That's great Linda! Way to go!
Good to know others are working on the tune challenging oneself. I'm behind, but started transcribing Rose Room a few days ago finally.
Yuji
Thanks, Yuji. Indeed, I am very slow but it feels good to challenge oneself.
I learned kyoto and rose room chords! Also thanks to Tomo a double stop lick/ Lonnie Johnson this week too that is fun to play- I love my Pure CD very much!
Thanks to everyone here in the guitar wisdom community , feel I am beginning to be able to start the journey and lay foundation towards developing an ear for jazz phrasing- all thanks to tomo the guitar wisdom and the great playlist we have made together in our jazz listeners thread. Thank you everyone for contributing and your ideas. I have discovered great music from this. It has been a lot of fun. Thank you!
So awesome, Jeffrey! Can you share a link to the playlist here as well?
That's so cool ,Jeffrey ! Kyoto , Rose room chords !! This week have so big harvest !
Yes , totally agree , I feel I'm start journey with more jazz music , feel so sweet , like Tomo say , it's a language !!
The playlist is super amazing , jazz listeners thread , ear with everybody’s beautiful memory is to be warm and happiness ❤️
Jeffrey, you are the envy of many!
Jiayang it has been quite a week, and it's only Thursday. (Maybe it's Friday where you are at).
Yes ,Linda ! Now my place is morning 9:28 at Friday . And I want to begin to practice ! Oh Many birds sing at the spring!
Of course here it is Sammi!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBF0U-g_TFJ5dPN3N_FjXcwZ_OV5vyC3F&si=KhoG5Z1ALAcsy2ug
This is so great! Saving it to my library. Thank you!
Today I started learning Autumn Leaves! I'm very happy! Beautiful! Will make video soon 🌞
Have a great weekend GW family!
Looking forward to it Sergio! Love that progression.
Another great lesson by Tomo.
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/js02-autumn-leaves
Kurt
Autumn Leaves !!! So happy for you Sergio !
Really beautiful song !!
Looking forward everything !
Whoa, Sergio. Coincidentally, I also started Autumn Leaves today! Great minds think alike. Perhaps it has been all the Forum mentions of Autumn Leaves. Ha! Anyway, I've been listening to many versions, I like the Cannonball Adderley version and the Vince Guaraldi version.
Happy Autumn Leaves Weekend!
Tomo
Thank you guys!!
Good morning!🌞
A quick test of what I remember from yesterday
Happy Sunday ☀️
Nice Sergio! Great way for me to start my day, Sounds so cool. Very musical.
Thanks for inspiring me to keep going. I love practicing triads up and down the neck with this progression.
We appreciate you!
Kurt
Thank you Kurt! Its feels so good to play this! ❤️ Thank you for the sheet too! I'm starting to use MuseScore tool, going to write this there, its a good tool to use wile learn reading
This was for fun. Today I will practice as Tomo says with muting and pick, way more difficult for me, so its what I have to practice! Lets go! 🌞
Good job Sergio!
Major7 chord from 5th string root.
I use 2 1 4 fingerings.
Happy Sunday!
Tomo
Happy Sunday ! Thank you for the beautiful Autumn Leaves Sergio !
This video is so COOL !
Autumn Leaves: Minor feel
All of Me: Major feel
Good!
Tomo
Very nice Sergio.
Autumn leaves minor all of me major feel good to know thanks
Good morning GW family! Today playing with B19 Maj7 Chords lesson, fells so great to play this! ☀️
Now back to practice!
Have a great week!
Sergio
Happy weekend ! This is so amazing performance , thank you for bring so beautiful music Sergio ☀️
I love that lesson! Sounding wonderful sir!
Great dynamics!
So good to have an acoustic. Hope you didn't lose power. I saw there was a rare weather event that cut power to Portugal, France and SpainI
Hope those weather events stay rare :-)
Kurt
Thank you Jiayang and Kurt!
Im still without energy, candle lights 🕯️ and acoustic day! The internet just came back now, I think the energy will be online soon. This was very strange event, France Spain and Portugal black out! 😯
Sounds so good Sergio!
Lovely playing! Thank you for sharing this.
Tomo
Thank you Tomo for teaching me this! Im recovering the joy of playing chords!
"One thing I learned at Guitar Wisdom today..."
That the Diminished 7th Arpeggio works better (for me) in a blues progression than it does in a jazz context. I was playing the lesson progression (A D E)with some 7th chord voicings, and was trying to weave in the Dim7 arpeggios. Sounded terrible (perhaps a better player could pull it off). Went back and watched ET 27 (for the 10th time) as Tomo played it with a B.B. King feel. Instantly better!
ET27 Wisdom: "You want to be flexible, case by case, this is music"
So happy to hear that Linda!
That Diminished 7th Arpeggio is super useful and so much fun!
You can use it so many places!
1) Blues chord progression. 6th Bar.. #IVdim7
2) Blues chord progression. 4th Bar.. (end of) M3 5 7 b9...
3) Jazz Blues chord progression and more!
Yes! Music is so amazing! Very flexible!
Tomo
Thank you for sharing, Linda! "For the 10th time" ...talk about persistence!
There is something special about the practice you're doing here. Each time you revisit a lesson, you discover a new insight.
I'm sure it was at least 10 times, Sammi. Ha! I plan on watching again today. I also take notes while watching, and sometimes see how I wrote something down incorrectly. Glad those videos remain online.
Today I learn with Guitar Wisdom one thing :
When I practice guitar feeling really good , Give yourself a record video .
I bet you will change your mind soon .
Let's keep going !
So important to remember to record yourself to get more accurate perspective on the progress we are making.
Thanks for sharing, Jiayang!
Kurt
Jiayang, when I record myself it is always an eye-opening experience. I usually proceed straight back to Chromvember exercise or Chromatic 1212. So many squeaks and finger noises!
"See yourself thru the eyes of others"
An important point Tomo includes in his book (which I am in the process of editing the translation...) is to wait to review your recording. If you review it right after playing, it's much harder to be objective. Plus, you may end up feeling bad. Sometimes you have an idea of what you sound like while you're playing, but when you watch/listen to the recording, it doesn't quite match your expectations. So it's better to wait a day or two.
Thank you guys ! Here have such beautiful ideas !
·Accurate perspective
“ See yourself thru the eyes of others ”
·If you review it right after playing , it's much harder to be objective ”
New book from Tomo , WOW !! How can I get that !
Super expect this fantastic job , Thank you Sammi !
Excellent reminder, Sammi.
This is super exciting Sammi. Great advice and Jiayang is very wise.
I’m looking forward to reading the book once it comes out. Also jonesing for new guitar Tomo is working on with Ibanez. Hard work is the theme around here.
That book !!
Thank you Jeff! I can't wait my new book release & New Ibanez AZES project.
I just keep pushing!
Tomo
Didn't want to start another thread, so thought this one is applicable enough.
I'm making progress on "All of Me." I'm glad I had worked for months on R37 swing groove - I couldn't even have started on this song if I wasn't already somewhat comfortable with that. Also, the song adds some challenges for muting with different chords from the R37 swing exercise (e.g. minor 7). So now, I can play through pretty cleanly, but I cannot get some of the chord changes at tempo. Tomo says 54bpm with 2/4 backbeat is slow - not for me. Yet.
And - just got my Leavitt Vol1 about 10min ago, so ready to add music reading to my practice.
Hope everyone is having fun.
Thanks for the update, Clay!
It is fun to be adding new R37 chords into our swing groove chord practice.
The Jazz Standards lessons are great for practicing R37!
I love my Leavitt Method "paper book" book. I started with the digital version but had to upgrade to the physical version.
The digital version of the book has audio of the exercises but is harder to practice with.
I just started the book over, again, last week. Going for 90 days straight. At least 5 minutes every day.
If don't practice method book for 5 minutes every day, I start over at day one. Like "Wordle" streak :-)
Let's keep trying!
Kurt
Thank you Clay for sharing your experience.
Good job on All of me! R 3 7 Swing Groove! I still practice this song & Autumn Leaves a lot. Please do it with super slow tempo so that you will not miss any up strokes with left hand muting technique. If you miss one upstroke then stop playing… go back to the top with slower tempo.
Don’t worry about any fast tempo. Do it around 60-65 per beat.
Method book One! Great! If you can spend 10 minutes a day…. amazing!
Let’s keep going!
Tomo
Thank you Kurt!
R 3 7 Swing groove with any jazz standards …so good!
So happy to hear that you love the method book ONE!
Don’t listen any audios. Play it slow by yourself!
90 days challenge is so good! Be patient and work on consistency.
Keep working!
Tomo
Tomo said "Method book One! Great! If you can spend 10 minutes a day…. amazing!"
Only !0 minutes! Stopping at 5 minutes is almost impossible anyway :-)
Kurt