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How does playing triads over bass notes best function for the modern jazz artist out there?
When playing my lounge-jazz shows solo acoustic style, I love to find better ways to fill up the open space in the room. It is the greatest challenge to me when I play solo. Playing triads over bass notes help me with creating harmony over pedal tones, which basically allows me to play bass and guitar with the sustained pitch that is usually the lowest pitch, at the same time or close together, so that it sounds like two people playing.
So any suggestions or comments regarding how jazz artists like you or those you know of use triads over bass tones? j:)
Great answers! I am a lover and student/tutor for jazz-chord theory and I can always expand upon that world. I also absolutely agree with using more complex ideas outside of the triads. It actually seems easier to approach it that way instead. There is more freedom, and as musicians we really appreciate having less restrictions when getting out our ideas. It is also very true that watching someone play solo jazz is worth a million paper lessons. I learned more from a youtube video of Ray Parker Jr than I ever could have reading stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isGRMPvcuFk
Also I appreciated the link by the other answer, that is some nice jamming piano!
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- SoulmateLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Learn some theory. As much as you can, but start with learning to extend triads into 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th chords. Then you can conceptualize a less-restrictive harmonic model than simple triads.
Learn not to use every note in the chord. as a solo guitarist, you're playing a melody line, a bass line and inner voices that fill out the harmony. Between the melody and the bass line two of those notes are already defined so all you really need to do is pick additional notes to fill out the harmony.
Learn the moveable chord system. Walking a bass line and dropping chords in is not that hard to do once you've learned the basic set of moveable chords.
Dont be afraid to take liberties with the song. It will make it easier to play solo and making a song "yours" is never a bad idea.
And learn others' approaches. Solo jazz guitar is a VERY complex skill that is difficult to unravel and to master. Even learning a couple arrangements by other guitarists will show you more about how its done than you could ever get by reading books or struggling to "re-invent the wheel" on your own.
Source(s): playing solo jazz guitar is just about my favorite musical endeavor. These are things I've learned along the way to becoming a better solo guitarist. - ?Lv 45 years ago
Ronny Jordan,,, Earl Klugh,, George Benson,, Norman Brown,, Try discovering something at the "Windham Hill" list label. Smooth Jazz is what they do,,, and they have got a massive catalogue of first-rate artists. I have a compilation CD referred to as "Midnight Groove" that is beautiful well.
