Jazz guitar lesson #5 making patterns more interesting

  



Playing patterns or not... that's a hot potato among Jazz musicians. I
have often heard musicians accusing certain famous Jazz players of
playing to many patterns. Personally I have nothing against patterns.
It's not what you play, it's how you play it. So how can we make
patterns more interesting?



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Jazz Guitar Lesson #5 PDF



Ex
2: move the four note pattern rhythmically. By doing this we anticipate
the beat and create a sense of forward motion. "Forward motion" by the
way is a magic term that Jazz educators all over the world like to use.



Ex 3: Play a four note pattern as triplets. 



Ex 4: Another four note pattern played as triplets.



Ex 5: A tree note pattern played as eight notes. Pay attention to how you wanna emphasize certain notes to make it swing!