RE: Jimmy Raney chords HELP!1 (Abersold Play Along)

Frank Curran ( frankj@curran.Eng.Sun.COM )
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:08:06 -0800

As a guitar player myself (I also have the Jimmy Raney playalong from
Jamey Abersold) I'd love to see these chords too. Could we possibly
put them up on Reed Kotler's website? That way we could all access
them.

Frank

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> From: dtjazz@iglou.com (Jamey Aebersold)
> Subject: RE: Jimmy Raney chords HELP!1 (Abersold Play Along)
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> Give us a fax number and Jamey will write you.
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> I am passing this e-mail along to him.
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> >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?
> >
> >Thanks; William Reeve
> >wreeve@cayman.litc.lockheed.com
> >
> >
> >
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