Chords for Jazz Guitar Lesson: Sweet Comping Fills For Maj7 Chords

_ _ _ _ _ _ So guys welcome to class we're gonna use this concept now of chords within chords more of a comping kind of
function or or fills kind of function
So yeah, let's just move on to the PDF.
We're playing on two chords E major [E] 7
and [A] A major 7
So the idea here is to be able to play kind of _ _
something more in the lines of fills rather than just kind [G#] of holding a [C#m] chord on the entire
[G#] you know entire stretch of where that chord is.
Let me play
_ [E] The backing track and just the chord so you can hear it.
It's four bars of each chord
[B] _
four _ [E] bars of E major 7 _ _ _
[B] _ So _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ often you know that's enough just little movements like that but
To be able to do some some more and also to kind of bridge the gap between comping and soloing I think this
_ _ Chords within chords idea is
_ working good so
first line is the chords are
Everything is coming from E major scale and the first line is the kind of chords that are very closely related to to E major 7 _
[G#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ So all that [G#] it's kind of [Fm] sounds like an E major 7 of some [E] sorts or E6 [C#]
in major 9, you know [E] something like this _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Next _ line [A] A major 7.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
You see some of the chords are the same
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G]
You
And
Also some of it is gonna hear
_ Sound kind of like the relative key.
So for E major that is C sharp [N] minor and for A major
That's F sharp minor.
But you know when we have a bass and
Something doing the comp it's gonna sound like like the major chord this
So, let me try to demonstrate how we can use this stuff on the comp like this and this is I mean less is more
You know, it's it's not about
_ _ You know playing as much as possible honest it's more
_ If you're using this for comping you need to kind of listen to of course the vocalist or soloist and fit in
Fit in the gaps between phrases or kind of follow the phrases
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ You
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
[G#] Okay, so you get a picture is
You know having that tasteful
You know what when you play it when you play less it kind of [G] it's even more [D] important that
[Fm] You're kind of hitting the right spots, right?
[F#m] So
being tasteful [A] then _
[E] Yeah, _ I think this soft [G] works great right now the sound of this guitar maybe
_ A bit muddy maybe for this comp, you know, maybe you'd want to do it with a lighter sound _
_ For this [F] particular track maybe I don't [E] know
[F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [A] Well, _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ anyway check it out have a great day see you soon
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