Nick Lucas Chord, Rhythm and Fill-in Book for Guitar

[Refik]

I did work with Nick Lucas Guitar Method Books Vol 1 and 1. However I
never had his book Nick Lucas Chord, Rhythm and Fill-in Book for Guitar.I am wondering if anyone on this forum who worked with this book could provide more details about content.

[Rob MacKillop]

I think I have it, but I have no time today. Hopefully I'll be able to respond tomorrow, if no one else has.

[Refik]

That's great. Thanks Rob

[Rob MacKillop]

Home now.

It's very basic, and for me was quite disappointing.

Contents:



Random page:



Song:



and Fill-ins:

[Refik]

Thanks for your review Rob.

[christianm77]

Notice the picking directions, consistent with rest stroke picking.

[Rob MacKillop]

Indeed.

I like the Schumann quotation at the end.

[grahambop]

I see it covers ‘How to play jazz’ in just one page, must be a great book.

[Rob MacKillop]

What more do you need?

[christianm77]

What does he say about altered chords?

[Rob MacKillop]

Not a lot, but for those who haven't played them before, it's a start:



And here's his one-page guide in how to play jazz:




I've now scanned the whole book - some 55MB. Hopefully anyone interested can download the pdf here:

Dropbox - The Nick Lucas Chord, Rhythm and Fill-In Book.pdf

[christianm77]

Not a lot, but for those who haven't played them before, it's a start:



And here's his one-page guide in how to play jazz:




I've now scanned the whole book - some 55MB. Hopefully anyone interested can download the pdf here:

Dropbox - The Nick Lucas Chord, Rhythm and Fill-In Book.pdf

Thanks that’s REALLY interesting to me. In this book altered basically seems to mean b5/#11

[monk]

Hello All,
Since someone commented on the One Page Explanation of Jazz it's might be worth noting that the word "Jazz" had a different meaning during the first two decades of the 20th Century. "Jazzing a tune" in the 1920s meant playing popular songs and recasting the melodies with syncopation and adding fills to the ends of phrases. It wasn't a particularly involved process then.

This gave way over time to playing variations on the melody and by the 1930s to a style that referenced both the melody and the chord changes. Louis Armstrong and Lester Young always respected the primacy of the song.

Regards,
Jerome

[likeitisteller]

My familiarity with Nick Lucas was his Lawrence Welk appearances, a final interview in Guitar Player magazine and his YouTube content. He had a nice raggy style. Certainly, he was a real gentleman; and we should learn that much. Even if his advice does not fill long volumes, I would take what he has to offer and use it wherever it sounds good. He played the right material for his time but was not a jazz player. This is the grandfather of the jazz guitar. His playing was on par with folk and country singers. Eddie Lang, the father of the jazz guitar, managed to get jazz harmony out of the instrument.

[Fernando Montardit]

Hi Rob, could you share it again?

I cant download it

By The way, do you have Nick Lucas Plectrum Guitar Vol 3?

I have vol 1 and 2, if you want them i can share it.

Thanks!