This one was a challenge. Probably could spend the next 6 months working on the nuances of his style. Had a couple of flubs in this video, but managed to get through it. May try to re-record this one. Love those slippery chromatic Metheny lines.
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This all started by you sending me a bunch of charts. Faith in you was one of them. I had decided to keep mining the Frisell vein, and spent a lot of time listening to this tune. Getting it in my ears, so to speak. It was Pat's solo resonated more in the end. Amazing!! Frigging triads throughout. So melodic. Such simple and beautiful melodies. Pat also ornaments nearly every note. Muting, slipping, sliding, etc. A couple of rough patches, but very playable. Fuddled my way to "good enough".... also note the Ibanez PM-200 guitar!
I spent half of this month working on an epic Pat Martino solo. Finally pulled the plug on it, due to lack of time and a right hand that just couldn't keep up. I will hopefully eventually get back to it. So, in a panic, I moved on to Charlie Christian. Short solo, and still a challenge for the right hand. My thinking now is to get a bunch of these short Christian solos under my belt. I mean he is the father of jazz guitar, and Wes learned everything he knows from him, so probably a good exercise. Charlie plays a lot on chord shapes. The phrasing is a little outdated, but he nails the harmonic outlines. He attacks every note, which is probably a product of primitive amplification, and trying to be heard over a big band. I think Legato techniques came later when gear got better.
Nice work. What a great solo. We should play that this summer. I liked that you memorized it as well.
ReplyDeleteMy workflow is sing it (as well as possible while listening a bunch of times), get it under my hands (while improving the singing), getting it on paper, then working up the speed. Not sure if that is the best way to do it, but memorisation is a nice side effect.
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