Jazz Guitar Lesson - Chord Voicing and Comping

frankg3rd Says:

Oct 31, 2010 - I wish my mind could grasp the concept of what you are talking about. Thank you for this contribution .

MrDarkLight93 Says:

Dec 20, 2010 - jazz rules¡¡(>,<)

ElvisBluntman777 Says:

Feb 22, 2011 - Jazz is beautiful

jazzbluesshred Says:

Mar 5, 2011 - amazing! great vid!

Fiarzen Says:

Apr 22, 2011 - looks like nicholas cage :D

juanchopedales Says:

Jun 4, 2011 - raice 2 ? i never hear that.

eletric74 Says:

Jun 6, 2011 - What amp is he using?

marguitar1 Says:

Aug 4, 2011 - Hey that's a great lesson! I am just now getting into jazz guitar. Could you tell me who are some of the great jazz guitarists from the 20's-40's period?

Odinsgade Says:

Aug 8, 2011 - Fender Deluxe i guess. 

Pluckyxo Says:

Aug 12, 2011 - Looks like fun but it's over my head

realfuckinggas Says:

Aug 28, 2011 - I want to be able to do that soooo bad!!! gonna start learnin!

MackenzieLawless Says:

Sep 18, 2011 - looks like a fender deluxe

upT3mpo Says:

Oct 16, 2011 - Freddie Green, but if you want to be inspired I suggest you start with Wes Montgomery, almost every great player today is inspired by Wes, for good reason. If you really want to be influenced, also try non-guitarists like Charlie Parker (Sax), Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet), or Chic Corea (Keys). It's all just great music at the end of the day, it just happens to be the guitar which is your chosen choice of instrument. Good luck and keep going with it, time = results!

JeezoozeChrysler Says:

Dec 3, 2011 - alright thanks,I thought he was just improvising and I was scared to death,like " how in the world can you improvise something that beautiful ? " but I guess this gentleman would have no probs improvising either eheh

metalmilitia137 Says:

Dec 7, 2011 - who else absolutely adores the cmaj7 chord, only the jazziest,laid-back chord ever? :D

2009korte Says:

Dec 8, 2011 - hi

ChrisAustman Says:

Dec 11, 2011 - I can't tell from the resolution but it looks like a Fender DeVille of some kind. Fantastic for clean tone and one of the nicest spring reverbs out there. Could be a Deluxe.

Bbm7b5b9 Says:

Dec 18, 2011 - Just finished Jazz Guitar 101 with Bruce at Berklee On Line. Changed me as a guitar player. He is a fantastic teacher and inspiring player. The cost of the course was some of the best money invested in my pursuit. Thanks again Bruce.

markushalfmad Says:

Jan 31, 2012 - I understand 'comping' as a short term for 'accompanying' but I still don't quite understand the term 'voicing' - my guess would be 'the melodic line resulting from a sequence of chords', but then I suppose that would be called 'chord melody'Pls, can someone shed some light on this terminology aspect to help me understand its precise meaning?

clarity754 Says:

Feb 2, 2012 - Voicing basically refers to the order of the notes in the chord. If you take a Cmaj7 chord (comprised of the notes C E G B) and play it in that order you have a "closed" voicing or Root position chord. If you change the order to E G B C you have a Cmaj7 chord in first inversion (meaning the E is the lowest sounding note). Change the order again to G B C E and you have a second inversion Cmaj7 chord. It's how your "voicing" the chord. It's still the same chord, Cmaj7

markushalfmad Says:

Feb 22, 2012 - thank you very much - it's all very clear now!cheers!

talkinaboutgrant Says:

Mar 4, 2012 - Great!

zakkyvicious1 Says:

Mar 7, 2012 - can someone please tell me what the song was at the beginning? 

marguitar1 Says:

Apr 4, 2012 - I'm pretty sure voicing means inverting the individual notes in some of the chords so that they sound differently. In other words the notes get flipped upside down and such. The root note for example normally acts as the bass note, but when it is inverted, it becomes one of the higher pitched notes in the chord. That way the chords have a different 'voicing' in how they sound. That not only changes the voicing of the chord but it also allows you more ways to play melodies around your chords.

2MrBrian Says:

Apr 30, 2012 - More than inversion, voicing really means what notes do you choice to play and what notes do you leave out. In other words, how do you voice a chord? For example, maybe you would voice a G7b9 b13chord as F, B, Eb,Ab and leave out the root. Or you may play a C6/9 as E, G, A, D. Both of those examples are rootless voicings. Or you may voice Gb9 as G, B, F, Ab leaving out the fifth, D.