Blues - Joe Pass Guitar Style

First 3 major blues choruses from the Joe Pass Guitar Style book (pages 35-36).

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• Joe
• Pass
• jazz
• guitar

[AmundLauritzen]

People must really be dumb to think this is improvisation. This is an etude from a book! Nevertheless a great performance of a fantastic written etude. I have this book and I don't have the sight reading skills that this guy has. Great work! I hope to be able to sight read this one day.

[bleakanddivine]

Yes, that's people for you, they type the first thing that comes into their head, without thinking to read the info about the clip!

[bleakanddivine]

They would make good sight-reading exercises, but they really need to be memorised and internalised if the ideas are going to be used in actual jazz improv. I didn't sight read them myself.

[ltotheatothendon]

Try starting simpler, just 4 or 5 note licks for a chours or so, then build the difficulty as the song goes on. Different rythms would help a lot too. I've watched 3 of your videos, and you sound exactly the same through all of them. You have excellent tone, and technique, but it sounds a little choppy.

[bleakanddivine]

Thanks for the advice, all you guys, but they actually sound pretty much how Joe Pass wrote them in the book, as it says in the description of the clip.

[dharmaroad]

really cool!! two weeks ago, I saw this video and I just take the book ( I owned it since months but never worked it)and I began to work and I have just a question wich may help me;

how long did it take to learn these choruses ??

[bleakanddivine]

Some I learned many years ago, and have re-learnt them a few times over the years, so they don't need much time to refresh. The new ones I add 4 bars each day, takes about 15 minutes a day. When I've got about 3 choruses done I play them together for about an hour with BIAB, slowly increasing the tempo. I have learnt whole choruses in a day in the past, but now I do just a bit a day like a warming up thing. I'll keep doing more if they are any help.

[mic270469]

Bb key?

[voxosoxo]

great stuff im ploughing through these changes TOO.....ITs an honor to play like JOE well SORT OFF LOL

[YouMakeMeFeelSeaSick]

seriously, now that has soul!

[sixstringmunky10]

damn, thats amazing

[BringBackBlues]

Wild 8th notes

[GigVid]

excellent clips

ideal for those looking for ''clues''

screw the negative pathetic comments

thanks for posting!!!

[drstirling]

cool. thank you. please post some more stuff!