Comping, Chords & Chord Progressions

Jimmy Rainey "Signals" via- Jack Wilkins & Jeff...

Angelo Debarre, Serge Camps, and Frank Anastasia...

Nels Cline bringing the funk down in New Orleans...

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How bad is this?

The printer didn't :) This tune is actually a pretty simple "gospel" kind of form. If I were playing this I'd probably concentrate on the parts where the rhythm is specified, the "hits" if you...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

I hear it just as I III VI II V in C major with secondary dominants. If the A section was just 16 bars of C maj, the actual chords of the tune wouldn't be too far from at least one of the ways I'd...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I don’t doubt that he does. One of my particularly skilled students thinks like this. It’s quite fun because I can’t teach him the way I teach myself. So I have to try to bring him the same...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I do not hear it as only one key center. For me the secondary dominant E7 let's you expect Am7 but deceptively follows an A7 leading to Dm from the key center of F, indicated by the Bb in the melody...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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Since you asked :smile-new:, I prefer a simple C7 | B7 - Bb7 | em7b5 - A7 | dm

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

It's nuts. I need to go through my book and highlight all the D.S. so I can find them when I get to the end of the chart. I should probably put it in alphabetical order too, instead of order I...

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

Yes, that's what I'm trying to get to in my response to nevershoudvesoldit. But I'm going step by step to figure out if he actually has a completely different process.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Okay I don’t find this sort of dichotomy to be particularly useful. So, this may come as a shock to some of you, but when I was in school, I was considered something of an obnoxious smarty pants....

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I will play over the changes because I like the sound.. But sometimes if it gets boring I'll go outside or modal - kind of like key center. I'll slip in a little Coltrane type changes for a bar or...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Yes, it's a great tune for those who are new to jazz as well. It's basically one big turnaround in one key center. I mean you can say that for a lot of tunes like, Donna Lee or Rhythm changes etc but...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I look at big band charts like this, with odd numbers of bars per line, and I think "they really do hate us, don't they?"

The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024

All of Me, being largely 2 bars per chord, is "play the damn changes" time. Heck, you could look at every 2 bar chunk as it's own key center if you really want to:) But joking aside, absolutely...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Who is the rock player you are referring to? EDIT: I see, it is the OP.

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Here's everything you want... Ibanez George Benson GB10SE Hollowbody Guitar Brown Sunburst w/ Case Just a moment...

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What's with all the weird Jazz guitars people buy?

Rosewood vs Maple fretboard head to head - There's a difference

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Itching for a Fender, which one?

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Are Modern Amps Repairable?

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser