Comping Basics Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 Multi-Use Chords One of the ways to expand your chord voicing and therefore comping palette is to learn different uses for the same voicing. […]
Jazz Guitar Comping Basics Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 Basics What is comping? Comping is short for accompanying. This is the improvised chordal accompaniment behind a jazz soloist, singer or […]
Jazz Guitar Basics Intro to Jazz Guitar Chords Scales Reading Picking Fingering Soloing Comping Lessons from Chops Factory (my old site) Theory Lessons on theory as they relate to jazz improvisation. Concepts about connecting ideas, and more! Respelling Chords/Scales Respelling Chords/Scales II How to Use Triad Arpeggios in Solos Diminished Scale Structures More Diminished Scale […]
Introduction to Jazz Guitar If Jazz is new to you, this is a good place to get acquainted with some of the fundamentals. • Jazz Chords to get some chords to use right away. • Jazz Scales to check out some of the different ways of arranging seven notes • Comping to learn how to […]
BASIC JAZZ GUITAR CHORDS Major Chords Here are some Major Chord forms with the root on the sixth string, even though the root isn’t always in the voicing. The red dots are the root, not needing to replace your monitor. These are must-know major chord voicings with the root on the fifth string. […]
Jazz Guitar Technique – Grabbing Chords Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X Grabbing Chords Being able to grab chord voicings easily is vital for comping behind melodies and solos, and for filling out your own solos if […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Rhythm Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 Comping Rhythms From a rhythmic standpoint, comping behind a soloist can be seen as following a continuum of interaction with […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Passing Chords Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 PASSING CHORDS In order to create motion and stronger resolution patterns in a comp, chords from outside the basic […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Multi-Use Voicings Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 MULTI-USE VOICINGS One of the keys to comping easily and effectively on guitar is being able to use the […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Voice Leading Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 Voice Leading Voice leading is the stepwise movement of notes from one chord to the next within a chord […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Introduction Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 INTRODUCTION “Comping” is an abbreviation of the word “accompanying”. Within a Jazz group, it is the art of improvising a […]
Jazz Guitar Comping Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 Jazz Guitar Comping helps players get a handle on the most important job a guitarist has when playing in a small group: […]