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Originally Posted by PaulD
Hello Paul,
Very nice ad lib take...a lot of cool chords with beautifull voicings.
All The Best
Kris
ps.
I think the key of G is most comfortable for solo guitarists.
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02-04-2018 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by kris
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by PaulD
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Originally Posted by ragman1
It is good ear training for everybody to take changes from recordings.
For ex. there are great changes from Kenny Barron/pianist/ concert take in the key of F:
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Some really great playing here. Most of the people who've posted so far are full-time players or teachers one way or the other, right?
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Originally Posted by sunnysideup
it is an open thread ....
...from beginers to more advanced....
...all coments are positive...
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Originally Posted by sunnysideup
I've been spending all my spare time following the discussions/performances and picking up any crumbs of knowledge that I can.
I'd like to thank all contributors for sharing with those of us who are not as advanced.
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Originally Posted by kris
My question was really trying to find out how much time the posters spend on playing - whether it's a full-time job for them or not. I can't imagine many of these posters doing this (both the quantity and the quality) after a "regular" job and other responsibilities. But I am often wrong!
I don't think this question has ever been raised before (at least I've never seen it), and maybe it's none of my business :-)
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Well, I dunno if my post was any good, but I am not a pro. I'm a full time high school visual art teacher, I do run some after school music things...until very recently, I taught private lessons.
I started young, gigging at 12, but not jazz. Probably played a few hundred gigs by age 22, when I got a real job...so basically, I'm either desensitized or just too dumb to be scared of putting myself out there
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I knew from some of yr other posts Jeff that you are a teacher - your playing's so fluent I'd assumed you must be a music/guitar teacher. Great stuff!
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I'm not really a pro either, other than an occasional gig here and there, otherwise I'm just a retired IT guy who really likes to play guitar .
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Looks like I am a pro...
I played a lot of jazz gigs but not only.
I started to play guitar at age on 10 years old.
I,ve studied classical guitar first.I participated in many jazz competitions with some suceses/most important in 1978-gold Washoard Cometition-first place as soloist/.
I played in different bands from guitar duet to big bands /about 35 years/.
I still play jazz on my guitars and I like it and I like to share my expirience too.
I still learn as everybody here at this thread.
Best
Kris
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me& Bobby Watson -festival gig WarsawLast edited by kris; 02-06-2018 at 03:59 AM.
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Originally Posted by sunnysideup
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Surely you all know this version, all the lyricism with few notes
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Originally Posted by carlones
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So simple... :-)
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I break up the bars in my mind, so one bar is like two.
By the way, that other version I posted at [Practical Standards] February 2018 - Embraceable You - Page 2 is even slower. The whole clip is only one chorus! But nobody's mentioned it. And I think it's really effective
(It was also done with the head too but it was too long)
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Hey ragman1, would be pleased if you can explain the 4 chord simplicity as I am struggling with it.
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It's probably best if it isn't clear because it can be deceptive and give the soloist a false sense of security!
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The idea is that basically, in any major key, there are only two groups of sounds, dominant and major.
In G, the variations of the G major chord are G6 and GM7 so the major group are the chords G, Bm and Em. You can see why.
All the other chords - except C - come into the dominant group - D7, Am, F#m7b5. This includes substitutions (like the backdoor), secondary dominants, and passing chords.
The IV chord, C, is the exception. The two variations are CM7 and C6. CM7 is like an Em, which is in the major group, and C6 is like Am which is in the dominant group. So C can fall into either camp depending how it's used.
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Same with the relative minor. Em, G, and C are in the minor group, the rest are dominant. So F#m7b5 - B7b9 - Em7 is basically just B7 and Em.
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So EY could be played like this. Of course it obviously destroys a lot of the subtlety:
G - % - D7 - %
D7 - % - G - B7
Em - % - Bm - A7 (key change to D maj)
D - A7 - D7 -%
G - % - D7 - %
D7 - % - G - G7 (key change to C maj)
C - B7 - Em - A7 (temporary modulation to D)
G - D7 - G - D7Last edited by ragman1; 02-10-2018 at 02:32 AM.
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Come to think of it, it's only a 2-chord trick for each key, G, Em, D and C. So I suppose that actually makes the whole thing a 6-chord trick, rather than 4.
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I was thinking about this tune today and made a new vid, enjoy
all the best
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Tim,
Great solo fingerstyle guitar playing.
Guitar-sound is exelent.
You keep time perfect in this solo performance!!!
Best
Kris
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