Post by Phil on Feb 3, 2019 10:02:45 GMT -6
The last couple of weeks I haven't had much motivation to practice. Fortunately, my enthusiasm perked up again on Friday. I watched a video and took the time to figure out the chord accompaniment that Frank Vignola played with Jimmy Bruno on a song I've been working on, the Jazz standard "Body and Soul." I learned more about chord voicings, progressions, moving bass lines, moving inner voices, and voice leading than I have from any other single source. Maybe a better way of putting it is that all the little bits and pieces of playing chord accompaniment that I've been trying to learn finally came together by doing this one exercise.
I'm thankful that we have access to videos now-a-days because I would never have been able to do this by ear alone. I needed the visuals to get an idea of where his fingers were on the fretboard. I can usually figure out simple single note lines by ear, but chord voicings are another thing altogether. My ear is just not developed enough for that.
I'm still struggling with that Phil Keaggy stretching exercise I talked about a few weeks ago. I can't do it cleanly yet (and maybe never will). However, it has helped immensely with making some other chord shapes easier to play. So I'm going to continue working on it. It only takes about 3 minutes to do.
Maybe if my enthusiasm continues I'll get around to making a video.
I'm thankful that we have access to videos now-a-days because I would never have been able to do this by ear alone. I needed the visuals to get an idea of where his fingers were on the fretboard. I can usually figure out simple single note lines by ear, but chord voicings are another thing altogether. My ear is just not developed enough for that.
I'm still struggling with that Phil Keaggy stretching exercise I talked about a few weeks ago. I can't do it cleanly yet (and maybe never will). However, it has helped immensely with making some other chord shapes easier to play. So I'm going to continue working on it. It only takes about 3 minutes to do.
Maybe if my enthusiasm continues I'll get around to making a video.
I started a new workout program, it was a gazillion below zero for several days, I also had a rock in my shoe and the sun was in my eyes...no way I could get anything done on guitar 