Monthly Archives: August 2010

Learning the Notes on the Guitar Fretboard

August 31, 2010 in Uncategorized

By Brian Prunka from http://jazzscience.blogspot.com/2010/02/guitar-players-only-learn-all-notes-on.html Learning the neck of the guitar is very important.  It is limiting to play the guitar without knowing what notes you are playing.  Most other instrumentalists ALWAYS know what note they are playing.  However, many guitarists, even some experienced ones, avoid learning the notes on the fretboard, maybe because it is difficult to visualize the notes.  This limits their musicianship.  There is a difference between someone who is good at guitar gymnastics/pyrotechnics and a musician who happens to play the guitar.  It’s much better to be a musician. The above diagram from jazzscience.blogspot.com helps you [...]

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20 Basic Jazz Chords for Guitar

August 30, 2010 in Learning Jazz

I’m getting ready to go back to teaching mode soon, so this week I will be focusing on sharing some of the teaching handouts I have been developing for various instruments. This is a list of 20 Jazz Chords for the Guitar: PDF of 20 Basic Jazz Chords for Guitar 20 Basic Jazz Chords (.pdf) It is organized as follows: The first row is major chords (major 7th, 6/9, etc.) The second row is minor chords (minor 9, minor 11th, etc.) The third row is dominant (9, 13, etc.) The fourth row is min7b5 (also known as half-diminished) and dim7 [...]

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List of Blues Heads

August 28, 2010 in Jazz Standards, Learning Jazz

This is the last post in a two week series on the blues in all keys. Here is a list of blues tunes you can learn. Have fun with them! Most of them can be practiced with the play alongs on the other posts in the series. One of my favorite things I’ve ever done at a gig is going back and forth playing blues heads. I was playing piano, and my friend Jake VanPaepeghem played guitar. We just played as many blues heads as we could think of, one after the next, until we ran out! It was spontaneous [...]

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A Blues

August 27, 2010 in Jazz Standards

This is the 12th post on the blues. I have one more day in the series, but this is the last blues key with a chart and play along. Stay tuned for a list of blues tunes in different keys! A Blues changes pdf Includes “Blues for Alice” changes starting on the third chorus Blues in A-C Instruments Blues in A-Bb Instruments Blues in A-Eb Instruments Blues in A Playalong Jam Here are the other posts in the Blues in All Keys series (Click the title to view each post): Blues in Bb Blues in B Blues in C Blues [...]

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Ab Blues

August 26, 2010 in Jazz Standards

This is the 11th post in the blues series. Ab blues is not all that common, which is odd, since Ab is a common key for other tunes (All the Things You Are, In a Mellow Tone, etc.) Ab Blues Changes pdf Blues in Ab-C Instruments (.pdf) Blues in Ab-Bb Instruments (.pdf) Blues in Ab-Eb Instruments (.pdf) Ab Blues play along jam Here are the other posts in the Blues in All Keys series (Click the title to view each post): Blues in Bb Blues in B Blues in C Blues in Db Blues in D Blues in Eb Blues [...]

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G Blues

August 24, 2010 in Jazz Standards

This is the 10th post in the Blues in All Keys series. This is pretty common key for the blues. All Blues is in this key, for instance (although the changes for All Blues are a little different). The play along goes into Blues for Alice changes on the 3rd chorus, just like all the other play alongs in the blues series. G Blues changes pdf Blues in G-C Instruments Blues in G-Bb Instruments Blues in Gb-Eb Instruments G Blues Playalong Here are the other posts in the Blues in All Keys series (Click the title to view each post): [...]

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Gb Blues

August 23, 2010 in Jazz Standards

Gb Blues is the 9th post in a two week series on the Blues in all Keys. This is not a very common key in any style of music. I would argue that it is be the LEAST common key for the blues, since E, A, and B are common in blues and rock, and the other flat and natural keys are more or less common in jazz. However, you should still learn it! Why stop at 11 keys when you can have 12? Gb Blues changes pdf Blues in Gb-C Instruments Blues in Gb-Bb Instruments Blues in Gb-Eb Instruments [...]

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F Blues

August 21, 2010 in Jazz Standards

Here is the 8th post in the 2 week series about the Blues in All 12 Keys F Blues is one of the most common keys for the blues.  Now’s the Time, Billie’s Bounce, and Blues for Alice (with the special changes on the 3rd and 4th choruses of the play along) are all examples of the F Blues.  Click HERE to learn Blues for Alice. F Blues changes pdf Blues in F-C Instruments Blues in F-Bb Instruments Blues in F-Eb Instruments F Blues Playalong Here are the other posts in the Blues in All Keys series (Click the title [...]

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Camden Hughes’ Press Kit

August 20, 2010 in Uncategorized

Here are some of the things I have done over the past 3 or 4 years organized into one location. Enjoy! Camden as Pianist Camden as Guitarist Camden as Multi-Instrumentalist My Favorites Camden as a Multi-Instrumentalist With special thanks to Jordan Frieburghaus to recording and Jon Schenck for mixing the first three songs! Tune For Jordan mp3 Camden Hughes plays keyboard, guitar, trombone, and trumpet New Orleans Tune mp3 On piano, guitar, and trombone Spring in November mp3 On piano and guitar The Very Thought of You Collaboration with vocalist JoLynn Seaman Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay From [...]

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Corcovado

August 20, 2010 in Jazz Standards

We are taking a quick break from the blues series today to break things up just a bit. The 2 week blues series will resume tomorrow. This is a wonderful bossa nova tune by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It’s also known as “Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars,” which is the first lyric of the tune when sung in English. It was original written in Portuguese. Corcovado Mountain overlooks Rio de Janeiro.  Corcovado means “hunchback” in Portuguese.  Look at the first image, and you will know how Corcovado Mountain got its name! The world famous “Christ the Redeemer” statue is at the [...]

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