50 Jazz Guitar Licks You MUST Know - Lick #18: Minor Vamp - Frank Vignola

[TheodoreKalantzakos]

very nice lick! Thnx Frank!!

[WhiteNightRiots]

I love Benson licks. They sound so much like they should be in cheesy 70's porno. But in actuality Benson is the man, all jokes aside.

[dunokuba]

cool lick

[TheMagirus25]

hey friend thanks for all these riffs it's helps me a lot

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[carron1971]

i had a rasberry ice cream with this one.

[Spirradical]

@DiscoRByrno Good fingering

[shelton701]

he wasn't lying,........ that was the best!

[sclogse1]

@DiscoRByrno

Looks like you didn't really read my comment, or you would have noticed the part at the end where I say that I can find a more efficient fingering...that doesn't mean me looking up a more efficient fingering..it means me finding one for myself. Your arbitrary either or question ("just like people to do everything or" is simply way to confrontational in it's style, and you should know better than to start a conversation like that. "SwingTo Bop" equals.....hard at work.

[sclogse1]

@DiscoRByrno

I read tabs to help me choose the correct fingerings. If there are only notes, there are variables of fingerings to choose from. After I see which fingerings the tab selects, I decide, especially in Charlie Christian's Swing To Bop, whether I can find a more efficient fingering to help me play at Charlie's speed. With no pick.

[eric4236able]

what a funny face..makes me laugh...hahaha i think u should do some comedy videos ..xd

[vdeferens]

@DiscoRByrno Absoulutely - I'd go further and say All serious musicians should learn how to read music!!!!

[Straymind10]

@vdeferens Wes Montegomery, Buddy Rich... yeah they weren't serious at all...

[vdeferens]

@Straymind10 yeah you're probably one of those lazy musicians who trot out exceptions like this (and yes, they are amazing musicians who are on another level to most of us in the real world) in order to validate you not actually learning anything advanced. You might as well say "Beethoven didn't need to hear to compose incredible music, we may as well poke our eardrums out with a big stick." Makes just as much sense.

[aportieri8]

@vdeferens I can read music, but it only helps to communicate with other musicians, you can speak even if you can't read, I'd say that in most of the vernacular genres (jazz and rock included) the exception is really not an exception at all.

[Straymind10]

@vdeferens Actually tool baggins I'd have to say that most if not all the music I listen to is played by unpretentious pricks I'm sure very much unlike you.The fact is some of the most complicated music comes out of oral history not some book of scales. The whole of music theory, music reading and writing is like the invention of math to explain what is happening in the natural world. The math is the invention not the natural world. The Theory, the notes are the invention, music doesn't need it.

[vdeferens]

@Straymind10 So to extrapolate your point, math classes are not necessary - in fact all formal education is for "pretentious pricks". Right? Sure "some" of the most complicated music does come from oral history - but "some" does not equal "all". In fact I would venture that your "some" is in the minority. Again you are trotting out exceptions. I don't understand why you rail so vehemently against education.

[Straymind10]

@vdeferens Math Class's are not necessary for catching a baseball or hitting a pitch or throwing one yet if applied to the trajectory of a ball, if we were to calculate the degree's of a swing to find the holes against certain pitches mathematically, and so on and so forth we would find numbers and math all over the place explaining that which occurs without thought... Anyone THINKING about the scales while PLAYING is slowing their capacity for intuition, character, and serendipity.

[jimih64]

He looks high as shit hahahaha

[gingersteve]

@jimih64 It must be a jazz teacher thing. My college Jazz teacher was always higher than we were, which was high.

[cjoey39]

Very good lesson! Well explained and easy to understand!! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"

[pepachet]

Thanks Fonzie!

[Numb1923913]

reminds me of manhattan by eric johnson : )

[Postglobalism]

where I can get the tab or notes

[Revilingfool]

@Postglobalism you dont need them, you have ears. if you dont know what an octave is start with power chords. move to octaves from there. he goes kinda slow, pay attention, watch and listen. mess around a little on the guitar. you'll get more from the lick transcribing it yourself.

[MrJevguitar88]

tabs is short for tablature

[bulldog111111]

Megans Law????

[jmsbk12345]

Would someone kindly let me know exactly what you get with this 50 jazz licks CD/DVD? I mainly would like to know about the rhythm tracks that come with it. Do we get a CD with both a slow and then fast track for each lick (100 tracks)? How long are each of the tracks as I could do with tracks that are about 5 or 6 minutes or longer so that I can really stretch out. Is that what we get? Thank you for your help. John

[GuitarOddysey]

every single lick this guy plays is one of his favorites. He only has favorite licks.

[suprapoowa]

@GuitarOddysey

That's why he play them...:)

[gormarx]

@GuitarOddysey Well, it would make no sense for him to play licks he hates, now, wouldn't it?

[BuddLightbrain]

@GuitarOddysey yeh! but this is a "Must Know Lick", there is a difference! :D

[gormarx]

@GuitarOddysey He lives one happy life.

[drewjonespdx]

@GuitarOddysey HAHA agreed.

[drewjonespdx]

Respond to this video...  he is quite talented. he makes it look effortless and fun to play.

[FrankyStarlite]

@miketheguy00, I agree. You must start slow to play clean. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. What I meant was become aware of the intervals on the fretboard and the relationship between them and listening becomes easy and way more fun. For anybody trying to lean this lick: figure it out on one string first (there are no "outside" notes), then add the octave. Stay with it, the more you learn, the fun it becomes. You owe it to yourself.

[codyman1111]

Frank doesn't slow down. he is a monster guitar player. so much better live! fastest strumming hand known! th cool thing is he plays in the style of django but knows all these different styles of jazz as well. a true virtuoso

[FrankyStarlite]

He doesn't need to slow down, you need to listen.

[MikeTheGuy00]

@FrankyStarlite The only way the greatest guitarists became the greatest was by starting slow. Has everything to do with the ear, yes... but it's good to motivate slow speed. :D

[coolboyzrock]

slow down plz

[chillichomper]

@coolboyzrock This is a very simple riff. If you need this slowed down then you're not ready for it yet but keep practising.

[toad212]

you have great talent ,but you need to slow down so other guitarist can follow your instructions.maybe print out material.

[rkelly62]

You can also find this set in DVD format with everything on ebay.

[jmsbk12345]

Frank, I just love these jazz guitar licks. I'm studying jazz guitar at the moment. How do I get hold of the backing rhythm tracks that I hear you play over? I really could do with a CD full of these tracks to work out with. Thanks so much Frank and I love your playing with Joey deFrancesco that I see on Youtube. I think it is a TV studio. Any chance of a DVD of this gig?

[Haladhara1]

Go to the Truefire site and download the course.

[guitarpicka1]

@jmsbk12345 ..The `moment` that you have taken to study JazzGuitar...could last for the rest of your life...hey that`s not a bad thing...here`s to many exciting decades to come..!!

[jmsbk12345]

@guitarpicka1 Thank you guitarpicka1. I am thoroughly absorbed in the magic of jazz guitar - love it to bits!

[jose044]

@jmsbk12345 try looking for aebersold recordings.

[kb7010]

@jmsbk12345 Hey bud.. try BT dot com..( or Back tracks dot com ) tons of stuff is on there.. great place for FREE download or play along.. 5 stars in my book on said site..!!!

best of luck....