Chords for Robben Ford's Rhythm Revolution: Vamps & Jams - Intro

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[F] Hi, I'm Robin Ford and welcome to this [Bb] Vamps and Jams edition of Rhythm Revolution. _
[Bm] Working guitarists [F] spend much of their [Ab] time playing rhythm guitar,
and [Bb] very often will encounter one, two, or [F] three chord _ vamps,
whether supporting a vocalist or [Bb] soloist.
I've prepared [Fm] ten rhythm guitar performance studies
to illustrate how I approach these [Bb] types of situations
to keep things interesting for [Eb] the band and the audience.
[F] For [Cm] example, we'll discuss locking [C] up with the rhythm section.
[F] _ I'll _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ show you a wide [Bb] variety of the chords and different voicings that I use in my playing.
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_ _ _ [Em] _ [Ebm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ I always have a theme in mind when crafting [Em] my rhythm guitar parts. _
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[Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ _
I'm always working [G] out some kind of rhythmic pattern to keep the rhythm [A] consistent.
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_ _ [D] I'll show you some [G] of my favorite [A] keyboard and [G] organ-like [Abm] voicings.
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[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Abm] _ We'll work on [Gbm] some Miles Davis [B]-inspired chord voicings.
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_ I'll [Bbm] demonstrate some of the harmonic devices [Ab] I use,
such as [Ebm] pentatonic movement, scalier movement, and chromatic [E] movement.
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Those are just a few of the topics we'll cover in this Vamps and Jams edition.
_ For each of these ten studies, I'll first perform the rhythm guitar parts,
and then [Bb] demonstrate some of the [Fm] techniques and creative approaches that I use in the pieces.
[Cm] Everything is tabbed [Bb] and notated, plus you'll get the rhythm [F] tracks [Bb] to work with [Eb] on your own.
[F] And chord [Cm] charts showing most of the voicings [Bb] that I used is also included.
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_ Grab your guitar, and let's [C] dig in.
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