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Finally wrapping up our introduction to learning jazz guitar in the style of the great Joe Pass!
We are learning here to orchestrate on the guitar; to simultaneously play or suggest more than one part at a time. This style of playing is called playing chords using Drop 2 Voicings. This is because if you "drop" or avoid playing the second chord voice you can more clearly separate and hear the distance and distinguish between the bass note and the upper register notes of a chord.
So far, in order to present and introduce these ideas I've played much of the music using very simple straight rhythms. In this final lesson I show how Joe Pass (or any good jazz guitarist) would shift the rhythms to a swinging approach; implying and using eighth note triplets in order to give it a swinging vitality that was a trademark of Joe's amazing jazz guitar style.
If you enjoyed accomplishing the skills in this tutorial, please continue on to the follow tutorials that pick up where this one leaves off.
Jazz Ala Joe Pass Series 2
Jazz Ala Joe Pass Series 3
Intro to Jazz Style Guitar
Chord Melody 'After You've Gone' Jazz Guitar Style
Chord Melody Style Guitar - St. Louis Blues
Happy jazz playing!
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