Swing, Bop, Ragtime, 2nd Line

Hey everyone! Best wishes and peace and love!

Here’s some ideas I had about playing swing, bop, second line, ragtime – what folks call jazz.

Jazz Guitar Kitchen Articles

• 30 Lessons in Jazz Guitar (Groove, Fundamentals, Soloing, Songs)
  1. Learn Jazz Guitar, Day 1, So What by Miles Davis
  2. Learn Jazz Guitar, Day 2, So What by Miles Davis
  3. Advice for Learning to Play Jazz (Bebop, 2nd Line, Swing)
  4. Practicing Jazz Groove, Lesson 2
  5. Practicing jazz groove, Lesson 1
  6. Playing 4 on the Floor!
  7. Chords for Autumn Leaves in A minor
  8. Playing Bach on guitar
  9. Learning to Second Line
  10. Learning to groove with Rebirth Brass Band
  11. Creating Diatonic Jazz Chords (and Melodies) from Major Scales
  12. 7 Ideas for Playing Solo Jazz Guitar
• Blues in Jazz
• Learning Autumn Leaves (Cannonball/Miles Version, Chords)
• Chord ideas for Autumn Leaves
• Learning Giants Steps
• New Lesson – How to play Softly as a Morning Sunrise
• Softly (As a Morning Sunrise) – Chords in A minor
• Master Classes with Hal Galper
  • Musical Vocabulary (Hal Galper)
  • Rhythm and Syncopation (Hal Galper)
  • Technique, Part 1 (Hal Galper)
  • Technique, Part 2 (Hal Galper)
  • The Illusion of An Instrument (Hal Galper)
• Practicing bebop songs
• Charlie Parker/bebop songs
• How to Play Salsa Guitar!
• Learn Reggae Guitar (Rhythm, Chords, Scales, History)
• Memorizing Classical (Guitar) Music: 24 Ideas for Deeper Mastery

Ideas about Playing Jazz

Check out the website Jazz Advice.  They write some good articles about learning jazz.  Here’s my advice about learning jazz.

To become a better jazz musician, or really just a better musician, theory is important. But most important are the ears, the groove, and the knowledge of the music. here are some suggestions:

1. Play along with the greats. A good place to start is miles davis in the 50s. He plays great stuff but it isn’t too hard to pick up on. start by learning his solos on so what, Freddie Freeloader and All Blues
2. Memorize standard jazz songs – read this article and pick a few tunes from it to start – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_standard. This helps because when you play with others you can focus on the music.
3. Learn solos note for note and play them with the original – here are some good transcriptions, you should try to do your own too – http://www.lucaspickford.com/ and http://www.jazztranscriptions.co.uk/ . I use Transcribe! Here’s a great transcription of Witch Hunt, a Wayne Shorter tune.  It includes all three solos!
4. Theory does help. The jazz handbook writes about how to learn jazz and  has a lot of theory – We love you Jamey! http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/download/FQBK-handbook.pdf
5. Check out these articles I wrote about chords, blues and soloing

Practice Makes Progress!

• Six 5-10 Minute Groove Practice Ideas!
• Five 5-10 Minute Practice Ideas
• Make your Own Backing Track (5 Minute Practice Ideas)
• 7 five minute practice ideas
• Kindness in Learning Music
• Musicality: Nature, Nurture & 10,000 hours?

Peace and Love & All the best!