Solo guitar tune March 2023: Body and Soul

**nevershouldhavesoldit** · 02-27-2023, 12:58 PM

Body and Soul is a great old chestnut written in 1930 by Johnny Green. It's probably in every jazz fake book ever written, and there are lead sheets in a few YouTube videos. It's been recorded by several jazz guitarists over the years, so there's no shortage of inspirational audio and video tracks out there. I'm just a guest host for this while Liarspoker spends March getting his house in order (quite literally, it seems).

I'm not a big one for rules - my suggestion is to pick a style and have a go at it as the mood strikes you. I can hear it as a Chet-style finger picked tune in tempo, a JS-like ballad with no set or consistent tempo (a la his great acoustic archtop version of Golden Earrings), a mix of chord melody and single note lines as JP might have done it, or even a bossa. I think it'd be a great solo piece for a 12 string, if anyone has the mind and equipment to try that.

I have some ideas for my own version - I'll pick one and get it up pronto!

**emilP** · 02-27-2023, 03:45 PM

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vsxe4CwEXeU&feature=share

**nevershouldhavesoldit** · 02-27-2023, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by emilP

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vsxe4CwE...;feature=share

Super fine!! And that PRS is almost as beautiful as your playing. Thanks!

**ragman1** · 02-27-2023, 08:43 PM

I'd love to join in with these tunes but I can't do solo playing, I have a mental block on it.* You can easily have a version in my normal style but that's not what we're here for.

* Don't try to cure me, it's been tried before :-)

**emilP** · 03-01-2023, 08:46 AM

. Super fine!! And that PRS is almost as beautiful as you’re playing. Thanks!

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thanks!
Ten years ago, I bought two PRS hollow- body guitars,one charcoal and one blue.
The blue one has turned green ,it was the most extraordinary ,but the light doesn’t forgive!

**nevershouldhavesoldit** · 03-01-2023, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by emilP

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thanks!
Ten years ago, I bought two PRS hollow- body guitars,one charcoal and one blue.
The blue one has turned green ,it was the most extraordinary ,but the light doesn’t forgive!

I had a red 24 and a blue 22 for years before I switched to a 7. They’re stellar instruments - the only reason I don’t have at least one now is that they didn’t start making 7s until long after I switched out all of my guitars. And I’m looking at a Holcomb right now to replace my well worn 7 string early ‘90s Epi LP.

**nevershouldhavesoldit** · 03-02-2023, 06:10 PM

I did the frets on my old ESP today, so I figured I'd check it out with Body and Soul. Here's the first thing I played when it was reassembled and set up:

And here's the thread on my repair effort for anyone who's interested.