Jazz Guitar Lesson - Chord Voicing and Comping video free download

Aniket Mango

You sound like Morgan Freeman.

dafeval

David Becker Tribune - Distance Traveled - EPK - 2014

Glenn Michael Thompson

aka accompanying. :0)

Bruce Saunders

the first tune was part of "Very Early" by the great Bill Evans.

Akoranicya .

hello sir how are you? just wanna ask some HINT/ADVICE how to be a jazz player? can u pls tell me where to start or what to do? thank you so much

Julian Jayme

Comping = Complimenting. :). Start there

Rick Washbrook

Grear Tone, Beautiful chord voicing's. Freddy Green is great to

peelopuu

I agree too. From the first chord I was turned on.

Charles Tresca

Great! Nice opening with Very Early! C.G.T. Ukiah, CA

Adrian Hester

I like your approach to comping chords.

2MrBrian

More than inversion, voicing really means what notes do you choice to play and what notes do you leave out. In other words, how do you voice a chord? For example, maybe you would voice a G7b9 b13chord as F, B, Eb,Ab and leave out the root. Or you may play a C6/9 as E, G, A, D. Both of those examples are rootless voicings. Or you may voice Gb9 as G, B, F, Ab leaving out the fifth, D.

Don Won

I'm pretty sure voicing means inverting the individual notes in some of the chords so that they sound differently. In other words the notes get flipped upside down and such. The root note for example normally acts as the bass note, but when it is inverted, it becomes one of the higher pitched notes in the chord. That way the chords have a different 'voicing' in how they sound. That not only changes the voicing of the chord but it also allows you more ways to play melodies around your chords.

Zach Urch

can someone please tell me what the song was at the beginning?

markushalfmad

@clarity754 thank you very much - it's all very clear now! cheers!

Michael Scott

@markushalfmad Voicing basically refers to the order of the notes in the chord. If you take a Cmaj7 chord (comprised of the notes C E G B) and play it in that order you have a "closed" voicing or Root position chord. If you change the order to E G B C you have a Cmaj7 chord in first inversion (meaning the E is the lowest sounding note). Change the order again to G B C E and you have a second inversion Cmaj7 chord. It's how your "voicing" the chord. It's still the same chord, Cmaj7

markushalfmad

I understand 'comping' as a short term for 'accompanying' but I still don't quite understand the term 'voicing' - my guess would be 'the melodic line resulting from a sequence of chords', but then I suppose that would be called 'chord melody' Pls, can someone shed some light on this terminology aspect to help me understand its precise meaning?

Mike Chavanu GPAC

Just finished Jazz Guitar 101 with Bruce at Berklee On Line. Changed me as a guitar player. He is a fantastic teacher and inspiring player. The cost of the course was some of the best money invested in my pursuit. Thanks again Bruce.

metal militia137

who else absolutely adores the cmaj7 chord, only the jazziest,laid-back chord ever? :D

upT3mpo

@marguitar1 Freddie Green, but if you want to be inspired I suggest you start with Wes Montgomery, almost every great player today is inspired by Wes, for good reason. If you really want to be influenced, also try non-guitarists like Charlie Parker (Sax), Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet), or Chic Corea (Keys). It's all just great music at the end of the day, it just happens to be the guitar which is your chosen choice of instrument. Good luck and keep going with it, time = results!

Mackenzie Lawless

@eletric74 looks like a fender deluxe