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Article #325: Playing Jazz Guitar

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When a person knows the basics of playing traditional guitars because the wood used
the guitar, it is quite easy to play is a lighter material and the strings are
music from various genres. Many people set much lower making it faster to play.
start in one genre before moving on to For the person to play like other
another. A good example is Bach who guitarists, it is advisable to buy the
composed classical music the traditional right guitar for the part.
way then later improvised it creating Another way of learning how to play jazz
something unique for the audience to is by listening to some of the greatest
appreciate. jazz musicians. Some of the best are Ella
Playing guitar jazz is also like that. It Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong
can be improvised and/or combined with and David Benoit. By buying the albums
other musical genres. By listening to the and listening to how each of these people
notes and a little practice, the people play and sing, you will get into the
who hear it will simply love it. The rhythm and be playing like the experts in
same thing can happen when playing the a short time.
guitar. A person can start by learning a Since the music is quite different,
certain song the way is it commonly practicing the various notes will help.
played; then when he understands the One can start with a C note. This should
rhythm he can determine where slight be done repeatedly while the left hand is
changes can be made, how it can be moving on the chromatic scale. For a
refined and/or turned into a jazz better feel, the E flat can be added
rendition. until one has reached the blue scale.
Jazz music is made up of 4 beats to a Learning how to play jazz music will take
measure. This is called syncopation which some time. The important thing to make it
is very different from classical music successful is being able to hear each
that is made up of half beats. By part of the song. If a person is serious
learning how to play each of these notes about switching genre's, then he must
and with a lot of practice, you will be devote a lot of time and effort to get it
able to get used to the rhythm. right.
Jazz guitars are different from






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