How to Play Jazz Guitar : Staying Out of the Mud in Jazz Guitar

[nightspotlight]

are those all plain strings?

[emergencyexitlife]

witch guitar you play?

[Rafzorz1]

Finally something useful from expert village

[5tabemol]

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[newtimes2]

Pretty cool

[frwyguy]

turn the f'ing ads off!

[kweerb8]

so how would you "lighten up" something like an Ab13 chord?

[WhiteKite]

@kweerb8

Personally, I never voice a full 13. I usually just voice them like dominant 7's with the 5th raised to a 13. Sometimes I put a 9 in there.

When I want a Ab13 in a combo setting, I'll voice it as just F, C, and Gb. Any combination of two of those notes will work (but C and Gb lose the 13th tonality). It depends on how long I want to hold it or where I'm going with my voices.

[KClock3r]

@kweerb8 just play like the root 3 7 and 13 or instead of the 7 do like a 9 and 13

[chavruta2000]

@kweerb8

best way: 7th, 3rd, 13th, strings 4,3 and 2. It's quick and easy, and light, but fairly dissonant because you have a tri-tone and a major 7th in there. For less dissonance, use 3rd, 13th, 9th on 3 2 and 1, which is even easier. that's voiced in fourths. also very easy to finger

[yardbirdsweet]

A guy with flatwounds telling me how to avoid muddy tone... that's rich...

Just kidding, dude. Great video, very well presented.

[celticcanuck2006]

It ear man you got to find the sound on the guitar then play it out by ear ever guitar sounds different every amp sounds different. and every body who plays got there own twist on how to. instead of telling all the info on knowledge of naming chords .maybe in a few years you be able to play a tune worth hearing. And if you devote your entire life to it and you get lucky you MIGHT have a hit. I feel for folks who are starting up who get caught up into all this stuff folks are shooting out there

[MrJessehendrix10]

where can i get more lessons like this?

i wish i had found this when i was a jazz group

[crackup91]

When you use inversions, do you use the 7 and 9 etc. as the bass note, or only the 5 and 3?

good lesson by the way

[rillloudmother]

if you are going to omit notes in a chord you drop the 5th first unless it is altered. however this is just a guideline not a 'rule.'

the 7th or the 3rd are often in the bass for rootless voicings, but it depends on the context and what sounds good to your ear.

you will usually want to put the upper extensions in the higher voices to give them more space to stand out against the bass and inner voices.

[AhYaOk]

You can play all of them technically, but you'll get into enharmonics (same notes w/ different ways of naming the chords) w/ 7th and 9th chord inversions. Personally, I'm sick of theory. I just want to play. :)

[Hotdawg0007]

lol, i thought staying out of the mud was a song.

[vonkalasson]

sorry mac.thats just the basic.now what about the real thing mac.kids stuff.would you like to learn a few lessons mac.maestro jazz, jan

[patrick81790]

what does mac. mean?

[Modes9]

Yeah, you have to love the three-note texture. They're easy to voice-lead and the are less muddy.

[bungholio80]

Good lesson

[lesmorrison]

I always enjoy your lessons - succinct and straight forward. Many Thanks.

[b5b9]

Well Done! You explain things well. I wish my lawyer was that good.

[blacksortie]

iyi video