Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Wes Montgomery's melody statement on West Coast Blues.
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Joe Pass Chord Solos: For Guitar, Vibes, and All Keyboard Instruments
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The New Real Book by Chuck Sher
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Wes Montgomery's melody statement on West Coast Blues.
PDF/TAB available on Patreon: patreon.com/ChrisWhitemanMusic
Membership includes access to all of my previous Patreon Lessons.
Books & Gear I use and Recommend:
The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
amzn.to/4s1NdOO
Thomastik-Infeld Flatwounds 11-47
amzn.to/44yMTNs
Quilter Amp:
amzn.to/4oZdpqC
Joe Pass Chord Solos: For Guitar, Vibes, and All Keyboard Instruments
amzn.to/44Rb7ml
Wes Montgomery Guitar Folio
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The New Real Book by Chuck Sher
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![Secret Love - Jazz Guitar Chord Melody
Secret Love - Jazz Guitar Chord Melody
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I am using a custom built Daniel Slaman archtop guitar with a Charlie Christian pickup wound by Lindy Fralin. Amp is a Quilter 101 mini reverb. The mic is a Royer r121 run into a Cloud Cl-1 Cloudlifter to boost the signal, Apogee Duet interface into a iMac using Logic proX. Video is shot with an Iphone X (4k) and synced in Logic. Then video is edited in iMovie (fades in and out), exported in 4k and uploaded to Youtube.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Secret Love is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) [2] for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role.[2] Ranked as a number 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box, the song also afforded Day a number 1 hit in the UK. Secret Love has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists, becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender, with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart, whose version also reached the Top 40 as did Freddy Fenders.[3] In the U.K., Secret Love would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song.[2] The melody bears a slight resemblance to the opening theme of Schuberts A-major piano sonata, D.664.
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The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
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Thomastik-Infeld Flatwounds 11-47
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Quilter Amp:
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Joe Pass Chord Solos: For Guitar, Vibes, and All Keyboard Instruments
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Wes Montgomery Guitar Folio
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The New Real Book by Chuck Sher
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![Body and Soul - Jazz Guitar Chord Melody
Body and Soul - Jazz Guitar Chord Melody
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I am using a 1959 Gibson ES-125T (thinline) and a Quilter 101 mini reverb head, pine cabinet that I built with 10 Eminence lil buddy (Hemp coned speaker). The mic is the industry standard Royer r121 run into a Cloud Cl-1 Cloudlifter to boost the signal, Apogee Duet interface into a iMac using Logic proX. Video is shot with an Iphone X (4k) and synced in Logic. Then video is edited in iMovie (fades in and out), exported in 4k and uploaded to Youtube.
Solo version of the 1930 jazz standard Body and Soul by Johnny Green Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton.
from Wikipedia: Body and Soul was written in New York City for the British actress and singer Gertrude Lawrence, who introduced it to London audiences. Published in England, it was first performed in the United States by Libby Holman in the 1930 Broadway revue Threes a Crowd. In Britain the orchestras of Jack Hylton and Ambrose recorded the ballad first in the same week in February 1930. In the United States,[1] the tune grew quickly in popularity, and by the end of 1930 at least 11 American bands had recorded it.[1] Louis Armstrong was the first jazz musician to record Body and Soul, in October 1930,[2] but it was Paul Whiteman and Jack Fulton who popularized it in United States.
Body and Soul is one of the most recorded jazz standards, and multiple lyrics have been written for it.[1]
Musical characteristics
Body and Soul is usually performed in the key of D flat major. There is a verse that precedes the chorus, that is rarely performed, although recordings by both Libby Holman and Billie Holiday include it. The main part of the tune consists of a repeated eight-bar melody, followed by an eight-bar bridge and a final eight-bar return to the melody. The 32-bar AABA form is typical of popular songs of the time.[3] The A section uses conventional chord progressions including ii–V–I turnarounds in the home key of D flat, however the bridge is highly unusual in its tonal center shifts. It has been described as a bridge like no other.[4] Body and Soul is considered a challenging piece to solo over; however, the unusual nature of the chords provides a large degree of improvisational freedom.[1]
Books & Gear I use and Recommend:
The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
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Thomastik-Infeld Flatwounds 11-47
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Quilter Amp:
https://amzn.to/4oZdpqC
Joe Pass Chord Solos: For Guitar, Vibes, and All Keyboard Instruments
https://amzn.to/44Rb7ml
Wes Montgomery Guitar Folio
https://amzn.to/45mzWGM
The New Real Book by Chuck Sher
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