Jazz Music
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Jazz is one of the most well loved musical genres in history. It offers a sound that gets you to let your hair down and lay back in. The guitar is one of the favorite jazz instruments. And it plays a big role in the jazz industry as well. It is either used in ensemble playing or as a solo instrument.
The first guitars used in the genre were acoustic. Today, acoustic guitars are still used by jazz artists but the jazz guitar has been preferred since the 1940s. This guitar allows you to play it as an amplified electric guitar. The guitar is also known as the archtop guitar. It resembles a violin, only in a bigger version with the trademark f-holes. It also has a floating bridge and a magnet pick up.
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You will also be able to notice that there are a variety of jazz techniques incorporated with the playing like comping and blowing.
Comping means playing the chords underneath the melody of the song or an improvisation of another musician's solo. Jazz guitar players may use scales, arpeggios, modes and other techniques associated with the chord progression of the song.
Harmony is one of the most important elements of the music. Jazz guitar players allow their knowledge of harmony to be used in order to create jazz chord voicings. These are commonly rootless and emphasize the use of the 3rd and 7th notes of a chord. It may make use of the 9th, 11th and even the 13th of the chords even.
New Jazz Music Gallery
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