More intros!

[mr. beaumont]

Maybe we could compile some favorites here? The Ed Bickert thread got me thinking...

Here's one I came up with a while back...very inspired by Ed.

[Mick-7]

I see a large Study Group coming over on the horizon ... it's getting closer and closer.....

[mr. beaumont]

How about another, setting up a Bb13 sound to get us into a tune in Ebmaj.

[PMB]

Really nice, Jeff.

Here's a simple one I just threw together for Out of Nowhere:

[mr. beaumont]

PMB, nice mix of chords and single notes...and it fits the feel of the tune great!

[PMB]

Ditto, and I'm loving your tone on that Tele. Bell-like but warm. What's the amp?

[Mick-7]

I usually keep it simple, a short vamp, but not this short and simple.

F7#9b13 | x-8-7-8-9-7 |

[PMB]

I usually keep it simple, a short vamp, but not this short and simple.

F7#9b13 | x-8-7-8-9-7 |

Sometimes that's all you need. Howard Roberts came up with some great intros on the Julie London album, Julie Is Her Name, Vol 2.

[garybaldy]

I usually keep it simple, a short vamp, but not this short and simple.

F7#9b13 | x-8-7-8-9-7 |

That fingering is F7#9b5. I need to get out more!

[mr. beaumont]

Great skronky chord.

Groove hard and give 'em the V. That's the lesson right there!

[Mick-7]

That fingering is F7#9b5. I need to get out more!

Ah yes, and some would call it #11th, but there's no natural 5th in the chord , so b5 it is.

And if it was this, it would be a #5th rather than a b13th.

F7#5#9 | x-8-7-8-9-9 |

[mr. beaumont]

Another, this one from C to G7b9 to set up a tune in C.

[bako]

Great examples.

Apart from setting up the opening chord of a tune, how does the title, lyric (if there be one), intended vibe affect what we choose to play? Do they always match? When is a contrasting intro a good thing? There are many examples especially among pianists where intros also become like an improvised secondary composition which can be quite cool.

[Mick-7]

Great examples.

Apart from setting up the opening chord of a tune, how does the title, lyric (if there be one), intended vibe affect what we choose to play? Do they always match? When is a contrasting intro a good thing? There are many examples especially among pianists where intros also become like an improvised secondary composition which can be quite cool.

Well, like I said, this would be a good study group topic, a subset of chord melody I suppose.

Here's the intro I wrote for the song, The Nearness of You (from the Jeff Arnold book chord melody study group in this forum)

Nearness of You Intro - Box.com

[mr. beaumont]

Here's one specifically for Satin Doll.

[Mick-7]

We could get into endings too... here's mine for the same tune, The Nearness of You:

[mr. beaumont]

We could get into endings too... here's mine for the same tune, The Nearness of You:

Ooh, I like that.

[PMB]

An intro for Soul Eyes:

[mr. beaumont]

That's lovely!

[PMB]

Thanks. I've been meaning to work up a few more intros for my trio gigs and your clips inspired me to get cracking.

[Mick-7]

So PMB is left handed, that explains lot.

[PMB]

I write/draw/paint, play guitar and eat with my left hand but use my right hand and foot for all sports.

Actually, I'm pretty ambidextrous and can play guitar competently upside down, ie. strung RH but flipped. Albert King, Otis Rush, Bill Jennings and Bobby Womack all did that as good quality LH guitars were hard to find back in the day. In my case, it's mostly been from picking up friends' guitars at their houses when I was young.

I don't think of it as anything special but Jack Wilkins once handed me his L5 at short notice (the tune was already underway) to play onstage with Bucky Pizzarelli and Ron Jackson. Gene Bertoncini and a few other guitarists were in the crowd and they all freaked out after the performance as if I was from another planet!

Here's a pic from later that evening. Sadly, only Ron is still with us:

[alltunes]

I write/draw/paint, play guitar and eat with my left hand but use my right hand and foot for all sports.

Me too but I can only play guitar righty. Shoot pool lefty (right hand on the table) and if I were to shoot a rifle it would be lefty. Not what you call ambidextrous but something.

[Mick-7]

This new Sher publication sounds mellifluous -- The Real Intros and Endings Book - shermusic.com
https://www.shermusic.com/Table of Contents

Me too but I can only play guitar righty. Shoot pool lefty (right hand on the table) and if I were to shoot a rifle it would be lefty. Not what you call ambidextrous but something.

= Bidextrous (just add water).