Comping, Chords & Chord Progressions

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Bergonzi Book I - Melodic Shapes ((((IS HARD FOR ME))))

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Rootless shells. 3 7 and something on top.

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Maybe we have a different definition of shell voicings. The shell voicing are root, third and 7th.

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He used LOADS of rootless shell voicings. Basically anything he played that was more than two notes.

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A lot of what Ed Bickert did weren't shell voicings. His comping involved harmonized lines with rootless voicings and lots of movements inside chords. At least the aspect if his comping that I really...

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I use(d) a whiteboard marker to outline the position of the bridge. The line(s) can be effectively minimized and, anyway, will readily come off once the job is done.

Changing strings on an Archtop guitar

Apologies - I didn't want to cause a fight :) I was giving my perspective as someone who is (relatively) on top of the trends in academic literature regarding amp modelling. I was making a bit of...

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I remember a book called 'Melodic Structures', you had to know your scale intervals inside out. The book then used permutations of these scale intervals, then used these permutations over chord...

Bergonzi Book I - Melodic Shapes ((((IS HARD FOR ME))))

I've commissioned the build of more acoustic archtop, hopefully this will my last guitar,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, until the next one.:doh:

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1st+7th+3rd(10th) voicings are all you really need for comping in a guitar duo. IMHO. :encouragement: Maybe, 1st+6th+3rd as well.

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I write a 'T' on the treble side underneath the bridge. It avoids confusion when putting the bridge back..

Changing strings on an Archtop guitar

Jimmy Bruno's 5 Fingerings and Maj 7, Min7, Dom7

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Barring scalar fourths

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