A lot of musicians have an issue with playing a good groove and keep it it happening.
Dec 26, 2024
Category Archives: Ideas
Diminished Chord Scales
Interesting short articles by Rick Stone discussing and explaining diminished major and minor scales here. Some great ideas. Anything that makes you hear the fretboard from a fresh angle is very inspiring. Check them out… Continue Reading
Recardo Bossa Nova
We recorded this in Melbourne November 2011 with Daniel Weltlinger (violin) and Howard Cairns (Bass) We were inspired by the version recorded by Hank Mobley , Lee Morgan and band. Recardo Bossa Nova Right or control click to download Here is a pdf chart of the head with the changes. Recardo Bossa Nova Right or control click to download (Selmers…… Continue Reading
La Mer
We recorded this tune with Daniel Weltlinger and Howard Cairns in November 2011. There are many ways you can harmonize this tune. Here is a chart with some basic changes that you can mess around with. You can do anything with this tune. It makes fore a nice fingerstyle piece, or ballad, or medium swinger…… Continue Reading
Sour Georgia Brown
She’s not sweet anymore. We were messing with some whole tone harmony. 11 Sour Georgia Brown Gives it that “old modern Warner Brothers cartoon kind of vibe.… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Lost
“Let’s Get Lost” The most famous version is the one by Chet Baker I guess. I was having fun messing around with this today as a solo guitar piece and I tried it as a gypsy jazz medium romp. You can do anything with a good tune. The first four bars here serve as a…… Continue Reading
Voicings and chords and stacking it up and hamburgers
We played a gig in Victoria at a place called Martian’s Cafe. It was full of alien lifeforms. I had this for dinner. Check it out wow, what a burger! While I was thinking about how to eat it without getting it all over my shirt I had a little daydream where I posed some…… Continue Reading