Blue Bossa melody in block chords

[Fitzliputzli23]

Great voicing! Very useful, thank you! Think I'm gonna steal some of your ideas for my interpretation of this tune!

[halibutty]

@ 14 seconds Cm (11th on top) , is that the same as calling it Cm11 or is there a reason why it would not be. Just trying to gain some insight, your vids are awresome thanks very much.

[jazzcat069]

Nice playing but the melody is missing.

[L5man]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

[hanj31]

8th on top means the root it's the 7th on top at the beginning!

[yimmiytube]

perfect teacher

[RichardNagle100]

some people that leave comments on youtube can be very tempremental..:) quite a usefull upload in fairness

[HamiltonOfficial]

Now I know how my teacher meant when he told me that jazz players often play the melody with chords. AWSOME!

[joe44850]

Wow, what a tone!

[TheMafiaStyler]

hey this is my favorite song im 15 and play jazz on a gretsch and i can this song thanks for the learn video *********

[beasn]

An outstanding lesson from a very capable musician.

[abdidba]

The melody of the song from 1:20 to 1:26 should lead to Bb - ABSOLUTELY not B as you do! It's specifically Natural Minor, not Harmonic (the chord there is G alt so the Bb is the +9 of the chord, right?). And then some of my opinions: the Dm7b5 chord is okay, but the next one should be played single note (Eb) and then take the Bdim and again single note (C) which leads to G alt (G7+5+9) the melody note being Bb.

[yankeeG]

@abdidba Who cares... If you're watching this in a club, have a Tanguerey and Tonic and forget it. It's his interpretation. If you're so great, post a video response. Music isn't only the theory, it's the love. Maybe you got former, but you damn sho don't got the latter. Take the A train, Jack.

[abdidba]

@yankeeG Well, arguing about music is basically pretty useless, but I must tell you one thing. It's not my fault if Kenny Dorham composed the song so that the melody leads to Bb so that the melody is in harmony with the chord. Maybe I should've never kicked off this conversation but I personally like receiving constructive feedback.

[yankeeG]

@abdidba Don't care. There is "as artist intended" and then there's "not as artist intended". Do you think this guy might know where to find the chord as Dorham composed it? Constructive criticism, my butt. It's called 'butting in' with baloney. I'll put it this way... I like his playing way more than I like your carping about a chord that nobody but you cares about. If you feel that strongly, play it your way and brag about it.

[abdidba]

@yankeeG You seem to care ;) All in all you're just another brick in the wall, Jack.

[Lafforte]

Very cool lesson. You don't need to say a word and you don't. THANK YOU.

[wienerschnitzelheil]

nice chords... damn my fa-50's virtually unacessible 15th+ frets

[ozanshred]

5/5

good new insights and ideas<3

[TyedSoul]

thank you! now i'm ready to spice up Blue Bossa!!!

[arvguitar]

excelent .. thank you very much..

[Azrael888]

Awsome, I dont suppose you have tabs please?

[Koda007]

The tabs right there. In the video.

Cm7 (5th on top)

Cm (11th on top)

Cm7 (3rd on top)

Cm9 (9 on top)

Cm7 (8 on top)

etc

etc

etc ...

[jamessir100]

On top means "on top of the chord". In standard notation the top of the chord is the highest note you play. On the guitar the highest note is on the highest string in contrast to the lowest note which is on the lowest string.

[Sithconnor]

those are some really beautiful chords. Thanks for the lesson

[fishqwer]

At Sithconnor, I'm not speaking out against the playing in the video because it's solid, but the chords used are all "drop 2" voicings (the most basic set of inverted chords used) with the melody note added on the highest string. Yes, they are very, very beautiful, but very easy to do on your own with just a short amount of practice.  Good luck!

[jrutid]

THANK YOU!!

[hasmentah]

thx thx rhx

[DEATHddc]

Ddue you are going straight into my favorites videos..no doubt! awesome positions!!!

[theholypope]

great chords - thank you!

[Moeswithhisdoubts]

thx 4 post it