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I love the phrasing, harmonies and swing here. I‘ve transcribed both guitars because I wanted to figure out the precise harmonies that define this kind of sound/feel. “No, not six guitar, just two!”… More…
Roy is a great player I’m just now discovering. The lick in the second half of this phrase is nice and guitarry. :) From the 1961 album “The Most Exciting Guitar.” The tune is “Lost Weekend.” More…
Here’s a fun way to end a tune, from Roy Lanham’s recording of 1961 “Lover Come Back To Me.” It’s very similar to a lick of his I posted earlier today (https://www.soundslice.com/slices/5NBVc/). More…
Peel your eyes away from the amazing right-hand technique and listen to these great choruses by Matteo. Lots of great ideas in here!… More…
Hot off the presses! Patrus53 just posted this archival footage of Bosquet to YouTube a few hours ago. Here’s a chorus from his live recording of “Daphne.” It starts with a lick very similar to a thing… More…
From the tune “A Lot of Livin’ To Do” on the 1964 Billy Taylor album “Right Here, Right Now!”… More…
From an Adrien Moignard masterclass I attended in Louisville, Kentucky, USA on Nov. 13, 2011. This was a very inspiring moment for me — Adrien talked about how there’s always more to learn. More…
I was listening to the excellent new Label Ouest remastered collection “Electrified Django” and realized it contains a rare example of Django messing up!… More…
I’ve been meaning to learn sweep picking for ages, so I got excited when I saw this YouTube mini lesson. I gave it the full Soundslice treatment for easier learning/practicing. More…
Some nice chord voicings in this beautiful intro from the 1992 album “A Tribute To Wes Montgomery” by Project G-7. More…
From the A.K. Salim. album “Stable Mates,” recorded April 5, 1957. The phrasing is just plain awesome.… More…
Love these ideas from guitarist Tom Bernus. It's his entry in the #JustinSingleShed thing run by Justin-Lee Schultz (the amazing keyboardist at right). More…
From Adrien’s new album, released a few days ago. A creative take on the standard melody, and the lick at the end of the B section is great!… More…
Nice modern-sounding substitution here over a G minor blues. Thanks to Paul Sommer for filming this workshop and posting the video. More…
From the tune “Blues 1 & 8” on the album “Live!” (1963) with George Benson on guitar. I’ve tried to come up with reasonable fingerings to play this on guitar. More…
Very nice, swinging piano intro. I'm still a beginner at transcribing piano, so suggestions/corrections are welcome! More…
Paul Davids invited me to do a gentle introduction to the Django guitar style. More…
I’m always looking for new ideas over this particular chord progression; here’s a nice one from Angelo. From Samois 2011. More…
Beautiful violin arrangement of the Edvard Grieg melody. This is my first time transcribing a violin duet — corrections welcome! More…
From “What Kind of Friend” (1947). The two things I love here are the syncopated motif and the Ab minor substitution (which I've marked in the notation).… More…
From Samois 2010. This was played over the B section of “Dinette.” More…
Simple but effective stuff from The Count! This comes from the tune “Bluebeard Blues,” from the radio broadcast of Jazz Club USA episode 16 on April 15, 1951.… More…
Here’s a nice little meandering thing by Barney Kessel from a live performance with The Great Guitars in 1982. More…
I’ve been following Isto on YouTube for more than 10 years — he’s got a lovely voice, great taste in repertoire, quirky sense of humor and an excellent fingerstyle guitar technique. He just posted this… More…
This is either Billy Strayhorn or Duke Ellington — I don’t know their styles well enough to be able to distinguish. It comes from a “C Jam Blues” piano duet they did, which was broadcast on the radio program… More…
So good! Here I’ve attempted to do a guitar reduction of this fantastic shout chorus by the Modern Art Orchestra. It comes from the album “Tribute To Stephane And Django” by Roby Lakatos and Bireli Lagrene… More…
A straightforward but nice 1-6-2-5 intro from the tune “A Fine Romance,” from the 1961 album “Weaver of Dreams.” More…
Great playing from the “Coast to Coast” album, recorded in April 1980. More…
Here’s an exercise I learned from somebody at Django In June a few years ago (I forget from whom).… More…
