3 Reasons Your Comping Sucks and How To Fix It

Most lessons on learning Jazz Guitar Comping are about chords and extensions, but actually, that is not what comping is really about. This video will show you what you need to focus on and how to practice some things that will actually help you comp better.
This video will help you work on your Jazz Comping giving you ways to develop rhythm, melodies, and also how to think about interaction and how to function in a group. In short, develop your own jazz guitar comping exercises.
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00:00 Intro
00:27 Rhythm
02:11 Practicing Riffs
02:49 The Golden Tip For Comping Rhythms
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04:53 Shortcut to Chord Solos
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[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Yeps, it's always about the rhythm. But also, as you're about to explain I think, melody and solos are largely about rhythm too. I've had a lot of rock and metal students who asked me to teach them to play "lead guitar." I always tell them that the first thing to learn is that a "lead" player needs to be even better at rhythm than a "rhythm guitarist."

[@JensLarsen]

Exactly! :)

[@michaelstevens8]

How a Guitarist Comps depends on three things. #1 The type of song. #2 The size of the group.#3 The other instruments of the group. In other words their are a number of different ways to comp. Critical Listening and Transcribing of certain Pianist and Guitarist comping is important. On Piano Monk, Peterson, Garland, Kelly, Silver, Tyner, Evans, Hancock and Mehldau are great. For Guitar check out Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Jim Hall and Ed Bickert. Learn how to Comp first then Soloing. A Guitarist will be doing a lot more Comping than Soloing. Great video Jens. Thanks.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@larryhall2805]

I'm no where near this level and was only familiar with half the musicians you mentioned, but I take your advice to heart. Jen's lessons are encouraging to me.

[@guitarmusic524]

Yep, different situations = different rules. (The visual graphics crack me up: SpongeBob and space ships!) Good stuff!

[@guitarmusic524]

@@JensLarsen I love it when people mention Wes Montgomery. He lived for a while in the same neighborhood where my father was born. I have an amplifier that Wes used to plug into when my grandpa's best friend used to let him sit in at The Circle Tavern in downtown Indianapolis back in the 1940s. Here on KZbin you can hear that amplifier (1942 Gibson EH 150) if you look up Darrell Croy playing Sweet Georgia Brown. My grandpa is accompanying Darrell. Darrell was a great guitarist - about 3 & 1/2 or four years older than Wes Montgomery- who Wes used to listen to. He used to play gigs with Monk, Wes's brother, when Wes got famous and was out of town.

[@mannoplanet]

Wynton Kelly on banjo... yep, he was the best. I would agree that you need to know what your role is in the band- in that song- in that moment. The last thing a soloist wants to hear in a band with a drummer and bass is a guitarist or pianist who is making their own harmonies under the song during the solo. In a duet OK, but for the most part the comp is strengthening the rhythm and only suggesting the outline of the song.

[@JensLarsen]

Very true :)

[@vmitodd]

Bela Fleck has nothing on Wynton's banjo.

[@dingoswamphead]

Amazing how Winton could make a banjo so pianistic.

[@mickaelkyrlis1702]

Another point that you surely have mentioned in other videos is the context of comping: We should play differently when it is a big band, only 2 guitars , jazz trio or just guitar and voice. Every situation needs other elements.

[@JensLarsen]

Certainly! :)

[@guitarstuffcanada]

1:55 Wynton Kelly - Banjo LOL :)

[@zeekmx1970]

Mr. Larson that thumb nail is pure savant level humor. I've not forgotten you, it's just that this is a very difficult time in the US right now.

[@grinpick]

Freddy Robinson on the John Mayall live album, "Jazz Blues Fusion" provides a very good example of both comping and soloing on guitar.

[@r0mmm]

imo the king of comping is definitly Bill Evans. his comping on tunes like nardis or you must believe in spring is just absolutly nuts and amazing. so groovy and the harmony is mindblowing

[@JensLarsen]

When he is comping the bass player?

[@r0mmm]

@@JensLarsen yes, exactly! besides the absolutly incredible bass solo on you must believe in spring, bill's comping delivers a groovy feeling which is so pleasent and feels so natural.

[@williamhoulihan4412]

Speaking of Melody (underlined!) and powerful dynamics let's not forget the lovely powerful sessions of Kenny Burrell !!

[@tomcripps7229]

Great lesson Jens. I recently made a video about using those 2 note voicings for a 12 bar blues. It's very simple but tricky, especially when you throw in a diminished substitution. I think the primary role of any musician whether solo or in an ensemble is to build support systems. Kind of like building a house or a piece of furniture. You don't start out with fancy trim. And a song is a story that you're trying to tell. You start out with a theme. You can throw in BS and tall tales later. But you have to engage the listener first.

[@JensLarsen]

Very true 🙂

[@DaveLynchJazzGuitar]

Barry Galbraith is one of my favorite compers. He was an outstanding soloist too. Listen to him behind Tal Farlow on The Tal Farlow album.

[@Supardanil]

Jens has finally chosen violence with the video titles

[@JensLarsen]

Bad comping ruins lives! :)

[@kennethgarcia25]

Your videos get more and more professional and compelling! It's been phenomenal to watch your growth. You always had the content and the passion, but now you are using the medium increasingly effectively. Kudos!!!! Phenomenal lessons.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much Kenneth! Very nice of you to say so :)

[@kennethgarcia25]

@@JensLarsen on the contrary, I am speaking out of gratitude for the care you invest and the passion and intelligence you infuse in each lesson! You have become a real ambassador for jazz guitar playing! You are essentially the paint by numbers, but don’t worry some color outside the lines equivalent for the jazz guitar novice!!! Very encouraging.

[@hollyanforth1006]

This is similar to a lesson video by Joe Pass on jazz lines. He said he only paid attention to whether something was major, minor, or dominant 7th. Pass is one of my favorites, but I don't always understand his explanations, lol. This has absolutely helped me to understand better about simplicity 🎵🎶🎸

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it! :)

[@Jamsville]

This is one of the best videos you’ve ever made, Jens. The funny thing is I think everything you talked about in this video also applies to soloing 🙂

[@JensLarsen]

Wow, thank you! I actually say a video of you playing with a big band because I was searching for some Jim McNeely videos for a video. You sounded great!

[@Jamsville]

@@JensLarsen that’s hilarious! that was a really fun chart to play, partially because Jim McNeely actually writes interesting guitar parts haha.

[@IverJ]

I agree 100%

[@LesterBrunt]

Sticking to one rhythm pattern is a great way to bring clarity to your playing. Makes it all way more deliberate.

[@voronOsphere]

Thanks for this great explanation and lesson on comping, Jens! Excellent!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

[@joaquindominguezmorales7698]

Great video Jens! For me, Jim Hall is one of the best when it comes to comping. Amazing time feeling and interaction with the solo. He makes it so simple yet it sounds incredible. A great example of this is on Paul Desmond's "Bossa Antigua".

[@JensLarsen]

Jim is indeed great on those albums 🙂👍

[@chrisrobson2203]

Golden.. definitely watching this over and over. Thanks Jens!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you find it useful 🙂

[@paulreddy5452]

Thank you, thank you, thank you Jens! This is right up my alley on where I’m trying to take my playing. I’m so glad that I literally stumbled across you when I did! Much Respect, Paul

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much Paul! Glad you find the videos useful 🙂

[@kevinchandler4409]

I like the comping of Jimmy and Doug Raney on both the Duet and Quartet recordings

[@nealhartsell3880]

So well explained. I feel hope. Thx Jens!

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it! I am sure you can put it to use 🙂

[@bigsnacks913]

Jens I've been watching since 2016 and it's awesome to see your channel grow to over 300k subscribers. Much deserved!

[@JensLarsen]

Great that you come back to check out the new videos

[@punkrockreian]

Great video. Making it simple. When I watch a bunch of youtube videos. They focus on voicings, inversions, or endless riff and runs that's not in context in creating a songs. Seems like they like to show all these fancy chords just to show off that hey, I can do these. I like how you talked about grooves and the interactions and rhythm of the song. What's the point in having all these finger bending chords when you don't even know how to apply them in a groove or rhythm that makes a song have movement.

[@amiwan9596]

I love Adam Rogers comping

[@calbrush6654]

You are fortunate to have co-players that can get this. I have seen competent ‘lead guitar’ players have to scream at ‘bass guys’ stepping on their lines instead of underscoring the harmonization. Had to resort to ‘chord/melody’ solo style instead, myself. Excellent Video, maestro.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I haven't seen many people get angry about playing 🙂

[@enzolo2420]

Great Lesson! extra points for Wynton Kelly with Trane, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb :-)

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks! :)

[@maxwellshammer5283]

Thanks for another excellent lesson.

[@miguelgromicho9635]

Great lesson Jens! Thank you

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@Dan-Arg]

Really good one video Jens, thanks again. Daniel from Argentina.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@redmaplerecording]

The famous Korg KDM-1 it pretty much „ticked“ me through my study years 😄

[@JensLarsen]

Haha! Exactly :)

[@Shafer.Jesse.Sandbox]

Wynton has to be the best banjo player ever.

[@Shafer.Jesse.Sandbox]

@@GARRY3754 I'll buy that hahaha

[@nickdefeo428]

This is the most I have ever learned from a single guitar instructional video. Thank you sir

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful 🙂

[@andrey_bassplayer]

Great!!! Thanks for this lesson!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@DrJoshGuitar]

Nice vid Jens. I love Wes Montgomery‘s comping. I think he’s one of the best!

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks! I actually Wes is a little too busy sometimes

[@Anandmahangoe]

Awesome videos Jens !! Great tips and I really enjoyed the humor / fun you use in your videos ! Now I have to start looking for a Gibson ES335 😍. Hope to meet you again when we have a Fractal Audio meeting 😀🙏🏼

[@JensLarsen]

Hi Anand! Thanks! Certainly, you actually guided me back in 2010(?) when I first tried an AxeFx :)

[@VitalBigras]

Excellent lesson and #1 video quality 👌🏼I am also learning a lot from your webstore lesson “From chords to comping”

[@JensLarsen]

Glad to hear it, Gilles!

[@joebloggs4369]

Great lesson

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Great stuff, Jens! Cheers, Daniel 🪕

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@donlessnau3983]

Well done. Thanks a lot.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@jamescampbell3553]

I really enjoy your enormous amount of knowledge and sense of humor… my first instructor was a guy named Harry Leahey who played for Phil Woods he is on you tube you may like him tx so much jim

[@stringemup5941]

Dang it, Jens! I just filmed a vid last night on this exact topic!!! LOVE your channel!!!!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! It is an important topic 🙂

[@stringemup5941]

@@JensLarsen now everyone’s going to think I’m copying you!! :-)

[@mikekohary1075]

Great video. My suggestion for comping is simple and obvious, but proven: learn the Freddie Greene big band comping style. The rhythm is simple quarter notes, but it will teach you all the small shell chords you need, which you can then use with your smaller band to get creative with the rhythm on. When I switched from bigger chords to 2 and 3-note voicings a few years ago, not only did my comping instantly improve, I had so much more fun doing it because I was giving my brain a break from doing the math of big complex chords. And when you're playing with bass and keys, you don't need or even want those big chords, it just gets muddy. When you play only 2 notes, you can hear how the guitar fits right in with the rest and the difference is vast. Jens comments on the groove are spot-on, when you're playing complex chords it's tough to listen to everyone else and fit in. When you don't have to think about that stuff, suddenly it becomes very easy to groove with the band.

[@bokehintheussr5033]

This channel gets funnier and funnier with every video. I also get better at jazz guitar with every video. Great content Jens!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@nickmuravievsmusicpage3012]

Very сlever and very useful tutorial. Intuitively, I thought "in this direction", and your class strengthen me in my guess.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful 🙂

[@cbolt4492]

Very high quality musical training video 😎

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@newjana]

Wow! Something new for me 🙏🙏🙏 thanks ❤️

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@fredericsan007]

Per a mi, guitarra és acompanyament. "Guitar is comping". Aquest és el vídeo que em calia. This is the vídeo that i needed. Thank you very much, Jens.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Frederic, I am glad you found it useful! 👍

[@jimmrvos2930]

Thanks Jens for a very insightful lesson. I struggle with comping all the time. There are many reasons for this, but I think your point about using simple chords is the first thing for me to work on. Also, your idea about thinking of comping and chord melodies as a continuum is brilliant. This will take some time to show up in my playing. But it’s something I need to remember. Are you going to do a comping course that is in the same vein as your Jazz Guitar Roadmap? I think that would be awesome. Cheers! And thanks again.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Jim! I am hoping to create a comping course and publish it soon :)

[@benkatof4240]

Very simple, very nice!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, Ben

[@SirMonkeyoftheBrook]

Thanks mate. You're awesome.

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

[@user-ln8wl3le6s]

Thank you as always.

[@JensLarsen]

My pleasure!

[@ken92592]

Once again, a great video as usual. Can you recommend some recordings / songs where this type of comping is done well? Thank you.

[@JensLarsen]

Wynton Kelly on Smokin At the Half note, Herbie on Four And More or Speak No Evil?

[@TuMamaEsHombre1993]

On the... Banjo? Ladys and gentlemen: Wynton Kelly!

[@davidskinner8351]

I like Jim Hall playing Autumn Leaves in the Alone Together album with Ron Carter. It kind of blurs the lines between comping and soloing…and that seems to be the go,d standard.

[@earbook]

very helpful,thks

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you think so 🙂

[@ukulelechriswilson]

Merci beaucoup. jens, maintenant j'ai mis la traduction, je comprends mieux. Now i translate and i understand better Thank You so much for your exemples.

[@JensLarsen]

Great! Glad it is useful!

[@alxsmac733]

Chick Corea is one of my favorite compers. It was almost improvised counterpoint at times and never ceased to be super musical.

[@cbolt4492]

This is one of my goals, it's a long way off personally... I'm getting closer though 😎

[@JensLarsen]

You'll get there :)

[@perrycapitani504]

Thanks for a great video. I’m a keyboardist and I often find myself frustrated when soloing, and my accompanists (guitars and drums) don’t play consistently throughout the verse or chorus. Changing their pattern midway almost always distracts me somewhat.

[@JensLarsen]

It is difficult to find the right balance with these things 🙂

[@tovarisch2788]

Loved that Wynton Kelly banjo part! But no; this is a fine video.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@saveriosibio8069]

Great jazz master

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@davidtardio9804]

Great video - lots of excellent information here. I've already changed the way I comp after watching your videos and I know it has helped me a great deal. The only problem I've come across is that often I'm playing a soloist who doesn't leave any space, so as much as I want to comp "melodically" with a moving line going between the chords, I'm concerned that if I do that it will clutter the overall sound. Maybe just tell the soloist to shut up once in awhile? :)

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Do what serves the music best, but I don't think you can say that you have a right to space in someone else's solo

[@vannigio6234]

uah! 💥🎸💥... by the way... i love the color of your Gibson, uah! amazing 😋🐻👍

[@andreastroster285]

Great video! Love it! And very helpful! But did you write "Banjo" and "most impotant" on purpose?

[@JensLarsen]

Those are the real questions 😁

[@aturban-stromgitarre8886]

I really like Wynton Kelly on Banjo! 😬

[@FelixFraenkel]

His work on 7-String mandolin in drop Bb-Tuning is outstanding as well!

[@travisneighbors3691]

Garica/Grisman... there was a whole album someone borrowed me for a minute. Betts/Allman. Wow

[@romeredubost6971]

Wow I was listening to SUGAR by STANLEY TURRENTINE and George BENSON was doing the shell voicings during his comping parts. you explained it well.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@jackmorash7992]

As a drummer I can verify what you are saying - some guys make swinging a breeze others I feel like I’m pushing a truck with 4 flat tires up a hill with the emergency brake on!

[@hoathai151]

Hi Jens, I am Vietnamese and I just 16...i love your video...thank you so much!! (Sorry for my bad English)

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you find the videos useful!!! :)

[@JensLarsen]

What Is The Most Important To Learn For Comping? ✅Comping A Jazz Standard - This Is How To Get Started kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWS6qax7jdVpqMU ✅5 Basic Jazz Chord Exercises on Songs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHmXpoSPnKmiqq8

[@user-yi2be2vi6w]

Herbie and Chick are two of the best comping masters in jazz history

[@JensLarsen]

Herbie is indeed also in my top 3 :) What is a great example of Chick comping? I mostly have trio albums from him

[@ymelfilm]

@@JensLarsen Hi Jens, who are in your top 3?

[@JensLarsen]

@@ymelfilm not something I really thought too much about, but I guess Wynton Kelly, Herbie Hancock and maybe Scofield?

[@ymelfilm]

@@JensLarsen Scofield is very interesting, I mean nowadays we hardly can hear about him. Just today watched some Scott Henderson lesson and he said he learnt a lot from his outside of box ideas

[@joewaye7945]

Ed Bickert ...enough said !

[@Yupppi]

How did you know my comping sucks and I need help to make it the groovy and solid base for music that builds everything else. Been trying to figure out stuff like Cream, Hendrix, Van Halen and David Lee Roth, those voicings and rhythm just groove. Nice looking Genelecs there! I'm not sure if the comedic relief clips fit the atmosphere, but they're from good sources!

[@JensLarsen]

I think you will find that it at least isn't the voicings that groove, but Ginger Baker is indeed underestimated for his groove 🙂

[@johncorbett9207]

Hello Mr Larsen, I really like everything I'm witnessing on your you tube videos.I have been playing the guitar for several years, but I am totally left handed. My strings are not reverse could I learn jazz from this standpoint?

[@JensLarsen]

Yes, that doesn't really matter that much. Glad you like the videos 🙂

[@sim350]

just play like you normally do

[@LiechtensteinGuy]

Phantastic lesson! Is there a Jens Larsen for electric bass? 😄

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I don't know :)

[@ingohofstatter9121]

Does the concept of melody starting at around 3:40 also apply if there is a singer in the band who sings the (main) melody? Just wondering if in that case were "too many" melodies happening at the same time? Thanks! :)

[@JensLarsen]

Of course it does, the fact that you make what you play into a musical statement with a melody does not mean that you have to try to take all attention or still try to support a soloist. Why should it?

[@SyntagmaStation]

I really like this dude

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you

[@danadrian2752]

Hello, I would like to hear your thoughts on bends in Jazz and when they can be appropriate, if at all

[@JensLarsen]

That is a question of taste. There is no right or wrong answer

[@ledaswan5990]

Don’t lock yourself into genres. If you want to use bends do it. It’s one of the most expressive aspects of the guitar. Play something new. The old string of eighth notes with a tone that sounds like you have a pillow over your amp is not “jazz”. Be creative. Mix some Albert King with your Pat Martino if you want to.

[@MichaelBxl]

I think keeping it simple is a great advice. Last day, I was practicing with my saxophonist friend, and we where looking at the first chords of Isfahan. He made me realized that sometimes, we play the same note, and it sounds weird. Anyway, I noticed that all the extensions written in the chord sheet are actually notes in the melody. And I started to realized that the chords written on the sheet are the chords of the SONG, not what the comping maker is supposed to play... It can sound obvious, but, I think every beginner opening iReal Pro just try to play every notes. If the melody player is already playing that note, why should I ?

[@JensLarsen]

That is a good observation, actually I think you should not really take over extensions but instead just be aware of what the soloist is playing, both for melody and for soloing.

[@cjgreen4331]

that's pretty cool, it can encourage you to both comp more sparingly and experiment with extensions and and rhythm, as mentioned in the video

[@JensLarsen]

@@cjgreen4331 Exactly :)

[@MichaelBxl]

Thank you !

[@KamilKisiel]

This is a good observation and I think it also ties into the converse when soloing: play more extensions of the chords because the players comping will already be covering the primary harmony

[@xy-st9dz]

Hey Jens, just thought you'd like to know the series you show at the beginning of the vid converges to 0.4*sqrt(3) or ~ 0.6928203230275509174.... Cheers

[@JensLarsen]

I thought it converged in a C chord?

[@kylezo]

Nice

[@stevehurl298]

Good logical advice for jazzers. But remember, you'll still get fired from the country gig if you toss in even 1 augmented 5th. And how many jazz musicians ever get a follow-up gig to fire you from, anyway?

[@utyoubyouzer6777]

Hi Jens, I have an archtop with hot P90 on the neck. I have tried to shape the tone to tame it but still it’s quite a variation of tone character and dynamics between single notes and two or three note chords so they don’t blend well and as a result it feels out of place. I notice you and most other chord melody players use Humbucker. Would you be able to comment on a sub 1000 dollar hollow body (or semi hollow if it’s a good fit for jazz) guitar with Humbucker that can do chord melody well. Sorry for being off-topic.

[@JensLarsen]

Look at the Ibanez, Eastman and Epiphone guitars in that range, they should all be fine 🙂

[@utyoubyouzer6777]

@@JensLarsen Any particular model that you thought is a good build and action and ergo feels good and sounds good too? I mean both acoustically and with good pickups? I know some cheap ones require pickup swapping as people say. Also not sure if I expand my possibilities to semi acoustic (with center block) increases the chance of getting a better guitar. I mean if a better build semi could feel and sound better than a cheaply made full hollow body.

[@JensLarsen]

@@utyoubyouzer6777 I don't have experience with each model, sorry. Maybe ask in the Insiders Facebook group?

[@damonshanabarger2604]

I've been spending a great deal of time listening to my two Jimmy Bruno instructional DVD's. Learn how to use the five outside notes and play arpeggios outside the key. It's all about melody and swing. Certainly habitual Jazz playing, then again not!!!!!!!!!! It can always be exiting and new. Well at least I am not able to think about all of that all of the time, although some how I am.

[@markusreinhard9090]

HI Jens, thank you so much for this video. May I buy your chord-melody arrangements for How high the moon and There will never be another you? Best regards, Markus

[@JensLarsen]

One is for free through the link in the video description (but it isn't the whole song) You can also sign up for the $10 Patreon pledge to get access to the 60+ chord melody arrangements there

[@JensLarsen]

And these might be interesting for you as well: kzbin.info/aero/PLWYuNvZPqqcFd-HZ9qiAdhMzl4oE_D5ev

[@malikchoukrane7569]

Thank you for thaïs l'Essonne

[@trujilloroldancarlosarturo4281]

Im not a jazz player but Holly shit, this Is fucking useful for everybody, It was a miracle that appeared on the perfect moment, now i Know where i have to put my efforts

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it! I hope you can put it to use!

[@guitarhans]

Chrystal clear tutorial. Hilarious video-editing too!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@Saladzingers]

How important do you think it is to think “interval-ically”? I’ve ended up frustrated trying to remember shapes and am starting to think I need to just be able to know where to find any interval I want from any starting note…

[@JensLarsen]

I actually just think in notes, I find that a lot easier when it comes to tying the whole thing together and having an overview of how the harmony moves across several chords or even a whole piece. So, I would suggest going that way. Thinking in intervals against the root often makes the whole thing a bit zoomed in per chord and you don't listen to happy birthday and go C7 , C7, F, F7 etc. It is a whole, and if you lose track of that then you can also lose track of the music.

[@Saladzingers]

@@JensLarsen thanks for replying Jens - could I ask you to expand on that a little? Presumably as you move to a new note you are fitting that into a context, whether it’s an interval of the current chord, or the key? What is that context?

[@JensLarsen]

@@Saladzingers It is the name of the note, because that information ties together those two pieces of information: The Chord and The Key (whenever chord and key makes sense for the piece of music of course)

[@Saladzingers]

@@JensLarsen Ah, OK. I’ll be honest, that seems like impossible ninja skills to me right now 😂 I presume this builds up over years? If you have any videos on this I’d love to see them!

[@JensLarsen]

@@Saladzingers probably these Fretboard Visualization and Philosophy: kzbin.info/aero/PLWYuNvZPqqcGPrkSmgvmTXYSyluHSVREK I think people exaggerate how difficult it is.

[@OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink]

6:45 lol, the text “the most impotant …” Edit: ps, great vid

[@jimconnelly2851]

My inspiration is Freddie Green.

[@JensLarsen]

Nothing wrong with that, but it is not very flexible though 🙂

[@jsebsteelguitar]

This minimalistic approach of comping chords and their voicing seem to be the same used by Jim Hall, isn't it?

[@JensLarsen]

Among other things, certainly :)

[@jsebsteelguitar]

@@JensLarsen Thank you for these great lessons in videos! I learn a lot of things listening to you.

[@creamabdul-jabbar]

i would love to read the roman comping book. Half Diminitius

[@edmundbpiano]

Mulgrew Miller has a fantastic short little video about comping! (with an example) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ2wZWmZiN-opqs

[@MeikelFernweh]

Just great, though I think that it should be *the most important* and not *the most impotant* comping lesson. Someone might take that wrong. Thank you for another big lesson.

[@JensLarsen]

You never know 😁

[@marcus2515]

Kool,. L&L - listen & limit

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it :)

[@Dang...]

Wynton Kelly: BANJO! Hahaha!!! Jens, you are hilarious. I think I'm going to go burn my banjo now... It's NEVER going to sound like a piano!

[@JensLarsen]

Haha! Thanks Dan :)

[@russellzauner]

TIL: *comping* Thanks, I now have infinity homework to do.

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it 😂

[@powerbalance3089]

What are the best ways to harmonise a melody? That is more complex than it sounds, as the way I usually do this is have a static chord “base” while changing the top note! LOL.

[@JensLarsen]

If you are looking for more info on harmonizing melodies then maybe these are useful? kzbin.info/www/bejne/laHVgpyom6amgc0

[@julesbrunton1728]

Django Reinhardt on banjo before he took up guitar... The O.G banjo comp master