Concepts for Comping: Lesson 20
- Jay EuDaly
- Sep 9, 2025
- 3 min read
September 2025 Newsletter
Concepts for Comping: 4-VOICE OPEN AND CLOSE POSITION CHORDS
We will now take the 3-note (Root, 3rd, 7th) open and close-voiced chords that we have been working with and add a note on the 2nd string. On the 6th-string Root the default will be a 5th, on the 5th-string Root it will be a 9th. Here are the Major chord types:
There are 4 more types; Dominant, Minor, Half-Diminished and Full-Diminished - so check out the lesson!
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Video Lesson: Target Notes
Lesson 2: 3rds & 7ths
This is from a 5-lesson series called, “Target Notes.” “Target Notes” is a small part of the MUCH larger series (42 lessons!) called “Concepts for Basic Improvising.”
Everything in Concepts for Basic Improvising is related to the Minor Pentatonic Scale in a Blues context; no fancy chords or confusing modal theory - just easily applicable concepts to a scale you probably already know.
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Tune of the Month
On Broadway
This, of course, hearkens back to George Benson's version of this song. He wasn't the first guitar player to scat in unison with a guitar solo. I remember hearing that for the first time at a concert in probably 1971. I can't remember the name of the band. I thought it was cool at the time, but for some reason it didn't “take.” I'm sure the technique predates 1971.
Anyway, George Benson is the guy that popularized it in a Pop context with “This Masquerade” in 1976. I was blown away by that version and have been scatting with solos now and then ever since.
This recording is from my CD, Channeling Harold, featuring Rich VanSant on Hammond B3 and Kevin Johnson on drums.
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