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Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold -...

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Playing the changes vs. playing over the key...

Who’s that guitarist?

This is tune #2 of the study group which is going through Jeff Arnold's book Jazz Ballads. ...

Time After Time - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold - Tune #2

Hi. I am convinced that the way to create a good improvisation is to play over the chord changes. For many years I played on tonal centers and in any case the result was DIFFERENT from what I heard...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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How many separate sessions in studio it takes...

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Who’s that guitarist?

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As a player he’s everything I’m not. I watch his vids occasionally to remind myself of the importance of keeping everything relaxed, efficient and in the pocket. His playing reminds me of ballet,...

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

By "lame" I'm guessing you mean it sounds like you're running scales or playing an exercise, aimless sounding? A cure for that (or start towards a cure) is to take a motif/lick and alter it to fit...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

I used to play my tele through it, couldn’t believe the sound I got, like I’ve said I’m only selling because I don’t need 2. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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If you analyze that, or any other Joe Pass arrangement, you'll see that he uses and improvises off a small set of chord voicings, a KISS system. My goal in learning chord melodies is not to be able...

Here's That Rainy Day - Jazz Ballads by Jeff Arnold Tune #1

A good player can make key center stuff sound great. A good player outlining the changes may sound better, or jazzier, or something, by adding harmonic interest. A lot of players add...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

“Playing the changes” is much more than sticking to the original chords. It can mean something as simple as running the chords in scales or arpeggiated triads. But it’s really a broad approach to...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

In my experience, a working band doing it in one day, multiple takes, mutual agreement on the best takes is typical. What often takes additional sessions is if there is a singer, especially if they...

How many separate sessions in studio it takes...

Really, he has a "very advanced set of pedals" in his signal chain on these videos ? Are you sure of that ? I've watched a quantity of his things on his channel, and don't remember him talking...

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

Just to check the terminology, are these agreed, or are their other views? Triads - play notes of the chord tones of the chords Extensions - play also the extensions' harmonies Chord Scale -...

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Interesting post. Classical guitar technique has been codified and documented in many books. How would one even go about learning Wes' left hand technique? Maybe nowadays there are videos and...

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Do these chords exists? Any different name for them?

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

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Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

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Are Modern Amps Repairable?

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