Phrasing "arpeggio up, scale down" is perhaps the easiest, comprehensible, and readily applicable basis for good sounding Jazz lines on the guitar... for both changes and key center.
OK... this is not for beginners or players who don't already have an approach for playing in a jazz style or jazz tunes....
So in the simi bop style and approach..... Dewey Square is called, I...
Well, I referenced transcriptions of Bill Evans/Keith Jarrett pieces but it didn't help much. Jim Hall did a good job of dumbing down Evan's harmony for guitar, and probably Ed Bickert but I have not...
I just realized that I inadvertently skipped a couple of chords in bars 9-10 of Arnold's arrangement. I'm gonna have to look up recordings of this tune on YouTube, the melody in some places is...
Grusin and Ritenour always had a great repore together.I saw them 40 years ago in Avery Fisher Hall with the GRP Allstars and Patti Austin.One of my favorite all time concerts.These two guys may be...
I think Monk, Milt Jackson and Pancho Hagood qualify as having great skill, exquisite taste, perfect control over their instruments, and a whole lot of experience. If you’re in that camp too, more...
I have replaced solid bases with two-footed bases with good results. Also the opposite. IME some guitars sound better with solid bases, some sound better with footed bases, and I am completely...
Chord Melody Ideas - Doug McKenzie Piano
Today, 10:49 AM in Chord-Melody