Tutorials tagged: “Comping”

  • 12-bar jazz blues example

    A twelve-bar jazz blues in G major for solo piano (melody and walking bass), and a twelve-bar blues in E flat major (walking bass and right-hand comping patterns).

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  • Bebop licks: ii-V7-i (2-5-1): minor key

    Some bebop licks for ii-V7-i cadences/chord progressions in the minor key, where the ii is a half-diminished (or minor 7 flat 5) chord.

    ii-V7-I in: D minor (184bpm) ✕ 2 • B minor (184bpm) • E minor (190bpm) • G minor (190bpm; lick from Keith Jarrett playing ‘Stella…’) • A minor (147bpm) • C minor (189bpm; lick from Bill Evans’ ‘Bill’s Hit Tune’) • A note about scales and chords

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  • Bebop licks: ii-V7-I (2-5-1): major key

    A collection of bebop licks over ii-V7-I cadences in the major key.

    ii-V7-I in: F major (198bpm) • F major (140bpm) • F major (200bpm) • E major (184bpm) • B flat major (236bpm) • E flat major (190bpm) • E flat major (Keith Jarrett) (164bpm)

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  • Comping and soloing over complex changes

    ★ New tutorial

    A case study on comping behind and soloing over a complex, 22-bar chord sequence. Includes two composed ‘ideal’ comping run-throughs (complete with notes about the voicings and techniques used), and exercises on improvising a solo based on chord tones only and then chord tones with passing notes. Finally, have a go comping and soloing yourself with a backing track.

    ‘The Boyfriend Chord’ head (section A) • Composing an ‘ideal’ comping run-through, version 1 • Bonus PDF: “George Shearing-style ‘locked-hands’ block chords” • Diatonic planing block chords over B major 7 • Composing an ‘ideal’ comping run-through, version 2 • Planing with So What voicing • Improvising a solo based on chord tones • A more realistic improvised solo, with passing notes • Jamming: have a go yourself

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