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Thanks for the comments Richie,
Good points: Re: Vol 1. In hindsight, it probably would have been beneficial to take some 1 on 1 lessons with you. I passed all the tests and committed most of the etudes to memory during the time they were being studied so I believe that I got the “gist” of the material. That does not mean I could improvise although I can comp some. Improvising is where your lessons would certainly help. I’ll carry on with Vol 2 with the presumption that the improvising facility will develop with time. And that the opportunity to take lessons from you will remain an option. As it is my goal to improvise in this genre.
I gave it another go and figured out where I got confused: In looking at the first example it says Pat2 (Pat 1). I had made the error of using Pat 2 fingering, instead of realizing the 2 meant a II – V – I cadence. And got stuck. But I tried again using fingering 1 (and then 4, 7) and it made sense. But just to let you know, I drew out my own tab because it was just too hard to keep all the fret positions in my brain simultaneously. The tab helped and I recommend that you have one of your advanced students tab it out and add it. I would volunteer to do that in exchange for an online lesson????
Thanks Richie,
I appreciate the reply.
I understand fingering model 1 and where all the chord tones are etc. Will give it another go. But please remember that I don’t hold a fraction of your knowledge and chops. Aside from campfire chords, I am fairly new to jazz guitar study having been a “dumb” drummer most of my life (although I did play jazz). Besides its confusing when almost all the other exercises do include accompanying tablature. Believe me, it helps.
