Blues Guitar Comping / Chords / Rhythm Resources ?

**Mick-7** · 11-07-2024, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by AllanAllen

Peter is this Bm7b5 right? Specifically the overlap in the first and last voicing? It’s just root movement between those two.

Voice-leading can create other options too, for example:

10-x-7-10-x-x (Bm7b5) >> 8-x-7-9-x-x (Am/Bm7b9sus) >> 8-x-7-7-x-x (Bm7b9, no 5th)
>> 7-x-6-7-x-x (E7) >> 6-x-6-7-x-x (Bb7) >> 5-x-6-6-(0)-(0) (Amaj.7/9)

But I suppose I'm crossing into chord melody territory there....

**alltunes** · 11-08-2024, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by fep

This book is really good:

Amazon.com

I never heard of this book and just picked it up. Really impressed how much material is covered in this book. The author hits on just about every concept I managed to “compile” over years of book buying and lesson watching. There is a chapter on blues comping that is very good but there is so much more. Most of the book’s examples are presented in the key of G for consistency sake. It’s a great book…pick a chapter and explore.

Thanks for the recommendation Fep!

**andyb** · 11-09-2024, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by alltunes

I never heard of this book and just picked it up. Really impressed how much material is covered in this book. The author hits on just about every concept I managed to “compile” over years of book buying and lesson watching. There is a chapter on blues comping that is very good but there is so much more. Most of the book’s examples are presented in the key of G for consistency sake. It’s a great book…pick a chapter and explore.

Thanks for the recommendation Fep!

I have been watching this thread develop for a while, as Jazz Blues has become my main playing focus, the book looks very interesting and I enjoy having a process to work through. I have it on order, thanks for the recommendation.

I am also wondering if this could become a study group over the winter, perhaps I am jumping the gun here, but would anyone be interested in working through the book with me?

Andy B

**AllanAllen** · 11-09-2024, 10:57 AM

I'd participate in an open study group like the Autumn Of Solo Guitar thread. I have a copy of the Junior Mance book someone mentioned in this thread, and since it's 22 pages, I think I'll start working through it along with Rhythms Complete between gigs.

**alltunes** · 11-09-2024, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by andyb

I have been watching this thread develop for a while, as Jazz Blues has become my main playing focus, the book looks very interesting and I enjoy having a process to work through. I have it on order, thanks for the recommendation.

BTW every example has a downloadable audio example. There are almost 200 examples.They are divided into pairs (100 tracks) so it is very easy to cue up on my iPad.

I am also wondering if this could become a study group over the winter, perhaps I am jumping the gun here, but would anyone be interested in working through the book with me?

Andy B

Sure…I would try and contribute. The beauty of this book is that it is a reference source* It hits on many concepts.
Rather then going through the book page by page one way to approach it may be to take one of the chapters and expand on it or show how we have assimilated into our own playing.

* being a reference it helps me remember or at least remind me of the dozens of approach’s and concepts…for example one sub-section of a chapter is “comping with common tones”…..that jogs the memory… oh yeah…that’s cool…let me try and keep a note constant on the top while shifting chords underneath

**alltunes** · 11-09-2024, 12:10 PM

If the OP is still around maybe this will help. Sorry the volume is low it is my unplugged Tele. Anyway the idea is to create some movement on a G7 chord. The move is basically a Dm triad shape moved around where the top note follows the G minor scale. Technically speaking “quartal harmony with parallel motion”

https://dai.ly/ky44PkvykH1tU3BPYs0

**PMB** · 11-12-2024, 03:50 PM

The OP could also search for a PDF of the brief and long out-of-print publication, Chord Encounters: Blues, Chords and Substitutions by Joe Pass. Like Jay Umble's book referenced earlier in the thread, the examples are in one key (in this case, F) and cover all the basic moves.

**Mick-7** · 11-15-2024, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by PMB

The OP could also search for a PDF of the brief and long out-of-print publication, Chord Encounters: Blues, Chords and Substitutions by Joe Pass. Like Jay Umble's book referenced earlier in the thread, the examples are in one key (in this case, F) and cover all the basic moves.

I uploaded the book that PMB referenced here - Joe Pass Chord Encounters for Guitar?