I am new on this site, and new to playing jazz, but I have a remarkable ear for it. My main problem is rythmically getting in the way, as a result i have...

Comping is short for accompanying. That is playing with another instrument or singer.

What the heck is comping?...

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please, whatever you do, don't fake the funk. or your nose will grow.

I've playing piano for years and by reading lead melody and chords.I feel I've learned enough chords to give me a decent jazz sound.My question is--I can't...

Pianoplyr77: Please go to: [b]Search LJP[/b] Write: [b]A & B forms[/b] selecting: [b]files:[/b] lewbuc: Please go to: [b]Search LJP[/b] write: ...

Hey I'm new to improvising but iv been playing for eight years. Iv just got a job playing in a resteraunt and I want to know how to improvise to play. All ...

By the A form of the Dm7 do you mean F-A-C-E? Is that tipically refered to as the A form?...

Whoops, I meant B7b9 duh ...

A7b9 is a great chord to precede the Em.

hi all... i've noticed that there is some unpleasant dissonance while soloing with flat 9's...when can i use flat 9's and when can't i...for example in ...

B7 alt = B7 (V) and F7 (V+bV=b5 b9) either or G maj (V+bVI=#9 #5) either or Emaj (V+IV=11 13). Play an inversion whit ...

Mynstrol: Have you studied much in the way of standard jazz harmony? By this, I mean ii-V7-I sequences, tritone substitutions, turnarounds, secondary d...

Mynstrol: If you are in a funk band, minor "jams" are usually either based on minor pentatonics, or modal grooves/vamps. If it's just a funk ...

hi...i'm in a funk band and i wanted to jazz it up a bit. i usually play some sevenths or sixths with my left hand...i've found that ninths, thirteenths a...

I found interesting informations on http://support007.com/find.php?value=Jazz+Lessons-+Comping+.Please write me if this was helpfull to all of you.

Nicely done!...

Okay, here goes: All dominant seventh chords contain a tritone between the 3rd and 7th, which is largely responsible for their "anticipatory" ...

Thanks, SDM! Here it is, reprinted: From 9/15/2002, by Ben Blau The A and B forms are specific voicings for ii-V7-I progressions, which are a corne...