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The Art of Comping: 6 Ways to Change the Chords Every Jazz Guitarist Needs to Know
Mastering chord substitutions is a fundamental skill for any jazz guitarist. This video explores sizessential techniques that will transform your playing and make your comping sound richer and more varied.
These techniques are easy to understand and can be implemented quickly, giving you a new toolset to elevate your playing. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned player, this video will provide you with the knowledge and inspiration to add depth and dimension to your comping
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ABOUT ME
I'm Dr. George Hess, I was a professor of music for 30 years at leading universities in the US and Asia and I've been performing with top professionals worldwide for over 40 years. I help busy adult guitarists start playing and having fun playing jazz guitar as quickly as possible.
These techniques are easy to understand and can be implemented quickly, giving you a new toolset to elevate your playing. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned player, this video will provide you with the knowledge and inspiration to add depth and dimension to your comping
==============================================
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FREE PDFs supporting the lessons in the videos: Join my FREE Patreon
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MY WEBSITE: jumpstartjazzguitar.com/
The Best Online Jazz Guitar Coaching Program for Guitarists Over 50
===============================================
WHAT"S NEXT
New Videos and Shorts every week
Remember, hitting the like and subscribe button helps support the channel. Plus, you won't miss out on any of our upcoming lessons!
If you’re just getting started on jazz guitar, I recommend watching these free videos
czcams.com/video/BoxvblZDNIc/video.html
czcams.com/video/5qdhzbdZq40/video.html
ABOUT ME
I'm Dr. George Hess, I was a professor of music for 30 years at leading universities in the US and Asia and I've been performing with top professionals worldwide for over 40 years. I help busy adult guitarists start playing and having fun playing jazz guitar as quickly as possible.
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Is neighboring tone outside the key or approach note?
A neighbor tone can be in the key (diatonic) or outside the key (chromatic). It can be a whole step or half step.
One book that doesn’t necessarily have the drop 2 joe pass style voicings. Specifically I have noticed Joe loves his major 6th drop 2 voicing. But one book for solo guitar arrangement and really understanding it. I highly recommend Howard Morgan chord melody and beyond book. That alone will make you unlock the next step to seeing what these guys mainly do and simplifying the mystery.
5:13 playing without the root is important for playing with bassists or pianists as he did.
Joe was great a making us hear the bass line, even when he wasn't playing it
Great video. Good idea to highlight this book.
I think so too! It's the only chord book I recommend
Most enjoyable video. The guitar has a very mellow sound. can you tell me the model?
Thanks. It's a Peerless Gigmaster Jazz, similar to a 175, but with a slightly thinner body
Delco me Maestro Gracias por esta lección!!!!❤️
fantastic lesson
Glad you liked it!
@@GeorgeHessMusic for sure! hitting the harmonically important notes while leaving everything else to feel/your ear is really improving my play
@@thesharpesttool9666 Love it!
Thank you brother, your style of teaching is really helpful! God Bless you
happy to help
Amazing video. You have the charisma of a documentary presenter
Wow, thank you!
LOved, Don't Get Around Much Anymore !!
Thanks
This is a fantastic video! You're helping a lot of people. One thing, though. The book breaks things into 6 chord types, but Joe only thinks in 3 types. Major, Minor, and Dominant. All chords relate back to those three types. This is stated in other of his books. He also told me exactly this, when I was 19 years old and went to see him play solo at the Iron Horse Cafe. He spent his whole break and some time after the show talking to me and 2 friends. We had gotten there 3 hours before doors opened and sat 6 ft away, eyes glued. He was such a great, kind, generous and funny dude. Anyways, other than that, this is a fantastic video. And I hate to be that dude, but I think it's important to really reduce things to simplest possible forms/terms.
Thanks for the insights. I never met Joe, so I'm just going by what is in his books. I have Guitar Styles where he talks about those three types in the substitution section, but he also lists six chords types in other sections. But not the exactly same ones as in the chord book. In one of Joe's videos, where he says he doesn't think of arpeggios and then proceeds to demonstrate a lick using arpeggios. I think all of this is helpful in understanding how he thought. Thanks again.
Hi. Great lesson. At 4:38 regarding functional subs, did you also mean those in the parallel minor? Meaning C minor, Eb Maj, Ab Maj can be treated as Tonic? D min 7 b5, F min are sub dom? G7 and B7 are dominants? All these can be subbed for same functional chords in C maj.
No, it's the chords within each group. The tonic group includes Ima7,I6, iii-7 and vi-7. You can generally change one of these chords to another, keeping root movement and melody in mind. The subdominant minor group includes iv-7, iv-6, ii-7b5, bVII7, bVImaj7 and bIImaj7. Again, root movement and melody are a consideration. One common substitution in this group is to replace the iv-6 with a bVII7
@@GeorgeHessMusic understood for chords within each function group. then are there any interchangeability with the function groups in the C minor / minor iv group? Ex: F- to Bb7 (ii V in Eb) and D-7b5 G7 (ii V in C min).
@@MinhPham-ly7yp there is a group of chords called tonic minor which would include C minor (in the Key of C), but in this video, I'm only talking about the subdominant minor chords. C minor wouldn't be part of that group.If using borrowed chords F-7 Bb7 would resolve to C major, the backdoor cadence
@@GeorgeHessMusic tonic minor. Interesting. Ok, thanks.
As Joe once said: "never play anything hard".
Exactly. I took that as gospel. :-)
Thank you sir
You're most welcome
Fantastic lesson!
Thanks! 😃
This is precious information, I watched some of your videos, I can see that your giving practical advices. I hope this type of videos get more attention, in contrast to the click bait "The unicorn 🦄 jazz chord" type of videos.
Thanks. I’m definitely here to help
Thanks for the lesson Uncle George. Very clear I understood perfectly.
Uncle George? I like it
I did'nt hear a word only the beautiful tones that you got from that Guitar stick in my mind.
Thanks! That awful plug-in is only on the voice. Never again.
Illuminating lesson
Great video! And that book does benefit from a player insight like yourself. 3:10 no minor6 voicing? Ain't minor 6 chord the same as minor 7 flat five chord (-7b5), the sixth category that you mention?
You're right that minor 6ths and minor 7b5s are inversions, but that isn't how Joe seemed to think about it. He doesn't list any of the m7b5 voicings in the minor chord category.
@@GeorgeHessMusic Oh that is waht you meant. I see. Anyway thanks for that video. I will revisit that book. I was not ready when I first look into it.
Excellent
Thanks
That book is no longer published.😂
Yes it is, by Mel Bay now. You can get it on Amazon
There are old scans around online downloadable too. Out of copyright scans, I'd guess.
Great video! Thank you so much. Now to find that book. 😊
There’s a link to it on Amazon in the description
Nice, I always complain theres way to much info on linear playing but not enough chords like Joe pass phrases
Yes, we spend most of our time playing chords, but most of our practice is on soloing. I didn't start playing jazz guitar because I wanted to shred.
@@GeorgeHessMusic It would be so cool If someone wrote a book on just Joe pass 2-5-1 phrases and 1-6-2-5 phrases
@@kidpoker007 Take a look at Joe Pass Guitar Styles. There's a lot of licks and patterns in that book
👏 brilliant
Wow, thanks!
I had the same reaction to the Joe Pass book you did. I have it on my phone and am still quite mystified as I start to watch this.
I'm here to help. Questions are very welcome
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Great lesson!
Thanks! 😃
Useful information and well presented, but I have a technical complaint. Every time you speak, I hear a high buzzing sound. I was listening on my porch and I thought it was crickets, but no, it’s the video. Unless my ears are my iPad are messed up.
I used a new plugin on the voice this time. I can almost hear what you are talking about, but it's up in a frequency range my old ears don't hear very well. Is it distracting enough to justify pulling the video and fixing the audio?
@@GeorgeHessMusic that’s a tough call. I’m curious if anyone else hears it. Definitely try to fix it for future vids.
@@maestrophilkell Thanks. I'll ditch the plug in for future videos
@@maestrophilkell From u.k. I have 67 yr old ears, when tested were 7 out of ten. I can hear it also. Good video though. It’s too cold for crickets here!😂
@@madcyril4135 Anything above 10-12k is a distant memory for me. I'll ditch the offending plug-in on the next video
I own the book and I was puzzled for a number of reasons. Appreciate your evaluation.
Hope it helps. Let me know if you have any questions
Me to, this helped alot
Yes! Great explanations George especially #2. It’s so easy to overplay rhythmic stuff. Accompany and compliment !
I've been guilty of all of them at one time or another
Forgive me Father for l have sinned 😊
LOL
Excellent!!!!!!
Thanks
Thank you for this video. It's a very interesting and professional approach 😊
Glad you liked it! Any questions?
@@GeorgeHessMusicI'm starting the guitar again, alone, I note that it's better to play on play-alongs or real tunes than on backing tracks (that's good, I have some old aebersold, and I just discovered useful apps like Moises & Lalala.ai). Thanks for all your advices.
Hey George, nice vid! Sharing with my students
Thanks, Rick
The reference at 0:43 about comping meaning both accompanying and complimenting is a phrase that I heard used by a drummer in Connecticut in the 80’s. It is a phrase that I have often used myself since, but until this video, I have never heard anyone else use it. I’m sure that the Connecticut drummer didn’t coin the phrase, but I am surprised that it is not cited more frequently.
I can't claim to have coined it either. I'm not sure where I heard, but it sure makes sense, don't you think?
@@GeorgeHessMusic It absolutely makes sense. It stuck with me!
@@GeorgeHessMusic What guitar are you playing? Obviously ES175 inspired. Laminate top? Sounds great!
@@kenster3554It a Peerless Gigmaster Jazz. I fell in love with it at the store and bought it on the spot. Unfortunately Peerless seems to have gone out of business
Lots of great tips here thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching
I used to accompany singers in my office during lunch hours, my favorite kind of playing. I’m 81 now and don’t run into singers anymore, unfortunately. Enjoyed the seminar!!
Thanks for sharing!
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I thought that I was pretty decent blues/rock guitarist. My first attempts at playing jazz guitar were disastrous to say the least. I wasn’t “hearing” the changes, and as I gradually got better at negotiating jazz harmonies and feeling like I was making progress, I realized that I wasn’t even all that good of a blues/rock guitarist because I wasn’t really “hearing” that music either. I had just gotten luckier with blues and rock because there were fewer chances of playing wrong notes over minor pentatonic based three chord rock tunes than over a typical jazz standard. Once I figured out how to play jazz, my entire approach to playing rock and blues changed and I became a much better player all the way around.
It's been a long time since I was playing in blues and rock bands, but I suspect I wasn't all that good either. I hear so much more than I did back then.
@@GeorgeHessMusic As my late father used to say, “Too soon old, too late smart”. I wish I knew then what I know now. I’ve always had a good sense of time. It was really easy to be cocky and wank around utilizing the minor pentatonic box over simple I-IV-V7 changes back in the 70’s. I vividly recall working in a record store (remember those?) in 1976 and putting on a promotional copy of the Crusaders album Those Southern Knights, and hearing the heretofore unknown (at least to me) Larry Carlton wend his through the harmonic minefield on the first cut “Spiral”. I realized right then and there, that I was just a piker.
Something else that I realized much later in life that I wish I had realized earlier, is that there is nothing mysterious about the recorded product of someone’s improvisation, (although I initially found some of Scofield’s ideas to be daunting) it’s about the process. Transcribing someone else’s solos might help in putting the language under one’s fingers and into one’s ears, but the bottom line is, that particular solo that you transcribed worked at that particular moment, with what that particular rhythm section was doing. As you have said, it’s all about listening. What will any one of us choose to do at any particular moment, with just 12 notes, in whatever configuration we happen to find ourselves in. That’s the where the rubber meets the road.
Great video, the key to it all is to learn by ear. Start small, a few bars, or even just the first note. 5 minutes a day add up quick.
I encourage students to memorize the entire song before trying to learn it on the guitar. Then learning it phrase by phrase. It's easier than you might think.
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You need to get better sound on voice. It's woofy.
Thanks, I’ll check it.
Great lesson!
Thanks!
Great stuff! I have never seen bebop scales (dim 6th) used on those particular chord degrees (not on their root note chord). C major bebop over E7...G Dominant bebop over D7 etc...would LOVE to know how you came up with this. Thanks again!
TBH, I'm not a student of Barry Harris, though I am familiar with some of his principles. It was something of a coincidence that my method, which I've started calling the 1+1 method, one scale plus one note, creates 8 note bebop scales, so I guess it makes sense that one might be the same.