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Jazz
Guitar 101
In jazz, rhythms are a lot of times more free and improvised
than in other styles. You will need to develop a vocabulary of
jazz swing rhythms to comp with. Comp
is short for accompany, and in jazz refers to improvising an accompaniment
in the style of the song. If the song is a funk tune, you will
comp differently that if you where going to comp
in a jazz swing tune. When you see a Cmaj7 chord in a tune being
played for 2 measures, this means that you can play any voicing
of Cmaj7 chord (or any chord that you can substitute for a Cmaj7),
and any compatible rhythm.
Guitar Bob asks: But cyberfret dude, how
do I know what rhythms or chords voicings to play?
Cyberfret dude answers: Fear not Guitar
Bob, to start with you will only use the chord voicings on the
previous page, and the rhythms pattern below. You will then just
keep adding to these basics.
Your
First Swing Rhythm
If you do not know how to read rhythms check out
understanding
rhythms.
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Page 3, Minor 7b5 and Diminished 7 Chords
Page 5, Jazz Chord Progressions
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