Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

This lesson is one chorus of simple jazz blues comping and then talk about a skeleton voicing + a few variations and some ideas for variations. I also discuss a few secret tricks that most people don't think about with chords but that work really well to play more complicated phrases or embellish comping and chord solos One of the most important types of voicings you want to have in your vocabulary if you want to play jazz, blues or R&B is the drop2 voicing.

In this video I am going show you a simple way to apply Drop2 chords to a 12-bar Jazz Bues with just a few voicings and som variations that are easy to get into your playing. Along the way I am also going to cover some some phrasing and rhythm ideas to really lay down the groove, and a few secret tricks that most people don't think about with chords but that work really well to play more complicated phrases or embellish comping and chord solos Drop2 chords are in many ways the go to voicing that you need when comping in a mainstream or hardbop jazz style.

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Content of the video: 0:00 Intro - Jazz Blues Comping with Drop2 voicings 1:00 The Blues Chorus 1:27 The basic Idea with the chords 1:55 First 4 bars + Exercises 2:45 A cool way to think about Chromatic Passing chords 4:33 Altered Drop2 voicings 4:55 Using Slides and Practicing to use it 6:10 Legato technique for Chords and Comping 6:37 Middle 4 bars - minor cadence and diminished chords 9:16 Last 4 bars 9:51 F7 altered drop 2 voicings 11:19 Where to go from here? 11:45