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3rds, 7ths, 6ths, those are the most important. Roots and 5ths less so, as the bass is likely taking care of those. Occasional chromatic passing, but not TOO much.
4 of the same per bar or two and two. Very rarely 4 different notes per bar.
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06-13-2024 01:20 PM
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No, It’s mostly 1,3,5,6,7 and perhaps the occational 9. And of course some chromatics.
More 1 and 5 than I had expected, and more collisions with the bass than I would have arranged myself.
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So this would solve Allan's dilemma of what to play when he sees a funny altered chord symbol, right? Just ignore it and play Freddie Green type chord voicings. If anyone in the band notices the change(s) at all, I bet they'll think it's an improvement and compliment him on his comping.
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Finally had some time this morning.
There's nothing in the rules about playing to a backing track.
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Definitely nothing wrong with playing with a track...I do that often and will be doing plenty of that in this thread as the Summer progresses.
A few more days of visitors in the house...have barely picked up a guitar...not good. Love family, but shit, we only got 1200 sq feet over here.
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Got a new phone a few months ago and it totally threw off my ability to just plunk down a Bluetooth speaker and play along and sound good...my old phone just sort of naturally squashed everything together into a decent mix...my new phone has a much better camera/mic, but that means it's not as easy to get the sweet spot mix, it keeps accentuating whatever is closest in front...more experimentation to be done.
Last edited by mr. beaumont; 06-18-2024 at 06:29 PM.
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Well, looks like I'll be back on schedule this weekend--
Any requests for video content? Tunes? More talk/less talk? Chords, gear setup, technique ponderings, anything else? I'm up for anything
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There's no such thing as a 1 note chord. Or, a two note chord for that matter.
We're talking about Rhythm guitar.
Look at my last video. That's a PERFECT example of four-on-the-floor rhythm guitar.
Why in the world would we want to talk about 1 or 2 note chords????
Thread says "The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2024"
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In relation to rhythm guitar playing, which is a more traditional "vanilla" approach, I'm thinking that chord substitutions/extensions rather than reharmonization is the norm, e.g., IIIm7 for I maj. - so say, B-D-A instead of G-B-F#, and you could use a passing chord between them like A-C-G (Am7). "Less is more" in this approach so you don't want to get too busy.
I mentioned once before that when I was playing with my college jazz band, we had Joe Williams (vocalist with Count Basie) as a guest artist, and he said to me, "in a big band, the sound of the guitar should be felt rather than heard." He thought I was too loud, which I suppose I was because I could actually be heard in the band.
This was a problem though because at that time I was completely unfamiliar with the Freddie Green style of playing, quiet comping is the best I could do, which insured that my guitar would be neither heard nor felt - those dam horn players are loud!
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Nice post. Thanx. Yeah, I didn't mean full reharm, sorry. I was talking about, like you pointed out, more substitution and passing chords plus throw some tasteful passing chords in and, where appropriate, some tri-tone sub, some secondary dominants, back-door dominants, etc. The stuff we hear all the time.
I like the idea of the guitar being a second drummer rather than a second piano.
It's interesting that most people naturally think of rhythm guitar in a big band situation even though the thread OP didn't mention that.
I think of Rhythm guitar as any situation where the guitar is accompanying a jazz combo.
I was just in NYC to hear one of my favorite groups, The Ear Regulars. Matt Munisteri is an AWESOME rhythm guitar player. In this clip, he's not playign 1 note chords and Playing tons of reharm plus substitutions, etc.
I think this sounds incredible and is what I'm aspiring to and what I think of when I hear "rhythm guitar".
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Mr. Beaumont.
Could you make something on the different ways of phrasing/periodisation when locked into 4/4?
FG plays a lot of 2 bar phrases, reenforcing what the bass is doing (?) , but there are probably other ways to swing…
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