I am happy to say that one of my favorite bands finally got some material up on you tube! this cats are great players and really nice guys, i use to see them every monday night back in my home town toronto canada, kevin is a amazing guitar player! if you dont recognize him he is the guitarist behind nora jones on her first two albums as well as to many others out there. hope you enjoy!!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Scofield Clip
Hey Guys -
This is a tune I heard for the first time today when John brought it in for the faculty ensemble to play. We will be playing it at the next murphys gig I suppose. Lets not forget that jazz guitar isn't limited to just Swing and Bop. In fact, most of my east coast gigs are either free jazz or groove stuff like this. The last one was acoustic guitar and world percussion free stuff. That being said, you know that Sco can play just fine when Stella gets called...
Note how Sco uses chromaticism to create tension while steve holds down the vamp. See if you can become even more aware of how he floats between tension and release this way.
- Jay
This is a tune I heard for the first time today when John brought it in for the faculty ensemble to play. We will be playing it at the next murphys gig I suppose. Lets not forget that jazz guitar isn't limited to just Swing and Bop. In fact, most of my east coast gigs are either free jazz or groove stuff like this. The last one was acoustic guitar and world percussion free stuff. That being said, you know that Sco can play just fine when Stella gets called...
Note how Sco uses chromaticism to create tension while steve holds down the vamp. See if you can become even more aware of how he floats between tension and release this way.
- Jay
Guthrie Govan
Hey guys, I came across an amazing fusion guitarist by the name of Guthrie Govan. He's from Britain. Check out this video of him. Note the sweep lick at 7:56 :)
Peace,
~Travis Ross
Peace,
~Travis Ross
Lesson
Hey guys-
My last lesson with Jay was about sight reading and three note root position in major, minor, diminished, suspended, and augmented on strings 1-3. The sight reading exercises were about finding the note c in all its positions throughout the neck.
The important thing is that I'm working on sight reading, which is probably my biggest challenge right now. But Im also improving my major scale and jazz chord knowledge.
I've been practicing sight reading all the c notes for about a half hour each day, and also maj, min, dim, aug and sus4 triads for about a half hour. So I put in a total of about 1 hour a day, with the exception of Saturday and Sunday.
Peace,
~Travis Ross
My last lesson with Jay was about sight reading and three note root position in major, minor, diminished, suspended, and augmented on strings 1-3. The sight reading exercises were about finding the note c in all its positions throughout the neck.
The important thing is that I'm working on sight reading, which is probably my biggest challenge right now. But Im also improving my major scale and jazz chord knowledge.
I've been practicing sight reading all the c notes for about a half hour each day, and also maj, min, dim, aug and sus4 triads for about a half hour. So I put in a total of about 1 hour a day, with the exception of Saturday and Sunday.
Peace,
~Travis Ross
Lesson One
In my first lesson I was on the prowl to find the pitch of C. The thing that changed my way of thinking and i got alot out of was how Jay expplaned how guitar players think in shapes and not in notes. I have been practicing 2 to 3 hours every day mostly scales.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
2nd Lesson
After reviewing my goals - which are improved reading skills, accurancy, a set list of chord melody tunes from which to study and an understanding of devices and their use, we got right to the reading and accuracy drills.
I have NEVER thought of being at this level of concentration when approaching a note on the guitar as Jay helped me achieve - and that was done in one session with him. Since practicing using his tips, my accuracy has definately gone up.
This week, I have been locating all the C notes on the guitar and also quickly ''popping'' from one C note to the next C note everywhere they can be found on the neck. At first thought, I wondered how significant it would be to find all the C notes I was sure I knew were there.
Jay asked me to concentrate on the note I was approaching with greater focus, taking as long as I needed. It seemed extremely basic and well......it was. Thanks for taking me back there Jay. What a differance. I can hit those notes almost every time now. Prior to this, I had been ''rushing in'' to the next note - which was not helping my lack of accuracy issue.
Since I had never tried to go from C to C as a drill before meeting Jay, I tested this method of concentration on difficult passages I've been playing and having difficulty with for a long time. I CLEANED UP THE SLOPPINESS! That was a good test because I tried before, through repitition to clean the passages up, but I was just practicing the same ol' sloppiness. I used to think the problem was that my fretting hand could not move fast enough to hit the notes. Not so.
I am practicing aprox 3 hours each day. I work on chord melody, playing the notes I'm reading without looking at the fretboard, concentration for accuracy and speed, and the use of chord substitions and scale application.
Per Jays suggestion, I'm keeping a journal and dividing my practice time into thirds - 1)Reviews, 2)New Material, and 3)Whatevers.
Bob Ferraiuolo
I have NEVER thought of being at this level of concentration when approaching a note on the guitar as Jay helped me achieve - and that was done in one session with him. Since practicing using his tips, my accuracy has definately gone up.
This week, I have been locating all the C notes on the guitar and also quickly ''popping'' from one C note to the next C note everywhere they can be found on the neck. At first thought, I wondered how significant it would be to find all the C notes I was sure I knew were there.
Jay asked me to concentrate on the note I was approaching with greater focus, taking as long as I needed. It seemed extremely basic and well......it was. Thanks for taking me back there Jay. What a differance. I can hit those notes almost every time now. Prior to this, I had been ''rushing in'' to the next note - which was not helping my lack of accuracy issue.
Since I had never tried to go from C to C as a drill before meeting Jay, I tested this method of concentration on difficult passages I've been playing and having difficulty with for a long time. I CLEANED UP THE SLOPPINESS! That was a good test because I tried before, through repitition to clean the passages up, but I was just practicing the same ol' sloppiness. I used to think the problem was that my fretting hand could not move fast enough to hit the notes. Not so.
I am practicing aprox 3 hours each day. I work on chord melody, playing the notes I'm reading without looking at the fretboard, concentration for accuracy and speed, and the use of chord substitions and scale application.
Per Jays suggestion, I'm keeping a journal and dividing my practice time into thirds - 1)Reviews, 2)New Material, and 3)Whatevers.
Bob Ferraiuolo
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Lesson
In my last lesson with jay we continued to work on the penatonic scale and using it as chords over major and minor vamps. We also went over the note C and Jay gave me some sight reading exercises with just the note C.
This lesson showed me that I don't practice enough in all 12 keys. There are afew keys that I have a lot better than others and I need work on them all.
This lesson showed me that I don't practice enough in all 12 keys. There are afew keys that I have a lot better than others and I need work on them all.
I've been practicing the exercices on the note C for about a half hour every day. I've also been practicing then penatonic scale and using it as chords in all keys going through the cycle of fourths.
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