Re: Jimmy Raney chords HELP!1 (Abersold Play Along)
Lawson G. Stone ( (no email) )
Thu, 07 Nov 1996 09:29:38 -0500
wreeve wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm an intermediant Jazz guitar player. Just purchased J. Raney's
> Abersold play along CD. I'd like to see some examples (neck diagrams) of
> chords he is using in some of these songs. Trying to comp & play the
> chords written above the melody is confusing. For example: The F or Bb
> blues. When I see a chord say; F7th, Fsus,Fdim F7b5 or F7b5#9 how do I
> know what form to play. Root, 3rd or 5th in base. I'd like to see some
> chordal examples of Raney's playing here. He seems to move gracefully
> from chord to chord. When I play I seem to jump all over the neck tying
> to find & fit these 2 chords/measure. Is there a easier way to do this,
> or could someone sum up in a nut shell what comping is. I understand
> the anticipating/delaying chord thing. But what are these chords?
> I've have learned say 5 to 8 of each type, Which do I use and where?
>
I have this set too and find it both challenging and rewarding to work
with for the intermediate player. While I don't have fingerings for the
comping, I do have 2 or 3 of the solos done in tab, not to prevent folks
from having to read, but just to work out good fingerings (at least for
my playing preferences). I generally don't like tab, but I find it makes
a good worksheet for trying to analyze positional playing so that I
don't just have a memorized solo, I have a set of melodic ideas learned
in conjunction with a certain set of chord positions. I haven't got
these in a "postable" form, but am trying to get them into Finale. I
know a fellow who has done a few that I haven't done. It would be nice
to have all those solos worked out illustratively.
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