6 months into jazz - overwhelmed and not sure where to focus. Advice?

[AllanAllen]

But you don't need to be a pro to develop skills to play jazz at the amateur level and perform etc.. have fun even make money.

OP, I’m proof of this. My mediocre chops are out there sometimes 3 gigs a week. Getting paid to play jazz with a trio.

You don’t have to be as good as Reg to get out there. You don’t even have to be as good as me, lol.

[GuyBoden]

The 5 fret finger span encourages one to play 5 notes per string. For example, take a diminished scale and fill in the missing notes:

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Using positional fingerings, the Chromatic Scale in 'Standard tuning' is a bit awkward.

See below:


Edit: I'll create a new thread.

[JazzKatua]

This comment is so right, but is possibly of less use at this site.

People here are amateurs and don't have the time to fix their technique. They're stuck with what they have.

Re the idea of ingraining bad habits, that is so true.
We are essentially at the mercy of bad teachers/our own lack of knowledge/ignorance when we set out on playing - which is why the majority of self-taught payers have poor technique.
It's one thing to be a hack as a hobbyist - that's expected and perfectly normal.
The shocking reality is that MANY pros are hardly any better.
They themselves are victims of their poor technique that they ingrained a long time ago. They don't tend to fix that though - they're still stuck with stupid positions, inability to mute, stupid Gypsy positions, Benson etc etc etc. Endless incompetence.
What's even worse is that pros with that faulty technique will then pass that "virus" onto their students by coaching the student to use that same shitty technique.
It's so awful and the "virus" replicates through the students.

Can you show us your technique then? I'd like to see it.

[pamosmusic]

Don’t hold your breath

[joe2758]

"They don't tend to fix that though - they're still stuck with stupid positions, inability to mute, stupid Gypsy positions, Benson etc etc etc. Endless incompetence."

...wut?

[joe2758]

I feel there is a 1% chance this person can play