I know I typically have more difficulty with Chord Melody, but this was a real beast for me, even just getting this far...Hopefully, Parts C and D, then put together the whole kit and caboodle! Maybe by end of year. Better keep some side projects going! 🤣 Of course, comment freely.

Little late, but something!!

Here’s a chord melody arrangement I did a while back of Fats Waller’s Ain’t Misbehavin’. Feedback welcome!

https://youtu.be/1oOQmjXVRZg

Some of these standards are just too fast. Now, I know when learning the song, it makes sense to slow it down initially, but my question is do I need to be able to play it at tempo before moving to the next step which is the conveyor belt? Or would it be acceptable to go all the way from step 1 to 5 at a slower tempo, then work at speeding up?

I'm doing this song with Marc on november 2. This was great practice for me, it's where i'm at today, I'll post the gig one once i have it. https://youtu.be/3kKQREeDRPk

Let me know if able to see my Blue Monk Video. I seem to have trouble getting it to open. Must be doing something wrong with uploading.

Want To Work With Me? Hey everyone, I just opened a few more spots for new students in the Jazz Guitar Accelerator program. 🎸 This is exclusively for those who are serious about improving their jazz guitar playing. The goal is to 4x your skills in the first 90 days. Here’s what’s going to happen: When you join, you get access to a coach, accountability, practice tools, all the videos and PDFs (all songs and exercises) …and actual real live feedback on your video assignment submissions on an ongoing basis. And you will thus ensure that -1- your progress is real, measurable, and quick (right off the bat) and -2- you master all the subtle tools that allow you to continue improving your game for years to come, and -3- you never get stuck in a rut ever again. With frequent feedback on your playing, we can “nip in the bud” any bad habits or nuisance for your playing, early on. --> The program is actually based mostly on the students receiving direct, honest, objective, and complete feedback with guidance on the next steps. <-- Not only that, but the program also grants you access to a community of friends and mentors, including other guitarists who are exactly where you are (or have been there relatively recently). It's a natural extension of Jazz Guitar Fellowship ... We are using SKOOL (plus Zoom calls) to get this going. So it’s really simple on the technological front (not another Facebook group, I promise!) All you need really is a device connected to the internet and your guitar. Bring your A-game, a smile, something to take notes … and some grit and perseverance, because things are about to get real! :) Most of the program is based on direct interaction with you. That’s where real progress happens, and where we see (and hear!) breakthroughs every week. The enrollment is for a one-year period, and during that time we use several “iterations” of back-and-forth to ensure you always have the proper guidance, at your levels, and that all your questions are answered in a timely fashion.

Aside from a couple of obvious screw-ups, I thought is was close enough for feedback. Constgructive critcism welcome, and any positive comments graciously accepted. I'm plugged in direct to sound so you'll here all missteps. Haven't participated in Acelerator Course but hope to soon. Here ya go

Hi all! Finally got this posted with little time LEFT!! A bit long, but enjoy. https://youtu.be/K00g-epPKHI

Very simple but I enjoyed putting it together. Happy to hear input. Apologies about sound quality. Has the requisite slip ups in there too, raw and unedited

The first parts of the classroom arrangement. https://youtu.be/plUFNtsbNGY

Here is another tune I have been working on for a while. Again, an arrangement by Nathan Corr. https://youtu.be/gUxD9unvO-0

After posting the autumn leaves challenge, Rene told me it would be cool to do it with you guys. Here's what i suggest. Everybody interested works on the song and posts their result before the end of september. You can learn an arrangement, make your own, solo, just melody, just chords... whatever you feel will help you improve. We are here to help each other so i suggest that for one thing to work on we say 2 things we liked... we can also just like. That way we don't end up discouraging others. We are not all at the same level and we can all work on so many things. So if you're interested please respond in the comments... if there's only two of us we might decide to just not do it. https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar-fellowship/autumn-leaves-720d6f5b?p=08df1637

Hi Fellows this is my fist post.