Jazz-Blues Comping I

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The document discusses building a jazz blues vocabulary and provides 4 examples of blues progressions and comping techniques using standard chord notation.

Example blues progressions in F are provided using chords like F7, B7, and D7. Arpeggio and half note melody examples are described.

Standard musical notation is used including chord diagrams, note values like half and quarter notes, and tablature notation for fingering.

Build a solid Jazz Blues comp vocabulary

Jens Larsen
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Standard tuning

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Example 1 - F blues
F7 B 7 F7 F7alt
1 2 3 4
E-Gt

8 8 8 9
8 7 8 8
7 6 7 7
8 8 8
6

B 7 Bdim F7 D7( 13)


5 6 7 8

8 8 8 11
7 7 8 11
6 6 7 10
8
6 7 10

Gm7 C7alt F7 D7 Gm7 C7alt

9 10 11 12

10 9 8 11 10 9
10 9 8 11 10 9
8 8 7 10 8 8
10 8 10
8 10 8

13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20

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Example 2 - Arpeggios
F7 F7alt
21 22 23 24

8 10 11 7 9
6 8 10 8 8 8 6 7 9 10 9 9
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

B 7 Bdim
25 26 27 28

6 8 10 6 7 10
6 8 9 8 6 8 6 8 9 8 6 8
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

D7 Gm7
29 30 31 32

10 11 13 8 10
10 11 13 11 11 11 8 10 11 10 10
11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8

C7
33 34

8 9 11 12
9 11 9 9 9 9
9 9 9 9 9 9
8 8 8 8 8 8

35

36

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Example 3 - F blues half note melody
F7 B 7 F7 F7alt
37 38 39 40

7 9
6 8 9 6 8 10 9 9
8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8
7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7

B 7 Bdim F7 D7( 13)


41 42 43 44

8 6
6 8 9 8 6 8 10 11
7 7 7 7 8 8 11 11
6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10

Gm7 C7alt F7 D7 Gm7 C7alt


45 46 47 48

8 10 9 8
10 10 9 11 8 11 10 9
10 10 9 9 8 11 10 9
8 8 8 8 7 10 8 8

49

50

51

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Example 4 - F blues comping example
F7 B 7 F7 F7alt
52 53 54 55

6 8 6 8 6 6 8 6 8 6 6 8 6 9 7 9 7
8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

B 7 F7 D7( 13)
56 57 58 59

6 7 6 7
8 6 8 8 6 6 6 8 6 6 8 11 10
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 11 11
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10

Gm7 C7alt F7 D7 Gm7 C7alt


60 61 62 63

11 9 8
8 10 8 10 8 9 9 9 8 11 10 9
10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 11 10 9
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 8 8

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