Playing fast bop tempos - video

[Christian Miller]

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How to play crazy bop tempos!

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[GuyBoden]

Yes, good stuff, but too advanced for my mediocre ability, 32bars is how I try to play Cherokee.

I've posted this before:

[Christian Miller]

Cool. I mean that is just the tune, but nothing wrong with that.

Now put some 16th note syncopations in there and play it to the click at medium tempo - say 140 bpm. Just a push here and there.

Then, paste in a backing track at 280 underneath. like this one

Then write out your own chord tone melody and do the same thing.

[GuyBoden]

Cool. I mean that is just the tune, but nothing wrong with that.

Now put some 16th note syncopations in there and play it to the click at medium tempo - say 140 bpm. Just a push here and there.

Then, paste in a backing track at 280 underneath. like this one

Then write out your own chord tone melody and do the same thing.

I played Cherokee as a ballad at Trefor Owen's Jazz Guitar Club last week. (It was fun )
Video here: (Guy on red guitar)

[garybaldy]

New vid

How to play crazy bop tempos!

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Great lesson to work on but I love the turn around which I shall nick and use immediately!
Thanks

[Christian Miller]

Great lesson to work on but I love the turn around which I shall nick and use immediately!
Thanks

Excellent! I nicked it off Mike Moreno.

[Irishmuso]

Rhythms with 16th syncopations! That's a really good bit of instruction. Thank you sir

[garybaldy]

Excellent! I nicked it off Mike Moreno.

Here's one I like. I think made it up myself!

[GuyBoden]

Yes, good stuff, but too advanced for my mediocre ability, 32bars is how I try to play Cherokee.

I've posted this before:

It's a good technique, not only did I convert "Cherokee" from 64bars to 32bars, in the past I've also converted some 32bar fast tempo songs to 16bars, but mainly songs with two chords per bar. It makes the faster tempo songs more manageable for hobby/amateur players like myself. I'll post my notated song sheets later, if anyone is interested.