JAZZ Guitar Comping Essentials

ByDaniel Weiss

Here’s a detailed lesson on basic jazz guitar comping for intermediate players (including an introduction to shell voicings) Adding tension, creating melodies, rootless chords, and 2 note comping.

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0:00 Here’s what’s about to happen

0:29 Shell Voicings open/closed

01:00 Make sure you know these

01:14 These 7 dominant chords as well

02:10 open vs closed

02:40 EX1 (Cherokee Changes)

03:14 EX2 Higher register

03:50 Color and tension

04:59 Comping Improvisation demonstration

05:20 Rootless chords

06:15 Ex5 2note comping

06:35 Less can be more!

06:44 Ex6 2note comping (3&7)

07:03 Ex7 2note comping (3,7, and others)

Daniel Weiss