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How to start??

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Topic: How to start??

Posted By: rockinglicks
Subject: How to start??
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2013 at 9:09pm

I want few tips to begin playing with the jazz guitar? I am totally beginner. So, I want easy stuff. I'd love to learn to play jazz guitar as it sounds cool and makes me feel pleased.

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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2013 at 1:55am

I teach people how to play jazz, including the occasional guitar student, so I'll see if I can help. First, give me some background that might help me.

1) Do you already know how to play guitar? If so, what styles do you play?

2) What style of jazz do you want to play? Do you have some favorite guitar players or guitar albums.

Just to give you a start, if you already know some guitar, playing jazz is all about the extended chords; 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, etc and altered chords. So be ready to start expanding your chord knowledge.

If you already know some guitar, then try "Tune Up" or "Lover Man", both are fairly easy tunes for beginners. You'll probably want to buy "The Real Book", it has lots of tunes.

I moved this thread to the Musicians Exchange.

Posted By: rockinglicks
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2013 at 10:33pm

I actually used to play acoustic some years back. I am back at strumming and would like to learn the jazz. I can play somehow but when it comes to alter chords, I find it little difficulty. My fingers need to be swift, I guess. Well, thanks for your feedback. Let me try these tunes.

Posted By: sirat199
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2013 at 1:42pm

Actually Your chords for jazz guitar are considerably more complex compared to open chords acoustic players make use of. At least start using 7 chords (minor, major, and dominant) and don't use many open strings. It's the basic. Star

Posted By: Shrdlu
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2014 at 3:21pm

I recommend listening to a lot of recordings by well-known players, and, at times, playing along with the records - you can't break anything, lol.

Assuming that you want a "modern" guitar sound, and also not a rock or fusion sound, I suggest Kenny Burrell, Grant Green and Wes Montgomery, to begin with. They always sound good - though for Green I would cut things off at about 1965; he was on countless Blue Note sessions and always sounded great. Their solos are always easy to follow.

John McLaughlin is amazing, but I dislike fusion music, and John plays so fast that you would have quite a time keeping up with him. My favorite McLaughlin is on Miles's "In A Silent Way" and, a distant second, "Bitches' Brew".