Roses are red…

[bhcarpenter]

Jazz chords blind me

 

[coltonius]

Satan, get thee behind me?

 

[Aentons]

It just means put your pinky down on the third fret

 

[Alan W]

A few years ago I did a Strat repaint for the brother of a friend. The brother, a professional musician with good ties to the local scene, was broke, so I suggested a few lessons as a trade. The lessons mainly involved a few songs that were all "big boy chords" (as he called them)—and I was severely reminded of just what a klutz I am. I was able to eventually play most of "Here, There, and Everywhere" at about half speed—and while I loved the way it sounded, it was still quite a struggle. Enough so that I'm afraid I'd be back to square one at this point. I am always more in awe at watching a good guitarist comp vocals, especially in videos from the 40s and 50s, than I am by any of the modern shredmeisters. While I was complaining about this to my oldest friend, (and fellow guitarist from Junior High School) he sent me a few helpful images. It helps to have a picture to know where each finger should be.

 

[Aentons]

The most awesome jazz chords I have seen are from Tuck Andress from Tuck & Patti. He is an absolute Master. He will occasionally bring his thumb under the neck to fret a note with it.... Like it's nothing

 

[Alan W]

The most awesome jazz chords I have seen are from Tuck Andress from Tuck & Patti. He is an absolute Master. He will occasionally bring his thumb under the neck to fret a note with it.... Like it's nothing

He is way, way up there in my opinion. As much as I love both his guitar work and Patti’s singing, I get tired of listening to their music.

 

[Aentons]

He doesn't do the thumb thing here, I'll have to find it, but this is worth a watch.

 

[Aentons]

There are 4 master class videos that are all worth the watch. He talks about the thumb thing at about 6 minutes in the first one.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I am always more in awe at watching a good guitarist comp vocals, especially in videos from the 40s and 50s, than I am by any of the modern shredmeisters

 

[bhcarpenter]

So I got some great advice about this: “just play the 3 and 7”.

This is going to be in a big band, so there’s no need to fill out the entire chord. Mind blown.

 

[giovanni]

So I got some great advice about this: “just play the 3 and 7”.

This is going to be in a big band, so there’s no need to fill out the entire chord. Mind blown.

That old trick! For half diminished chords you should add the b5 (maybe take out the 3).