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12/10/22
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30 Killer Comping Concepts
Rhythm & Comping Approaches for the Jazz Guitarist
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Doug Munro
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NOTE: TrueFire Foundry courses are independently-produced courses presented by a hand-picked selection of top-notch artists and educators from around the world. Filmed in the educator’s own studio, Foundry courses bring fresh educational concepts and very effective teaching methodologies to TrueFire Students.
The traditional B-3, drums, and guitar trio present a unique situation for comping. When the organist solos, he usually plays the solo with his right hand and the bass with his left hand. That leaves the guitarist in charge of the harmony as well as the key person in the rhythmic presentation of the group. Not only does the guitarist have to fill the harmonic and rhythmic "void", he/she has to react to and help build the organists solo.
Doug Munro’s 30 Killer Comping Concepts for the Organ Trio Guitarist delivers priceless insight and 30 versatile approaches for comping in this specific type of situation.
Doug Munro is a veteran of the New York music scene with 17 albums to his credit as a leader and over 75 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger working with a diverse array of artists including Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Doug has over 75 original published compositions and over 300 recorded arrangements performed by some of the finest players in the world.
”I’ll demonstrate 30 "go to" comping concepts that you can mix and match to build and maintain great comping ideas in an organ trio. We'll cover a variety of organ trio styles from Blues to Bebop, Latin to Funk, Ballads to Blistering up-tempos. I'm eager to share with you all I've learned over the past 30 years as a working guitarist.”
For each of the 30 concepts, Doug will first demonstrate the concept over a rhythm track and then break it down for you by explaining the approach behind the concept, and showing you the chord chord voicings he used. You’ll play your way through the entire course, greatly expanding your chord vocabulary and comping acumen.
The 30 Coming Concepts include: 3 & 4 Note Chord Voicings, Moving a Line on the Bottom, Moving a Line on Top, Repetition, Dotted Quarter/Eighth Swing, Syncopated Triplet Shuffle, Two Feel Swing, Broken Two Feel Swing, Triplet Ballad, Implied Double Time Ballad, Pedaling Using a Note on Top, Pedaling Using a Note on the Bottom, Quarter Notes: Freddie Green Style Swing, Quarter Note Swing, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 1, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 2, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 3, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 4, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 5, Funk 16th Note Rhythm/Single Notes, Funk 16th Note Rhythm/Double Stops, Funk 16th Note Rhythm Combing Single Notes and Chords, Scale Tone Chords and Passing Diminished Chords Swing, Scale Tone Chords and Passing Diminished Chords Funk, Chromatic Approach Chords Swing, Chromatic Approach Chords Funk, Tritone Sub Swing, Tritone Sub Shuffle, Tritone Sub Ballad, and Non-diatonic Triads Swing.
All of the performance studies are charted with chord grids for your practice, reference and study purposes. Plus, Doug includes all of the backing tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar and let’s comp up a storm with our B3 trio and Doug Munro!
The traditional B-3, drums, and guitar trio present a unique situation for comping. When the organist solos, he usually plays the solo with his right hand and the bass with his left hand. That leaves the guitarist in charge of the harmony as well as the key person in the rhythmic presentation of the group. Not only does the guitarist have to fill the harmonic and rhythmic "void", he/she has to react to and help build the organists solo.
Doug Munro’s 30 Killer Comping Concepts for the Organ Trio Guitarist delivers priceless insight and 30 versatile approaches for comping in this specific type of situation.
Doug Munro is a veteran of the New York music scene with 17 albums to his credit as a leader and over 75 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger working with a diverse array of artists including Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Doug has over 75 original published compositions and over 300 recorded arrangements performed by some of the finest players in the world.
”I’ll demonstrate 30 "go to" comping concepts that you can mix and match to build and maintain great comping ideas in an organ trio. We'll cover a variety of organ trio styles from Blues to Bebop, Latin to Funk, Ballads to Blistering up-tempos. I'm eager to share with you all I've learned over the past 30 years as a working guitarist.”
For each of the 30 concepts, Doug will first demonstrate the concept over a rhythm track and then break it down for you by explaining the approach behind the concept, and showing you the chord chord voicings he used. You’ll play your way through the entire course, greatly expanding your chord vocabulary and comping acumen.
The 30 Coming Concepts include: 3 & 4 Note Chord Voicings, Moving a Line on the Bottom, Moving a Line on Top, Repetition, Dotted Quarter/Eighth Swing, Syncopated Triplet Shuffle, Two Feel Swing, Broken Two Feel Swing, Triplet Ballad, Implied Double Time Ballad, Pedaling Using a Note on Top, Pedaling Using a Note on the Bottom, Quarter Notes: Freddie Green Style Swing, Quarter Note Swing, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 1, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 2, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 3, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 4, Funk 16th Note Rhythm 5, Funk 16th Note Rhythm/Single Notes, Funk 16th Note Rhythm/Double Stops, Funk 16th Note Rhythm Combing Single Notes and Chords, Scale Tone Chords and Passing Diminished Chords Swing, Scale Tone Chords and Passing Diminished Chords Funk, Chromatic Approach Chords Swing, Chromatic Approach Chords Funk, Tritone Sub Swing, Tritone Sub Shuffle, Tritone Sub Ballad, and Non-diatonic Triads Swing.
All of the performance studies are charted with chord grids for your practice, reference and study purposes. Plus, Doug includes all of the backing tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar and let’s comp up a storm with our B3 trio and Doug Munro!
What you'll learn
- Play through an entire blues progression using one movable chord shape
- Use dominant 7th voicings with extensions (13th and sharp 9)
- Develop voice leading skills by moving chord shapes chromatically
- Understand what a two-feel rhythm is and how to comp over it
- Learn to respond to the improviser and follow harmonic changes
Release date: 12/13/2017 • 1h 52m runtime
Sample lessons
Funk 16th Note Rhythm Combing Single Notes and Chords
Concept 22: Demonstration
Funk 16th Note Rhythm Combing Single Notes and Chords
Concept 22: Explanation
Scale Tone Chords and Passing Diminished Chords Swing
Concept 23: Demonstration
Scale Tone Chords and Passing Diminished Chords Swing
Concept 23: Explanation
What's included
62 lessons • 30 charts • 30 Jam Tracks
30 Killer Comping Concepts for the Organ Trio Guitarist
Hi, I'm Doug Munro, and welcome to 30 Killer Comping Concepts for the Organ Trio Guitarist. The traditional B-3, drums, and guitar trio presents a unique situation for comping. When the organist solos, he usually plays the solo with his right hand and the bass with his left hand. That leaves the guitarist in charge of the harmony as well as the key person in the rhythmic presentation of the group. Not only does the guitarist have to fill the harmonic and rhythmic "void", he/she has to react to and help build the organists solo.
I've received messages from guitarists asking me to explain what I'm doing when I comp behind the organ solo, and in this course, I'm going to demonstrate 30 "go to" comping concepts that you can mix and match to build and maintain great comping ideas in an organ trio. We'll cover a variety of organ trio styles from blues to bebop, Latin to funk, ballads to blistering up-tempos. I'm eager to share with you all I've learned over the past 30 years as a working guitarist. So, grab your guitar, and let's get going!
I've received messages from guitarists asking me to explain what I'm doing when I comp behind the organ solo, and in this course, I'm going to demonstrate 30 "go to" comping concepts that you can mix and match to build and maintain great comping ideas in an organ trio. We'll cover a variety of organ trio styles from blues to bebop, Latin to funk, ballads to blistering up-tempos. I'm eager to share with you all I've learned over the past 30 years as a working guitarist. So, grab your guitar, and let's get going!
3 & 4 Note Chord Voicings
Here we take a look at a different method of building chords using only 3 or 4 notes.
3 & 4 Note Chord Voicings
Here's a detailed explanation of the theory behind Concept 1 as well as step-by-step instructions on how to play it.
Moving a Line on the Bottom
Here we take a look at voicing and connecting our chords from the bottom up.
Moving a Line on the Bottom
Here's a detailed explanation of the theory behind Concept 2 as well as step-by-step instructions on how to play it.
Moving a Line on Top
Here we take a look at voicing and connecting our chords from the top down.
Moving a Line on Top
Here's a detailed explanation of the theory behind Concept 3 as well as step-by-step instructions on how to play it.
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Reviews
7 results
jmsab99
Verified buyer
08/13/21
Ideas for great comping
In this course Doug give many ideas patterns for comping. I find that Doug’s teaching is useful in many style of playing. A great selection of patterns. So if you want to explore new ways to play you will find in these lessons many great ideas. It is what this course gave me. Thank you Doug!
sixthbeatle
03/12/21
Doug Munro's 30 Killer Comping Concepts
A lot of useful chord voicings and rhythm ideas.
sindibad
05/16/20
30 Killer Comping Concepts
Very educational and quiet lesson, well suited to people who are no longer very young.
Yossie T.
05/07/20
All Killer, No Filler
This video an excellent example of what 30 ____ You Must Know aspires to. Every lesson is substantial, accessible and gives you the knowledge to play better. This video is more than the "Organ Trio" in the title: it's a jazz rhythm-fest that teaches jazz chords (13ths, 9ths, #9, b9, and many others), single-note funky rhythm lines, walk-ups and walk-downs. It teaches you when to use them, how to use them and why to use them. It's my favorite TrueFire video.
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