Comping Blue In Green

[mahayana]

I do like your arrangement, JA. Have played it through a few times, not up to speed yet.

The first tab is easier to read on my little computer screen, I'll try printing out #2, maybe it will be easier on my eyes that way. Guess that's one problem, getting a music score to fit while keeping font size large enough to not squint.

May just be my glasses. I like Guitar Pro 4, we should do a different song in another thread using it, maybe 20% larger, fewer measures per line?

[jazzalta]

Great M. I'm going to send pinsk94 some tunes, maybe one at a time. Do you have any requests, any arrangement you're already working on etc. Let me know folks.

[mahayana]

Well, I did ask for something a little jazzier than what I posted at Solitude (lost over in Misc. Lessons, before we got Heads and Comping sections). My Funny Valentine is another that comes out kind of blah the way I play it. There are lots of tunes I'd like to find better arrangements for! Let me think...

[kawe]

Hi folks!
I just played it through and it really sounds fine, jazzalta2!
What about playing the Dm 6/9 that way:

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[jazzalta]

Hi Kawa. The idea behind my arrangements is that they are not written in stone. They only represent one way that a tune can be harmonized. In fact, I very rarely play songs the same way twice. I try to use voicings that I like and that snag the melody where need be. So use whatever you like. That's the whole idea.

[kawe]

Ok! Understood!
I hope, there will be more to come!

kawe

ps: have you got tefs of Kenny Burrell or others, who play chord solos?

[jazzalta]

Mine are mostly my own, with the occasional Joe Pass or Lenny Breau related riff or two. Joe was my main guy so a lot of my stuff probably reflects that. I was going to use my stuff with students as a starting point for their own arrangements. I never really meant for them to be played verbatim. But, I guess they can stand alone too.

[mahayana]

Namaste (jazzalta),

You asked in this thread a couple of years ago for requests- do you do All Blues, have a chord melody arrangement for that one?

thanks

[yemntftb]

hey - maybe you guys can help me out but band in the box doesn't let me entire the BbMaj7#11 - what alternate chords can I use for this?

[ajrdileva]

Interesing discussion...

I just posted a new thread in this same forum with a reharm for Blue in Green and looking for a guitar player with good knowledge of harmony.

maybe any of you is interested here:
jazzguitar.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=comping&action=display&thread=628