Jazz Blues Comping Rhythms

[GuyBoden]

I'm trying to practice different rhythms for comping in a guitar duo situation.

I've been trying to play on the + of 4 and + of 2, to push beats 1 and 3.

This seems a good way to vary the rhythm while comping in a guitar duo situation..

Please comment on the example below, which also includes a Bassnote on the 1st and 3rd beat:

I'm only a relative beginner at playing a Bassnote on the 1st and 3rd beat, while comping. (It's not to be confused with the more complex Bassline comping)

[AllanAllen]

It's a good exercise to work through. I listen to Sonny Clark and Red Garland for more comping rhythms. (pamos suggested this in another thread).

I'm pretty green at arranging, but I think if you put a dot on the quarter note, you can leave off the rest. It'll clean up the sheet.

[GuyBoden]

It's a good exercise to work through. I listen to Sonny Clark and Red Garland for more comping rhythms. (pamos suggested this in another thread).

I'm pretty green at arranging, but I think if you put a dot on the quarter note, you can leave off the rest. It'll clean up the sheet.

Thanks, updated my notation sheet.


It definitely cleans up the notation, I'm not sure, maybe rhythmically it was simpler for me to understand in the original version.

But, I'm no expert on notation.

[AllanAllen]

But, I'm no expert on notation.

That makes two of us! Maybe someone who knows the rules will chime in. I figured out what I know by copying stuff from the real book.

[rpjazzguitar]

The two versions aren't the same. You have to play rests. So, one version has a long note (dotted quarter) with no silence. The other has a quarter and then an eighth of silence. So, it's not a question of cleaning up the notation, it's how you want it to sound.

You could put a dot over the quarter, which, as I understand it, means to shorten the note by half. Chart looks less cluttered, but it's not exactly the same thing. Of course, it may be close enough for the application.

[Basshead]

I like to mix different syncopations, if you check my video below, Im playing some comping ideas over Bb blues using variations.

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[AllanAllen]

I like to mix different syncopations, if you check my video below, Im playing some comping ideas over Bb blues using variations.

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Yeah that’s the end goal. Great playing, very solid time.

[GuyBoden]

I like to mix different syncopations, if you check my video below, Im playing some comping ideas over Bb blues using variations.

Reg is great too.

[Basshead]

OMG!!!!

I was just about to post a video of Reg, he is one of my favs on YT, anyone knows him here? what a groove man, killer right hand!

[AllanAllen]

OMG!!!!

I was just about to post a video of Reg, he is one of my favs on YT, anyone knows him here? what a groove man, killer right hand!

I think rpjazzguitar knows him personally. He's around the forum sometimes. Helped me out a lot.

[Basshead]

Oh really? does he teach online or something? I never saw any instagram or contact on his YT profile, I actually posted today a video of me playing a composition I just finished that has some of his ideas for blues jazz comping but I put it in a rumba groove, its almost at the end when I do 2 choruses of straight blues comp.

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[JazzPadd]

Reg is great too.

Thanks for this!

[AllanAllen]

Oh really? does he teach online or something? I never saw any instagram or contact on his YT profile, I actually posted today a video of me playing a composition I just finished that has some of his ideas for blues jazz comping but I put it in a rumba groove, its almost at the end when I do 2 choruses of straight blues comp.

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I only interacted with him here. Asking questions on threads he was on.

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[CliffR]

I've been trying to play on the + of 1 and + of 3, to push beats 1 and 3.

Your example has chords on the and of two and four, not one and three.

[rpjazzguitar]

reg523 on youtube. He's posted a lot of videos where you can see and hear exactly what he does. I've found them extremely helpful.

He's been kind enough to invite me to sit in on a bunch of entire gigs. That was eye-opening. He's the real thing.

That blues video is a great place to start. You can see his chord patterns and feel the way he creates groove.

[GuyBoden]

Your example has chords on the and of two and four, not one and three.

Maybe this simple Bb Jazz Blues is easier:

[Basshead]

The very first Bb blues Ive learnt was from the old Emily video, here is a part of it, hope this helps.

BTW some Jazz Guitar podcast should interview Reg, he is one of the best Ive found on YT, he inspired me to start posting homey videos and he sounds like James Brown meets Wes and Spanky at the same time.

[GuyBoden]

I've been trying to Play on the + of 4 and + of 2, to push beats 1 and 3.

Playing on the + of 4 and + of 2, to push beats 1 and 3.
This is the question I'm asking?

[CliffR]

Pushing 1 and 3 is achieved by playing on the and of 4 and the and of 2, which is what both your examples are doing. I was just being overly pedantic in pointing out that, in your description, you mentioned playing on the and of one and the and of three, which is wrong, but also not what you appear to be doing. So no worries

[GuyBoden]

Pushing 1 and 3 is achieved by playing on the and of 4 and the and of 2, which is what both your examples are doing. I was just being overly pedantic in pointing out that, in your description, you mentioned playing on the and of one and the and of three, which is wrong, but also not what you appear to be doing. So no worries

Thankyou Cliff.

[GuyBoden]

For anyone remotely interested, here is another Bassnote comping version with rhythm (1,2+,3,4), a slight variation on the chord progression.