today I had an hour lesson with a student who just got drafted to play guitar in “Cry me a River” for an all-star ensemble at his High School. We went over the chart, then I took him to YOUTUBE to hear Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald perform the song (wow). Then we had a 25 minute discussion and played around with diminished chord shapes, and we discussed tri-tone substitutions. We finished up by applying two neighboring CAGED shapes for soloing purposes… I left the lessons today VERY satisfied. This kid I teach is fearless.
My question from today’s lesson is aimed at those of you who have been in the bluegrass world longer than I (I have been working on my Bluegrass chops for only few years) Does any of the Jazz world filter its way into our Bluegrass world? I seem to remember one of Ben’s sisters (you know - the red-headed one…) talk about some cool jazz-like chord patterns.