Don't Explain - Solo Guitar

[bratistofeles]

My take on Don't Explain, which I consider Lady Day's masterpiece.

[Jimmy blue note]

Beautiful and thoughtful working of that gem of a tune. You've got a really nice touch on the instrument, a lot more going on with the right hand than most people. I hear a lot of what classical players bring to the instrument in your playing, phrasing, dynamics, musical shifts, a real attention to the sound.
Really nice arrangements on all the tunes you've posted. Thanks for sharing.

[pingu]

beautiful

[bratistofeles]

Beautiful and thoughtful working of that gem of a tune. You've got a really nice touch on the instrument, a lot more going on with the right hand than most people. I hear a lot of what classical players bring to the instrument in your playing, phrasing, dynamics, musical shifts, a real attention to the sound.
Really nice arrangements on all the tunes you've posted. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your kind words. You are spot on about having a classical influence as classical guitar is my background

[Jimmy blue note]

Thank you for your kind words. You are spot on about having a classical influence as classical guitar is my background

You have the most nuanced use of the pick. Have you ever considered adapting the right hand to play fingerstyle, not classical necessarily, but a hybrid style that is wrist pivoted like a pick movement but with nails?
There's a lot of self invention in this thing we call jazz.

[bratistofeles]

You have the most nuanced use of the pick. Have you ever considered adapting the right hand to play fingerstyle, not classical necessarily, but a hybrid style that is wrist pivoted like a pick movement but with nails?
There's a lot of self invention in this thing we call jazz.

Yes, I have experimented quite a bit with using only my fingers and using different hybrid techniques.. My preference is to use the plectrum only. It's more of an aesthetic choice I guess.. The idea of using a single device to produce the entirety of my sound palette fascinates me. In a way I like to think of the plectrum as what the bow is to a string player.