How do you work on finding better comping rhythms? Check out the 3 levels of Jazz Chords that will make it easier to learn to comp: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RhnSwrlX8-g.html
Awesome lesson Jens.. can see how comping... chord voicing... arpeggios and improv will all blend in with ur concepts and this is Just one more little piece in the puzzle that u have so elegantly expressed.. thank u
Great lesson as always Jens! Like many others, comping is probably my least practiced area of playing. I can't wait to sit down and shed some of these ideas when I have some time!
Excellent as always. A minor remark, my English is relatively functionnal (I am Fr.) but here you qpoke a bit quick. Now I have spending some time in KBVN. I remember the Danish devotion for coffee ! Thanks a lot anyway.
For anyone who wants to learn more about the subject, Chris McQueen of Snarky Puppy has a fantastic series on this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-te19kYVG2qU.html As always, a succinct and nutritious lesson Jens.
If you play the music you want to play then you will develop your own style, I don't think you need to really worry about it. Trying to sound different can often sound really fake
Ps .... I’ve watched every single lesson you have done ...I’ve learned so much and improved massively as a musician and guitar player even though I’ve been teaching others for 30 years ! I cannot thank you enough ..,keep up the great work you are doing . I can see from all the comments that you inspire a lot of players . Long may it continue . X
Hi Jens I just recieved you're Modern Jazz Concepts book today and it is really well put and helpful. My goal is to improvise freely so thx for everything you do
Great stuff as always, but don’t you need to base how you comp at least partly on what the soloist is doing? I stick with certain rhythms more during bossa tunes but other times not so much.
Do you play any funk? I would love you see you do a video on some advanced funk approaches on chord voicing and funk guitar soloing. I feel like at a place funk and jazz meet. I see a lot of videos teaching funk guitar on RU-vid, but they often don't cover much of the jazzier side of funk
I read somewhere that modern comping is more interactive and less about "driving the band"... And that 4 to the floor and modern comping were mutually exclusive. This is one example of many that disproves all of that. Erroll Garner had his 4 to floor to drive the ship, just like Wynton Kelly had his signature push that made the whole band jump. Rhythmic confidence. Easier said than done. I love this exercise, but I also say "take it off the instrument". Grunt it, squeal it, pat it on your knee--get it into your body and, more accurately, your inner ear. This year I realized I need to focus on the rhythms more than the notes and chords--wish I focused on that more in the past :) Rhythmic practice is WAY deeper than I originally thought. It's HOW ya play the rhythm, as odd as that sounds.
Cool that you mentioned Lou Donalson Alligator Boogaloo. I have the LP. Had forgotten than George Benson played on it. There is another track on the LP that maybe a challenge to the beginner, One Cylinder, since it is in an odd and unusual time signature.In a band I played in we used it as test for potential new members whether they would play comfortably in that time signature.
Hi Jens this is one of the least practised things I do so this has really made me think. I always do it in my head. Probably one of my weakest points. So thanks for the tips.
@@jakefrancis9521 Yes, I heard that the music I love does not have a favorable standing among younger generations. I don't know exactly why. However, I also see the comping that is thought here is not specific for jazz. The principles applied can be used for many styles of music. Maybe also music that your 3 year old likes.. The princeples I learned here, are really just an encouragement to come up with stuff we like ourself. Vary systematically what you try out, and keep whay like, and throw away what you dislike. Maybe there can be a job in your kindergarten?
