In classic big band jazz, the horn section would often play the melody of a song harmonized in four or more parts. This technique of harmonizing a melodic line ... Read More...
A perennial holiday favorite, “Silent Night” was first performed in 1818 on Christmas Eve in a small church in Austria. At the request of the lyricist Father Jo... Read More...
The blues shuffle rhythm has a kind of swing feel that always gets the party started and can be heard throughout the blues world. Here's a look at the bas... Read More...
Posted by Andrew DuBrock
Before you get overwhelmed by the prospect of navigating the whole fingerboard, you should know that it’s much easier than you m... Read More...
Posted by Scott Nygaard
After you’ve settled into the basic bluegrass and country boom-chuck rhythm pattern, you’re bound to start looking for something else... Read More...
Many of the best licks and riffs by artists like the Beatles and Neil Young are really just made up of bits and pieces of easy chord shapes. You can use the... Read More...
By Chris Grampp
The boom-chuck beat is one of the first rhythms guitarists learn, and for good reason: you can play thousands of acoustic-guitar songs in... Read More...
Posted by Ron Forbes-Roberts
In the language of the blues, the term turnaround refers to a musical figure played over the I and V chords in the last two ... Read More...
One of Blind Blake’s signature rhythmic ideas was a “thumb roll” in the bass. This quick note before the downbeat of the measure adds a unique bounce to the gro... Read More...
Example 3 shows a syncopated variation of a 4/4 rhythm that features a pattern of two dotted quarter notes and a quarter note in the bass. This asymmetr... Read More...
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