and what works...
... I think you might be able to use SIT Silencers (bronze flatwounds, actually flattened off rounds), or my preference for any steel string acoustic, Elixir...
