This Mel Bay Gig Saver gives aspiring guitarists ideas about jazz guitar accompaniment in a brief, affordable, yet informative fashion. In jazz, the term "comping" means to accompany, and in some cases, to complement. It is the job of the harmonic instrument (guitar) to provide a background for other musicians to improvise against or a singer to sing against. The idea, when comping, is to make the other musicians comfortable while they play and to help their solos feel "complete." This book gives the guitarist a number of chord shapes and rhythms that can be used when comping in the style of Freddie Green, and in bebop and later styles. There are also blues progressions and an etude to practice applying the concepts.

Freddie Green Chords
Lowest Note on 6th String
Lowest Note on 5th String

Freddie Blues 1
Freddie Blues 2
Major Seventh Chords
Minor Seventh Flat Five/Half Diminished Chords
Minor Sixth Chords
Minor Nine
Minor Eleven
Seventh
Seventh Flat Five
Seventh Sharp Five
Seventh Flat Nine
Seventh Sharp Nine
Seventh Flat Five Flat Nine
Seventh Flat Five Sharp Nine
Seventh Sharp Five Flat Nine
Seventh Sharp Five Sharp Nine
Ninth
Eleventh
Thirteenth
Diminished Seventh
Augmented Seventh
Two-Measure Rhythms
Comping Blues 1
Comping Blues 2
Satin Comping
Autumn Comping