Comping Masterclass
The Art of the Duo
About this masterclass
Sheryl Bailey is joined by her great friend, guitarist Chris Bergson, for a class on the art of the guitar duo — a format the two have developed through their own special collaboration.
What's covered
- Different rhythm styles for duo playing
- Comping and chord voicings behind another guitarist
- Playing lines together
- Feeling time as a pair
- Some down-home blues jamming — Chris is an incredible blues player
A look at how two guitars can make a complete band, from two players who do it for real.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1The Art of the Duo1h 37m
- 2The Art of the Duo w/ Sheryl Bailey1h 37m
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Motohiko Sato
9/10/2009
This is just for fun meeting and playing. you don't get expect that detail about comping or voice leading from this class. Sheryl Bailey has been great performance of comping and solo but she didn't tell us anything about it. (no PDF) However, you can feel their groove!!!
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About the instructor
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"A modernist burner with an abundance of Pat Martino-style chops, Bailey sails up and down the fretboard with fluid abandon." (Bill Milkowksi, JazzTimes Magazine) is rated among the foremost bopbased guitarists to have emerged in the 1990’s. Her classes are unique and full of material you will not find anywhere else. She is also in demand as an educator. Sheryl is The Assistant Chair of Guitar at the esteemed Berklee College of Music where she has taught since 2000, and has been a popular clinician at the National Guitar Summer workshop, The Stanford Jazz Workshop, The Duquesne Jazz Guitar Seminar, Uarts in Philadelphia, and at Southern Cross University in Lismore, Australia.