Solo Jazz Guitar Masterclass
Something in the Way You Arrange
About this masterclass
Jake Reichbart walks through his complete solo jazz guitar arrangement of Something, the Beatles classic by George Harrison. Drawing on his years of solo guitar arranging experience, Jake plays the arrangement slowly with the camera zoomed in on the neck and hands, going over the fingerings and every note carefully.
What's covered
- Bringing jazz harmony and jazz-influenced fills into a pop song arrangement
- Playing a credible bass line on the strong beats while keeping the melody correctly syncopated
- A percussive fingernail downstroke that emulates a snare drum on beats 2 and 4 to make the arrangement groove
- Logical fingerings that let the arrangement sing and flow
- An improvised solo section, plus where the arrangement leaves room for variation and filling
This is an arrangement Jake performs regularly at gigs, so the fingerings are consistent and practical. If you want to build your chord melody and solo guitar skills with a real-world tune, this class shows you one from start to finish. Full video is 1 hour 25 minutes, with a download included.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Full Class + Download1h 25m
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Jake Reichbart won WEMU-FM’s Emily Remler scholarship for best jazz guitarist in 1991. Since then, he has been among the busiest guitarists in the greater Detroit region. As a sideman, he appears on countless recordings and jingles and has performed alongside Motown legends and jazz greats alike, logging over 4,600 live gigs. Reichbart’s passion, though, has always been solo guitar, citing Joe Pass, Tuck Andress and Tommy Emmanuel as his main influences, while creating a unique voice of his own. He can arrange for the guitar nearly any tune imaginable, drawing from any and every musical style. His CDs 16 Songs and Long Ago and Far Away have received nominations for best jazz recording at the Detroit Music Awards and have garnered rave reviews from such prestigious publications as All Music Guide, Just Jazz Guitar, and Cadence, as well as from numerous radio stations across the US and abroad. He has performed for two US presidents, the Michigan Governor's Inaugural Ball three times, and for countless other similar events. His instructional DVDs are distributed by the largest publisher in the world, Hal Leonard Corporation and he was featured on the front cover of the May 2012 issue of Just Jazz Guitar magazine, which included a lengthy interview and a transcription of one of his arrangements. Jake cites his most enjoyable solo work as being the “restaurant guitarist,” creating long-term relationships and enjoying a loyal following. For the past 20 years, he has been performing on Wednesday evenings at Ann Arbor’s most famous restaurant, The Earle.