10 Essential Jazz Guitar Chord Rhythms
This is a good page of chord rhythms adaptable for the mandolin. Many of them would work well when sharing rhythm with a guitar.
https://www.jazzguitar.be/blog/jazz-...chord-rhythms/
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A reminder that we shouldn't "only" play chop chords!
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Actually, the old timers [including Monroe] didn't chop nearly as much as most people think.
Who wants a snare drum banging away in a ballad?
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Very nice! Thanks for posting. In particular, I like Rhythm 3 which I could see using a lot.
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Joel Glassman
What works is something you can only find out in playing. Use your ears
Oddly the chord forms in the first few examples are rooted -- in jazz you normally leave that to the bass player (and, on mandolin, of course, the root is normally below the range of the instrument). The Freddie Green example doesn't sound like Green at all. His beat was more even and I don't think you can replicate that featherlight feel on an electric.
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rcc56
Actually, the old timers [including Monroe] didn't chop nearly as much as most people think.
Who wants a snare drum banging away in a ballad?
Well, this thread is about jazz, not the "old timers". And how does the snare drum enter a discussion about rhythm mandolin?
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ralph johansson
What works is something you can only find out in playing. Use your ears
Oddly the chord forms in the first few examples are rooted -- in jazz you normally leave that to the bass player (and, on mandolin, of course, the root is normally below the range of the instrument). The Freddie Green example doesn't sound like Green at all. His beat was more even and I don't think you can replicate that featherlight feel on an electric.
“Featherlight” is not a word I would use to describe Freddy Green’s guitar, but I agree you can not do that sound on electric, because you can’t replicate the quick decay. The other examples are good basic rhythms to think about.
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Originally Posted by Joel Glassman
This is a good page of chord rhythms adaptable for the mandolin. Many of them would work well when sharing rhythm with a guitar.
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Originally Posted by
ralph johansson
What works is something you can only find out in playing. Use your ears
Of course. I didn't say you must use these without adapting them.