New year and a new style.

[jim222]

How did you jazzers out there do it? I've decided this year I'm going to try to become proficient enough to dare to leave the pentationic (not totally there's no place like home). For the first time I've posted something for you all to critique in the listening section with improvement in mind.

What I want to know is where did you jazz players start? My theory is limited I just use my ears. I've spent some time on chords as its an area I'm not strong but I don't understand harmony very well.

Any help would be great.

Thanks
Shaun

[Bingefeller]

Jazz is a really, really hard style to get into. Are you looking to play jazz properly or apply it in a rock setting?

Actually, I'm jsut listening to the track you posted and you sound pretty decent to me.

[Koss59]

First of all I would learn diatonic harmony ( what chords belong to what key ) It goes Major Minor Minor Major Major Minor Half Diminished. Then learn some basic harmony if you don't already know it ( how chords are constructed and how intervals work )
Without this basic knowledge you can't go much further

[jim222]

That's my best attempt at ripping off Larry Carlton. Ha. Thank you for your kind words, I really struggle with the changes in scales as its not something that happens a lot in indie settings.

I'm wanting to go down the route of a blues/jazz crossover. I'm a jazz fan but I've always been scared of playing it if that makes sense. It's intimidating especially when you don't really know what you're doing like me.

We're there any books or DVDs you used to help you play or understand the theory of it all?

[monquixote]

This vid is good for geting some ideas to make your pentatonics a bit jazzier:

http://truefire.com/jazz-guitar-less...up-your-blues/

It doesn't really go into the theory, but it gets you started.

[jim222]

Thank you I will have a look. The Internet is such a blessing! How did they do it back in Django's day???

[monquixote]

Thank you I will have a look. The Internet is such a blessing! How did they do it back in Django's day???

House fire.

[jim222]

Ha! Or caravan

[Bingefeller]

Fareed Haque has a great bebop course on true fire too. He basically suggests using arpeggios for each chord and adding in some extra notes to those arps.

[barney.]

i would learn some simple chords in different areas on the neck and chords with extensions ...as in 7,9 11 and some altered b9#9 b5#5...then learn some arps to these chords by learning the chords first it will make it easier to visulise what notes need to change to make it 7b9 for example and always link the chords with the arps