[Dixielandjazz] Chord Averaging

[Bill Gunter]

Hi Steve,

You recalled:

>I used to think those Rock & Roll guys didn't mind it a bit until a jazz
>fan of ours brought his guitar playing son to hear us play. "Wow", said
>the kid. "How great it is to hear a band like yours that actually makes
>the changes in a song."

Over the years I've heard quite a bit of rock & roll and I always got a hoot 
out of those choruses where the lead guitar guy would take an extra long 
chorus while the rhythm dudes kept playing the same riff on the same chord 
for a couple of hundred bars. The guitar lead could play way up and down the 
neck and do dazzling stuff but he's only working the same scale throughout 
the entire chorus. Finally he'll play a segue into the out chorus and the 
whole band goes back to the regular three chord progression and out.

Those bands have made a lot of money and with the Chord Averaging system I 
don't see why we can't make a lot of money too!!  :-)

Cheers,

Gunter
jazzboard@hotmail.com

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