Concepts for Comping: Lesson 17
- Jay EuDaly
- 7 days ago
- 3 min read
June 2025 Newsletter From Master Guitar School
Concepts For Comping:
Lesson 17 - Song: Satin Doll
It's often the case that II-V never resolves to I. This has occurred in a couple of the previous tunes but I didn't emphasize it. Nine times out of 10 when Minor is followed by Dominant it's a II-V. I've chosen the Duke Ellington tune “Satin Doll” to illustrate that. All the II-V's are marked - check out the chart:
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Video Lesson: Quick & Dirty Major Triads
The term, “Quick & Dirty” refers to the fact that these are not all the major triad voicings or chord shapes that there are; only that these are the most used. The most amount of use for the least amount of work as it were.
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Jimi-isms
In light of the above lesson on Major Triads, here's the way Jimi used them. Jimi Hendrix had a very distinctive style when it came to rhythm guitar playing. One of things he did was play rhythmic figures based on triad shapes. He would finger the triads in the usual way and then hammer-on and pull-off other notes. If you learn the concepts and vocabulary he was working from, you can play in his style without learning his licks note-for-note. He never played anything the same way twice anyway. To see this lesson, including over 20 fretboard diagrams and two videos, go HERE.
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Tune of the Month
This is a song from my CD, My Ship. It's by singer/songwriter David Wilcox. I really like a lot of his stuff, especially the lyrics. He's very good at metaphor. He's also a very interesting guy. Anyway, other songs of his are humorous observations of various aspects of Americana. I liked this song because it kind of lopes along in a lightly humorous kind of way and then has a serious punch line that comes at you out of left field. If you compare my version to his you'll see that I've taken some liberties with certain harmonic/rhythmic aspects of the song. That's what I do when I do covers. I feel like I should make them my own somehow.
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