Great Guitarist Rodney Jones's Jazz Guitar Private Lesson

http://mucony.com
Classical and jazz music lessons. Private instruction by the world's finest musicians. Faculty from the Juilliard School, the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, etc. All the solo instruments, ensembles and jam sessions. Also free information on music jobs, music schools and more.

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[dotownwonderbros]

dunno if those mucony lessons are still avaliable but they are just fantastict. i hope his instructional DVD will come out soon.

[Robowx]

Rodney is playing the Yamaha SA 2200. The 335 killer! With Ebony fretboard and coil splitting capabilities! All for 2,000 bucks or less! Plus of course Rodney's playing and teaching is top notch!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[kennyreichert]

this video was made to demonstrate different techniques that you can use, and he's trying to make them obvious. I seriously doubt rodney would solo like this on a tune, have you heard his playing? Unbelievable guitarist. Enjoy it for what it's worth, music is meant to be enjoyed not critiqued.

[KnowKnot]

"this is not melodic." clever. it is also not truck driving, nor skeet shooting. there's more continuity here than you think; it's "harder" to hear because the usual cues from the bassist and drummer (etc) are missing. always happens, always the same complaint until the territory is made familiar via other players.

[GuitarCriti01]

@BeatBay Yeah its not because he is just messing around doing fourths, fifths, substitutions etc. and has no concept of a cohesive solo (in this video)

[BeatBay]

@GuitarCriti01 no, the opposite! like tal farlow said, before bebop it was more melodic, because there a less altered chords and more diatonic scales used in the songs. with the arise of bebop, bird and dizzy established the whole altered chords thing and the added more chromatics to the soloing (for example in the so called bebop scale). this is less melodic (for the "normal consumer"), because of the tension that these notes create. but its still melodic (and you said this video isnt melodic).

[GuitarCriti01]

@BeatBay So let me get this straight... you think that jazz before bird, monk and dizzy was not melodic? and you think that modern jazz can be summed up through theoretical increased amounts of tension?

[BeatBay]

@GuitarCriti01 if you mean the old swing jazz from the pre-bebop time, than you`re right! but for me jazz started with bird, christisan , monk and dizzy. one of the most distinctive attributes of jazz are altered chords and the tension within the music itself. modern jazz isnt about playing the diatonic. its about dissonant notes, like the flat five (as a common example), that create a special "jazzy" tension in the music. but thats a "modern-jazz-opinion",if i can say so.but you are right too.

[GuitarCriti01]

@BeatBay You don't think jazz is melodic? Are you kidding me? I really hope so../

[BeatBay]

@GuitarCriti01 thats JAZZ!! and he is a legend!