GuitarWank Guitarwank - Episode 99V April 30th, 2018
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Apr 30, 2018 The hosts discuss the importance of studying jazz tunes for guitarists to develop vocabulary and understand cadences, melodies, and forms. They also emphasize the love for jazz and the desire to provide a foundation for listeners to delve deeper into the genre. The speakers discuss their approach to learning and playing jazz songs, emphasizing the importance of understanding the songs at a basic level, recognizing the melody and its interaction with the changes, and experimenting with different chord substitutions. They also discuss chord progressions, different ways to approach playing them on the guitar, and the importance of understanding the harmony and theory behind the music.
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Melody over Chords
- Prioritize learning melodies over chords when learning jazz tunes.
- Let the melody guide your harmonic choices, like a hanger for clothes.
Memorizing Tunes
- Commit melodies to memory first, then add harmony.
- Treat melodies like hangers, upon which harmonic 'clothes' hang.
Buddy Jones and Bird
- Bruce Foreman shares a story about his mentor, Buddy Jones.
- Jones, a bassist, was friends with Charlie Parker and witnessed the creation of 'Scrapple from the Apple'.