Summertime – Chord Solo

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You listen to people like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass and Kenny Burrell playing chord solos and you want to play solos like that. Playing Chord solos is a big part of especially the hard-bop era guitar vocabulary.

In this video lesson package I have recorded and transcribed a three chorus chord solo on summertime  The lesson includes exercises and a 3 video analysis of the solo

Description

You listen to people like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass and Kenny Burrell playing chord solos and you want to play solos like that. Playing Chord solos is a big part of especially the hard-bop era guitar vocabulary.

In this video lesson package I have recorded and transcribed a three chorus chord solo on summertime  The lesson includes exercises and a 3 video analysis of the solo

The lesson package

In 3 videos I will analyze the solo and talk about how the phrases are constructed. To help you work on chord soloing. I also demonstrate some exercises to come up with voicings for chord solos and to train your ability to actually play the chord solos.

Since Summertime is a minor tune with a lot of tonic minor I also discuss 3 different approaches to harmonize minor chords. This will help you to get different sounds so you can add variation to your solos.

List of topics covered in the lesson:

  • Chord Solo phrases
  • Technical Exercises and phrasing
  • Harmonizing scales and arpeggios
  • Modal Passing chords
  • 6th Diminished
  • Phrasing techniques

The Lesson Download includes:

  • 3 chorus Solo Performance video
  • 4 Video lessons on song and solo (50 min)
  • PDF/GuitarPro Transcription
  • Mp3 Backing track
  • Mp3 Performance

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