#reharmonizing

Modern Approaches to a Jazz Blues - Rethinking the Chord Progression

Reharmonizing and interpreting chord progressions like a 12 bar jazz blues is a very important part of improvising in jazz. In this video I will take a Bb Jazz Blues and go over a few fairly simple ways to get other sounds on the first 4 bars. It should open some new ideas and widen your knowledge of jazz harmony and jazz theory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Q6DWBQkbo&index=7&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcHUFn2Mf5mB7Sr1eeAtjFYz&t=0

I discuss how I come up with the ideas and how I both improvise and comp with the "new" sound. Often making the chord progression more modal gives you a lot of interesting choices in terms of reharmonization and scale choices.

Here’s the 4th Jazz Guitar Q&A!¨

Some of the stuff I answer questions on: Reharmonizing Standards, Good solos to transcribe, Playing outside and Good Guitar tone.

Leave a comment if you have a question on soloing, harmony, gear and guitars etc etc.