Re: Roxanne and EbMaj7 chord

Derek wrote:

When teaching students to change chords, whether it is open chords on
simple tunes or harder stretch chords on jazz tunes, the method is the
same.

Work back and forth between the chord you are on and the target
chord. Make this move slowly and steady until you can pull it off.

Ya. Ya. Ya. Ya.

Work the space "between" the chords. That's what you
have to shorten/lengthen/modify to make the
switch from ONE chord to ONE OTHER chord.

Do it TWO chords at a time. Don't do it one song
at a time.

And don't hang on ONE chord forever trying to
vice grip it into perfect sustaining, bell
like tones. That's certainly not happening
in Roxanne and a lot of Andy's comping.
And that's not what gives you (us) trouble
when learning Roxanne.

If you have two seconds to play two chords,
you don't have to play (you can't play) each
chord for 1 second. You have to play the
chords for a shorter duration so that you
can fit the "change" in between them.

Work the "change", not the grip.

Lumpy

In Your Ears for 40 Years
www.LumpyMusic.com



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