The thing with the Blues that makes it unique in music is its unique blend of major & minor within the chordal harmony. Only the American black man could create this mood where some solace is found within the burdens of life. No other people on Earth can take the credit for the jazz & blues styles.
Tom is a fantastic teacher. Fun fact, when i play slide i angle, kinda like Son House, not intentionally, or to copy. I find it easier to have more control, playing at an angle, came naturally
@@intuneorange Everyone including myself. I like Pass usually but here he is not clicking, just going through the motions. All he is doing is playing trite little phrases and then punctuating with block chords. it should be obvious, just listen.
If you consider this merely “throwing scales and chords together”, you should consider studying jazz improvisation to gain an accurate understanding of the process. Because that’s precisely what it is: a *process* . It’s not “throwing” things together.
@@spb7883 I am a virtuoso of improvisation and understand all. In this performance Pass is not really clicking and it is quite uninspired a reveals that simplicity of his infantile system. He is literally just playing scales and then hitting chords back and forth.
I certainly wouldn't consider this an infantile system, do you have any posts of yourself so I can judge of what you're saying with words is backed by individual virtuoso playing in practice ?
What a great visual of his right-hand technique! The way he uses his thumb all across the strings as well as his other fingers is so smooth. I haven't seen anyone else play quite like that. What a master of the instrument.
I sure wish I had this to look at way back when… It was Joe Pass that got me into jazz guitar and led me to Berklee College of music. Nice and beautiful.
I took a look at this video just to try to determine what type of guitars they are playing, but the video quality is so bad I could not tell. Both guitars have the "open book" shape on the top of the headstock, and the guitar on the right has the "split diamond" in the center of the headstock. These features suggest a Gibson of some sort. Does anyone know wwat guitars these guys are playing?
