Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:10:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Amato <jamato316@...>
Subject: Re: Re: Jazz Guitar and the Internet
...having said that, not as an excuse, but as a
reality .. learning jazz on the guitar is the
highest
form of the instrument (and to me the hardest
form of
guitar) because of onemain thing: IMPROVISATION
...
I'm not sure I agree with you on that...I mean, a
classical guitarist has to dedicate the same
amount of time and discipline a jazz guitarist
has to...they just focus it on other things. The
amount of focus they dedicate to execution and
tone production is not usually found amongst jazz
guitarists.
It's really just a matter of how far you wnat to
take it. Do you just want to be able to play
over a simple blues? Standards? Do you want to
be able to play over Donna Lee up to tempo?
Countdown at 400bpm? etc...
The point is that a lot of kids are intimidated
by jazz...they see guy playing strange chords and
go "oh that looks difficult, must be jazz..."
There's this whole mystery behind it, and time
and time again you see kids wantind to know every
possible substitution and chord scale to use for
a tune, and they can't even hum the melody!
There this general impression that you have to be
either a theoretical monster or a born genius in
order to play jazz, but the basics aren't really
that hard. From there it depends on how far you
want to take it and if you want to make it your
lifelong pursuit.
Ernesto
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