Chord of the Week—Only More Often
This week’s chord voicing is eminently (I get paid by the syllable) usable as a CMaj7 or A-7 (9). It could also be played over a D root to get […]
Comping • Chord Concepts
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. […]
Comping
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 […]
Fingering Technique
Fingering Technique Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X Having effective left hand technique means being able to finger a wide variety of musical ideas when improvising, at a variety of tempos. On guitar, unlike many other instruments, […]
Picking Technique
Picking Technique Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X The interesting thing about picking is that there are different ways of doing it. George Benson has a different technique than Pat Martino. Wes Montgomery uses a different technique than […]
Intro to Jazz
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 Scales
BASIC JAZZ SCALES AND MODES Major Scales There are only three Major Scales, and the only differences between them involve the 4th and 5th degrees. If you look at them this way, it allows you to realize that they are more similar than different. Which scale you use is then dictated by your taste and […]
Basic Chords
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. […]
Rhythm
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 […]
Passing Chords
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 […]
Multi-Use Voicings
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 […]
JGC Voice Leading
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 – 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 […]
JGS Tetrachords
Jazz Guitar Structures – Minor Tetrachords Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 Minor Tetrachords Etudes Based on Standard Tunes Please follow and like us:
JGS Major 2
Jazz Guitar Structures – Major 2 Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 A Major triad with the second degree added is referred to in this book as MA+2: The second degree […]