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61.
Wes Montgomery Type Blues Licks (#23)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Wes Montgomery was a pioneer of modern jazz guitar, and his style was rooted in the blues. He had a real economy of style, but could burn with the best of them when the situation called for it. Also known for his use of oct...(more)
Jazz · Intermediate · 151804 Hits · 4.20 / 5 (102 ratings)
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Wes Montgomery Type Blues Licks (#23)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In this example, there's a repeated figure on the tonic, and the last note is varied each time. Note how in the middle of measure 4, we play both the low G and the G and slide down. If you think this is a bit easy, just rem...(more)
Jazz · Intermediate · 151804 Hits · 4.20 / 5 (102 ratings)
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Wes Montgomery Type Blues Licks (#23)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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There's a bit of melodic development in this one. We keep playing around with little ideas from the G blues scale until measure 6, when we use a nice slurred blues run to move from the C7 back to the G7.
Jazz · Intermediate · 151804 Hits · 4.20 / 5 (102 ratings)
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Wes Montgomery Type Blues Licks (#23)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Now it's time for the last few bars of the form. Our main progression here is the II-V-I (Am7-D7-G). We create rhythmic interest by playing ascending quarter notes for the first two measures, but we always start it on the o...(more)
Jazz · Intermediate · 151804 Hits · 4.20 / 5 (102 ratings)
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Wes Montgomery Type Blues Licks (#23)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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An Am7 arpeggio (A,C,E,G) is used both in descending and ascending fashion in measure 9. Eighth notes are used for the descent, and quarter note triplets for the ascent. The ascending line leads nicely into a chromatic blue...(more)
Jazz · Intermediate · 151804 Hits · 4.20 / 5 (102 ratings)
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Wes Montgomery Type Blues Licks (#23)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Like the previous page, an ascending arpeggio is used with quarter note triplets. In this case in measure 7, it's an FMaj7 (F,A,C,E). Little sidenote here: the A,C, and E notes form what is called an <b>upper structure tria...(more)
Jazz · Intermediate · 151804 Hits · 4.20 / 5 (102 ratings)
67.
Maple Leaf Rag (#24)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Scott Joplin wrote a ton of ragtime piano tunes, many of which are classics and very recognizable. The Maple Leaf Rag is one of his best known. The piece is originally in Ab, but here it's in A because it lays out better fo...(more)
Acoustic/Folk · Intermediate · 146254 Hits · 4.71 / 5 (234 ratings)
68.
Maple Leaf Rag (#24)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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This section is a bit longer. Don't be intimidated by the length. Mms. 1-3 are exactly the same as mms. 9-11 and 3 is the same as 7, so once you get the pieces together, a lot of them repeat. Again, play it slowly to get i...(more)
Acoustic/Folk · Intermediate · 146254 Hits · 4.71 / 5 (234 ratings)
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Maple Leaf Rag (#24)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Here's the third section of the piece. For the first four measures, we move from the A chord in the 5th position to the open D, and then repeat the whole thing in mms 5-8. At the end of measure 8, we hit the F#7 chord to ge...(more)
Acoustic/Folk · Intermediate · 146254 Hits · 4.71 / 5 (234 ratings)
70.
Maple Leaf Rag (#24)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In the last section, we move primarily between the D major chord that starts it off, A major, which is the key, and E major. There's some really nice syncopation happening in mms 13-15, which leads us through the D Major-D M...(more)
Acoustic/Folk · Intermediate · 146254 Hits · 4.71 / 5 (234 ratings)
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