Here is a slower set of playalongs for the C 12 Bar blues. Grab your guitar and get rocking.
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Category Archives: Guitar
12 Bar Blues – Shuffle Feel – Playalong – C Major
12 Bar Blues Playalong – C Major
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All the Things You Are – Jazz Guitar Etude 1
An etude in a quasi-baroque fashion for All the Things You Are. It is in standard notation and tab.
Fingering has been omitted, so that you may find what works best for you. The tab contains a possible way to play, and, indeed, is the way I constructed it.
If you read standard notation, you may experiment with other fingerings.
Thank you, and enjoy.
Image of page one below. Full 3 page Etude is PDF. Click here or image.
II-V-I in G Major (A1)
Two Five One Pattern for Jazz Guitar.
This is a core two five one pattern in G major. Based on strings 4, 3, and 2, it is relatively easy to play on the guitar and very, very versatile. Get this one down and experiment a lot.
Copy the image or click to get pdf of score/tabs.
Enjoy!
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Soloing With Chords D C G
Click Image below to open pdf of Voicings for Soloing with D C G in a new tab.
Seven Come Eleven – Charlie Christian Guitar Solo and Head – Standard Notation and TAB
Here is where so much jazz guitar comes from. We (jazz guitarists and the whole universe) are seriously indebted to Charlie Christian. Really study this one, notice how it sits on chords shapes. Memorize and play along, it’s zippy! Written in Standard Notation and TAB. Of course, other fingerings are possible, and depending upon how you play advised. Try them out. (Advantage: Note readers.;p)
Some fingerings might have other options. I’ve also included Benny Goodman’s great lead line for the bridge during the head, you want this, trust me. Also, I’ve included the background riff, played by piano and bass at the beginning of the song. (note: Pianist plays wrong note the first time through, but no other time during the piece. So, the end of the figure is Ab.)
You should already own this track, if you don’t, go get it. Buy it, don’t steal it, c’mon, man.
You can also listen on the youtube.
Click on the image to open and download the .pdf file.
and, as always, without further ado….
Roly Poly Transcription – Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys – Intro and Guitar Solo -Standard Notation and Tab
This is the intro, for two guitars and solo for Roly Poly, by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Recorded in 1946. The solo, is played by Jimmy Wyble, I believe. Maybe Cameron Hill. Not sure on that though, because I’ve heard a lot of different stories about it. If I’m wrong, please let me know. Definitely.
I’ve included the super cool intro for Gtr 1 and Gtr 2, followed by the main guitar solo, chords written above. There are a lot of different possibilites with fingerings, so here is just one that I came up with. I play it a few different ways, and I may post different fingerings.
You can hear the track over on youtube.
Click on image to get pdf of intro/solo.
and with no futher ado….
Minor Swing Transcription – Django Reinhardt Solo – Quintet of the Hot Club of France (1937)
Can’t think of a better way to get this site started than with one of my favorite musicians, Django Reinhardt. I feel like this is one of the most perfect solos ever recorded and really enjoyed learning and transcribing. There are limitations to the software I’m using (Musescore 2.0 Beta), but all-in-all it’s a pretty accurate transcription. But, of course, I’d appreciate your feedback, anything that can be improved, things I missed, or typos. Thanks and enjoy the transcription. Make sure to play along with the recording, this is the first version from 1937.
You can download the .pdf here, or by clicking the image below. Have fun!
This transcription is both in Standard Noation and Tablature, or TAB.
