Listen - I teach jazz band in a Community College. I tell guitarists to
catagorize the tunes. If it's "boom chuck" then it's downbeats all the
way. It all depends on the style (genre) that is being expressed. Most
players do not have a broad palette to draw from. I suggest that
guitarists ultimately concentrate their efforts on the essential chord
tones (="target" tones, "partials", etc -whatever name you put on it).
These, of course, would be the 3rd and the 7th -the intervals which
DEFINE the type of chord one is playing (or implying). The second aspect
is the rhythmic emphasis one places on such chords (or chord partials).
Together, these two elements say far more than anything else in terms of
an appropriate rhythm section!
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 19:42:25 -0700 Rob Clark <robertclark@...>
writes:
I'm in a similar situation, just starting to play with a
Community College jazz band - I've found that the following
can help:
1) Play only one chord per measure.
2) Simplify - play nothing more complicated than a 7 chord
or triad when the going gets tough (keep the chord quality
though - major, minor, augmented, diminished).
3) Learn Freddie Greene style rhythm playing - get "Swing
and Big Band Guitar" by Charlton Johnson from Hal Leonard
Publishers ISBN - 0-7935-7381-5.
Hope this helps.
eGroups Digest wrote:
It's getting a little fustrating, as I get flak from the conductor
because everyone else thinks the song is easy, while I think the
chords
and changes are pretty hard. Anyway, does anyone have any advice
for a
Jazz guitar newbie? Thanks for anyhelp!
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