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Shell voicings and drop-2
Comping vocabulary built from 3rds and 7ths, extended into drop-2 shapes across the middle strings.
Jazz · Neo-soul · Funk
Chasing the
right note.
Jazz first, with neo-soul and funk close behind. I'm working toward session-level guitar with a solid theory backbone: voicings I can move, lines that target chord tones, and time that swings.
Practice
01 — In the woodshed
What I'm practising
ii
ii–V–I voice leading
Smooth motion between chords: keeping common tones and moving by step through the changes.
iii
Bebop scales
Dominant, major and Dorian bebop scales, so eighth-note lines land chord tones on the beat.
iv
Approach notes and enclosures
Chromatic approaches and enclosures applied to ii–V–I progressions for a jazzier vocabulary.
v
Altered dominants and m7♭5
Colour for the V chord and the minor ii: altered sounds, half-diminished shapes, melodic minor sources.
vi
Reading while comping
Following a chart bar by bar while the swing feel keeps going underneath.
02 — Repertoire
Standards
Tunes I can comp and solo through, called at jam sessions.
Tune
Key
Feel
Blue Bossa
C minor
Bossa
03 — Listen
Recordings
Hotel California solo
My take on the iconic solo, harmonic minor and pentatonic scales over the original progression.
Dört Duvar solo
My solo over Dört Duvar by Canby and Wolker.
Flamenco improvisation
Flamenco style solo over a classical Am–G–F–E progression.
04 — Rig
Guitar
Jackson JS32 Super-Stratocaster
HH, 24 frets, compound radius — versatile for rock, metal and blues, warm enough for jazz. Ibanez AEG50 acoustic for unplugged sessions.
Amp and pedals
Guitar Rig 7 Pro → Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Amp modelling into a low-latency interface. Ernie Ball Regular Slinky strings, Gravity Standard Tipp pick.
Software
Ableton Live 13
DAW for composition, recording and live performance.