Mike's Master Classes

Chord Voicings Masterclass

A Guide to Practical Comping - Part II

Jamie Taylor·
5.0 (2 reviews)·BEGINNER·1 lesson·1m 48s of video

About this masterclass

Jamie Taylor expands the comping vocabulary established in Part One of A Guide to Practical Comping, working toward total melodic freedom over almost any harmonic situation. The main focus is combining your chordal repertoire with your knowledge of scales, so your accompaniments become as varied and interactive as your solo lines. Advanced players can take this as a standalone lesson, but combined with the first video it forms a comprehensive approach to fretboard harmony — almost 1 hour 50 minutes of material, with everything related back to something familiar.

Topics covered include

  • Quartal voicings for the major scale and all its modal applications
  • Applying these voicings to appropriate pieces from the repertoire
  • Extended modal voicings for more complex textures
  • Seeing and hearing these sounds in the context of something familiar
  • Simple and more complex triad applications
  • Quartal and modal voicings for the melodic minor scale, applied to standard repertoire
  • A simple, accessible guide to diminished and whole-tone harmony, again applied to standards
  • General practical advice from the bandstand

If you've ever felt you understand the theory but find it difficult to apply, this class offers practical solutions. It comes with a 14-page PDF booklet (including tablature) cross-referenced with synchronized on-screen captions.

Lessons in this masterclass

Lessons

  • 1A Guide to Practical Comping - Part II1m 48s

Reviews & Ratings

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Paul Brooke
3/15/2017

Another excellent master class. There is a major amount of material for study in both Comping 1 and 2. Jamie Taylor really opens the door into alternate ways of thinking musically. I'm an intermediate player who has worked hard for a long time and these classes are an inspiration.

Richard
Verified Purchase
11/23/2013

Jamie is an amazing teacher and the PDF that comes with the video is very detailed. This master class is well worth the money.

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About the instructor

Jamie Taylor →
Jamie Taylor is one of Great Britain's finest jazz guitarists. His clear methodology is highly unique and highly innovative; truly one of jazz's finest minds. Jamie’s playing has drawn praise from top critics like The Guardian’s John Fordham and Jazzwise’s Robert Shore, and he has been heard with leading jazz musicians from both sides of the Atlantic such as Sheryl Bailey, John Stowell, Roni Ben-Hur, Sebastiaan DeKrom, Wayne Escoffery, Dave O’Higgins, Baptiste Herbin, Bart DeFoort, Steve Fishwick, Jeremy Brown, Steve Watts, Kate Williams, Pete Whittaker, Laura Jurd, Tori Freestone, Alan Barnes, and Jim Mullen. He appears regularly at top London venues such as Ronnie Scott’s and The Troubadour, and has also been featured on recordings for the jazz labels Candid and GLP. Jamie is currently a Principal Lecturer in Jazz Guitar at Leeds Conservatoire, whose full-time jazz degree course is one of the oldest in Europe (having started in 1967). He also held the post of Course Leader for this program between 2007-2009. For more information about Jamie, visit http://www.jamie-taylor.com/ PRESS: “An uncanny ability…always grooving.” Matt Warnock, Just Jazz Guitar“ “Taylor is a name to watch out for.” Stephen Graham, Marlbank “An alternative perspective on the blues legacy, taking in elements of swing, bop, and funk. It’s clever, engaging stuff.” Robert Shore, Jazzwise “(Jamil Sheriff) gives the soloists in a fine northern orchestra their cues; Jamie Taylor’s edgy guitar burns through.” John Fordham, The Guardian