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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Some friends of mine are in the habit of singing that line at certain moments, usually to signify........
However in this instance, I just offered it as a continued " Happy Birthday to Rob", long may the G.A.S. continue.
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09-04-2014 11:21 AM
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Let me congratulate! Sound like you have gotten all the suggestions you need, from what I´ve heard of your playing here it will go nicely. It would be interesting to me to get a song list when you two finally decide on one.
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Will do!
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Rob. With all your experience of other genre's you'll do just fine and fit the "comping" and solo seamlessly once you know the singers mood.
The Ron Eschete's book is a little gem -you probably have it by now?
Btw. Ron and his trio are performing tonight with guest guitarist Mundell Lowe still playing at 92 yrs young.
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Thanks. The book is in the post.
Great to hear Mundell is still active. Incredible.
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Great that you got that gig; it's one of my favorite combos. I just heard a new 7-string player with a vocalist I listen to a lot locally and I can tell you what I didn't like in his performance - when it was time for him to solo, rather than playing a chord solo, or at least a contrapuntal thing, or a few notes, drop in a chord, a few more notes, another chord, he played single line, boppish things - for a long time - as if he had a rhythm section behind him - but he didn't. He was outlining the changes (at least for me, no idea about the audience) but man, it really sounded like a vacuum (and genre switch) when he played the single line stuff. He obviously plays 27 leagues ahead of me, but you asked for advice. Perhaps some folks like to hear a fast, single line solo with no accompaniment, but I didn't care for that empty sound. Just my opinion. I hope you have the best time with it, nothing beats playing music!
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Good points!
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Originally Posted by pubylakeg
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Rob,
Good news! I used to accompany an actress/singer who was very good at the Astrud Gilberto thing. I really enjoyed accompaniment work. Still do. Giving a singer a big cushion to sit on is an art. Taking, at most, a four-bar solo is also an art.
Another gig I used to enjoy was accompanying the guy I got my ES-175 from. He is now 93. He goes back to a time when the big bands were the thing. He used to play Epiphone rhythm guitar in one of the well-known East Coast bands. As a singer, he was (he doesn't sing out these days, as you can imagine) exceptional at the "Bing" thing. I used to be his Eddy Lang--to the best of my abilities.
As you know, one of the joys of singer accompaniment is getting to use chord forms on strings 4,5, and 6. When you play in a trio or quartet you pretty much stick to 1,2, and 3 in order to stay away from the pianist and bassist.
Enjoy the gig...and the Great American Songbook. I doubt you guys will get much call for CeeLo's "F#$k You."
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Cheers, Greentone. You've whetted my appetite for it Nice, also, to hear of some of your background.
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Chord tone only solos with interesting rhythms get my students through in a pinch... Add a drop 2 in Here or there and a walking bass line on its own... And your good to go
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Rob - I've had the same experience working with singers - going from comping to single note lines the energy and feel can really drop - particularly on more up-tempo numbers.
One of the things I do to counter that and incorporate some single line playing is to take a couple of extended intros - it adds some nice variety to starting songs (rather then playing the bridge / last 4 bars / a vamp into the song etc.) and in terms of dynamics allows a piece to build rather then start up / drop down / and then try to build it back up
All the best with the gigs enjoy!
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Thanks for the tips, guys. Appreciated.
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Originally Posted by rkwestcoast
Serious energy level drop as the lead guitar just played single note lines.
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