This Wes Montgomery Guitar Lesson is breaking down parts of the solo on Four on Six. This version is from the album: “The Incredible Jazz Guitar”. What makes Wes a great improviser and jazz guitarist is not that he played octaves or chord solos. There are other aspects of his playing that are the reason that we consider him the most important jazz guitarist in modern jazz.This video goes over 5 aspects of his playing that you can easily work on in your own guitar solos. I think really defines what is great about his playing.If you want to check out another Wes Montgomery Lesson then have a look at this lesson. Content:Intro Wes Montgomery – Four On Six5 Simple Things in Wes’ StyleFour on Six and The Incredible Jazz Guitar of WM#1 Just use the arpeggios (and make great melodies)#2 Don’t be afraid to Use Repeated Notes (Groove and Melody)What are the things you love about Wes Montgomery? Leave a comment#3 Motifs and Call-Response melodies#4 Dynamics within the Solo lines#5 Do You Have The Blues?Like the video?
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The Wes Montgomery Jazz Guitar StyleMost of the time we are in impressed with Wes for playing everything with the thumb, using octaves and playing swinging lines. But actually there is one aspect of his playing that maybe does not get the attention it deserves, and which in my opinion is also more important than the things I already talked about. Phrasing but also great lines and melodiesWhen I transcribed or learned this solo I was not really analyzing his playing and I didn’t write down the phrases I just played along with the record and tried to get close to his phrasing. That was very helpful for a lot of things with timing and phrasing and is probably what I would suggest you do when working on transcriptions.This video is really about something else: How to connect your solo and have a longer story or musical idea in your playing using Wes as an example because he was extremely good at this. Is a very simple way of using an easy to play motif and then still manage to make it an interesting development across 4 bars.The motif is repeated for each of the descending II V’s What to take away from this analysisThe way Wes Montgomery is always making longer musical statements and connects phrases across longer stretches is really what makes him a musical genius to me.
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Keeping this in mind and working on this aspect of your playing can really improve your solos more than you can imagine. Get a free E-bookIf you want to download a Free E-book of 15 II Valt I licks then subscribe to my newsletter.