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Rhythm Changes basically made me quit jazz guitar. It sounds amazing when the masters play it, but I could never pull it off with all those changes. I've tried other simpler approaches but I wasn't happy with them either.
If anyone starts a thread to work through rhythm changes where we post recordings, I might be interested.
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06-18-2024 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Originally Posted by charlieparker
Summer of Rhythm … Changes?
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
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Something I just remembered
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Originally Posted by charlieparker
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Just play a Db in bar 6, bruv.
It'll be fine.
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Originally Posted by charlieparker
There's this thread, but nobody is posting themselves playing... yet. I'll help you hijack it from the theory heads if you want.
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
Also what do you mean Db? Are you doing 12 choruses?
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
and yes. Definitely anyone can post clips there. That would be excellent
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Hi folks, thank you very much for all the answers and comments. I feel I really got something form them...
The new "SUMMER OF RHYTHM … CHANGES?" thread is also really a good thing!!
I decided to record me to play some RC and post it here, it was just one take and i made many mistakes there.... but I've tried my best and that's me....
Comments and advices would be very very predicated. : )
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I've been using my looper wrong. What a great way to practice bass on the guitar. Thanks for that idea!
For what it's worth, that sounds like a jazz solo to me. Great flow in your playing.
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Originally Posted by Peng1026
One thing. All your solos were in the same area of the guitar and it can start to sound all the same. Starting low and working up is a good idea.
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Originally Posted by Peng1026
For the head, you might consider some slurs — hammers, pulls, one-fret slides.
It sounds like you’re picking every single note, which is impractical as the tempo increases on the tune (it’s one of the harder standard Bird heads, I think, or at least the one that gives me the most headaches), but more importantly isn’t the way a jazz player would articulate it for the most part.
Slurring into downbeats where possible (meaning you can’t slur when you cross strings, for example) is a good place to start. Alternatively a light accent on up beats, or some combination thereof. Not the end all be all, but it’s a good way to start it sounding a little more like you want it to.
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