How Jazz Pianists and Guitarists Should Play Together

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this episode of the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast, Brent addresses the age-old question of proper etiquette when two chording instruments, such as guitar and piano, play together in a jam session. He emphasizes the importance of serving the music and avoiding a chaotic clash of chords. Brent suggests various scenarios, such as taking turns comping or having one instrument play a more subtle role. Personal preference may lead to being the primary or secondary comper, but the key is always ...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, my friends, what's up? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another episode
0:56.6	of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast. I'm answering your jazz questions five days a week to help you
1:02.0	have more fun playing jazz to shorten the learning curve, to help this whole thing feel a little
1:07.0	less difficult and overwhelming. And so I'm excited to go over a great question today.
1:13.7	Today's question is from one of our inner circle members. His name is Jim. And he asks the age
1:19.8	old question, what is the proper etiquette when playing with another recording instrument at a jam session? I'm a guitar player. So what is the proper etiquette when playing with another recording instrument at a jam session.
1:28.4	I'm a guitar player.
1:30.1	So what is the proper etiquette when playing with another chordal instrument at a jam session,
1:35.6	this person being a guitar player?
1:38.1	This is a fantastic question, and it really comes down to this age-old battle at the jam session with the pianist and
1:47.3	the guitarist so you get up to the jam there's a piano player there's a guitar player and they
1:52.8	both think that they should be comping together right or they both want to comp why because
1:58.5	guitar players you know we want to comp. Why? Because guitar players, you know, we love to comp.
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