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John Abercrombie Licks
John Abercrombie Licks
John Abercrombie started playing guitar at the age of 14. He attended Berklee from 1962 tot 1966.
During this period he toured with Johny Hammond and recorded with the Brecker Brothers.
After graduation at Berklee Abercrombie moved to NY and played in the bands of CHico Hamilton and Billy Cobham.
Abercrombie was invited to record for ECM and the result is his debut album called 'Timeless' with Jan Hammer on keys and Jack DeJohnette on drums.
His next trio was called 'Gateway' with Dave Holland replacing Jan Hammer.
John Abercrombie has a subtle and lyrical style which is best heard in small settings like the 'Gateway' trio
or his duo albums with Ralph Towner.
Recommended listening :
'Gateway'
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Minor Licks
1) This licks is the ending of 'Backward Glance', the 4th song on
'Characters'.
Abercrombie uses a lot of open strings which is a great way to widen your sound:
- In chords try to find a 2 or b2 interval between the open string and an adjacent string (in this chord: f#/g and d/e)
- Pull offs to open strings work well in some situations
- Open strings can also function as ghost notes (a Pat Metheny technique)
2) Here's another one for Em9:
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