Improvisation

Three Types of Jazz Guitar Improvisers

I generally divide jazz guitarists into three basic camps when it comes to improvising styles: Motif style, Cliche-based, and Stream of Consciousness. Obviously all players don’t fall completely into any of these camps but it helps me to organize things. Motif-Based A player in the Motif camp generally will take maybe 3 or 4 ideas […]

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Creating a "Basic" Solo That Stands The Test of Time

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I noticed two different videos on Youtube recently of George Benson playing the song “Wekend in L.A.” – a great R&B tune that he recorded in the 80’s. What really struck me about the videos was not necessarily the simlarity of the arrangements. Many times a jazz artist will play the same arrangements of tunes

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