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mikethepsych
10-30-2005, 12:27 AM
Could someone reccomend a couple of easier jazz songs on guitar? I want to start learning some jazz songs, but everything i listen to seems pretty complex, so any reccomendations on where to begin?
Flamencology
10-30-2005, 12:36 AM
My Funny Valentine, Blue in Green, My Foolish Heart, My Romance, Wave, It Could Happen to You...
AmericanWeiner
10-30-2005, 12:39 PM
Girl from Ipanema is what I'm starting with.

If you don't have any experience with rhythm, it'll throw you for a loop (as it did with me), but otherwise it's simple.
Anarchy&Peace
10-30-2005, 01:01 PM
pink panther and a night in tunisia
StrangelyBrewed13
10-30-2005, 02:55 PM
Missing Tooth-(Dan Beach?) its as easy or hard as you want to make it.
something vague
10-30-2005, 03:11 PM
"Blue Christmas" is very easy.
Grant
10-30-2005, 04:07 PM
Giant Steps.
jam9383
10-31-2005, 01:08 AM
Giant Steps.
thats where i started,good song
pianoplyr77
11-02-2005, 03:47 PM
Autumn leaves is always a good one
Lydisk
11-02-2005, 04:22 PM
Blue Bossa,All Blues,All of Me
spoonlessjoe
11-11-2005, 12:40 PM
yeah All Blues is what i first learned, its also neat son to jam over since its jsut a repeating 12bar blues
WomitSorum
11-13-2005, 11:52 AM
"Afternoon in Paris" is also a good place to start with the II-V-I-progression
Lydisk
11-14-2005, 05:01 PM
lullaby of birdland is a good one to learn that -/-maj7/-7/-6 movement
Samuel
11-16-2005, 06:30 AM
Autumn Leaves and All the Things You Are. Both are chock full of standard songbook cliches, and they are great tunes for getting the sound in your ear. Learn a rhythm changes and a blues as well.
MikeJump
11-16-2005, 09:11 PM
Christmas Song aka Chesnuts roasting on an open fire

http://www.higherpraise.com/Lyrics4/TheChristmasSong.htm

also go here.. many versions here. and people talk about the chords and the complexity.

http://www.justplainfolks.org/ubb/Forum60/HTML/000040.html


take the time to learn these chords... i can help you with them in many different spots.


this is such a cool jazz version of this song. you will love it.
StrangelyBrewed13
11-16-2005, 09:42 PM
Autumn Leaves
weazelzb
11-18-2005, 08:52 PM
all of me
That_Dude
11-19-2005, 02:59 PM
C Jam
moogoogaipan
11-19-2005, 03:20 PM
tune-up, and my favorite...sugar...though sugar isn't so easy unless you are good with rhythms.
sgreen6
11-19-2005, 04:40 PM
tune-up, and my favorite...sugar...though sugar isn't so easy unless you are good with rhythms.
Sugar's a great tune. We do that one in small groups.
cytoplasmicglob
11-24-2005, 06:00 PM
hmm. i definitely agree with all blues. i personally found birdland relatively easy.

wait..

three knoxville users posting in a row? what's this?
sgreen6
11-24-2005, 09:47 PM
hmm. i definitely agree with all blues. i personally found birdland relatively easy.

wait..

three knoxville users posting in a row? what's this?
Two of them are me.:lol:
superman_q16
11-25-2005, 12:28 PM
hey uhh does ne one know any easy jazz tunes to start on bass? i just got a new jazz bass but i cant really play nething real good on it.
The String Eater
11-26-2005, 12:29 AM
I learned Blue Bossa first, taht one is really fun to improvise on.
sgreen6
11-26-2005, 10:27 AM
hey uhh does ne one know any easy jazz tunes to start on bass? i just got a new jazz bass but i cant really play nething real good on it.
All of the tunes already reccomended would be good.
darrell
11-26-2005, 10:50 AM
hey uhh does ne one know any easy jazz tunes to start on bass? i just got a new jazz bass but i cant really play nething real good on it.

You don't need to play Jazz on a Jazz bass... Hoping you know that.
the beach
12-21-2005, 12:21 AM
I started with Autumn Leaves
some jive turkey
01-06-2006, 08:59 AM
Giant Steps.

haha
now, that's just mean.
jake plays guitar
01-06-2006, 03:30 PM
Blue Bossa, Autumn Leaves, C Jam, and of course where i started Equinox