jazz guitar
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Jazz guitar is the style of guitar playing associated with jazz music, characterized by complex chord voicings, improvisation, and often a warm, round tone from hollow-body electric guitars.
The term also refers to the instrument itself—typically an archtop guitar with a thick body: He plays jazz guitar in a trio downtown.
Jazz guitarists developed techniques distinct from rock or blues playing, emphasizing harmonic sophistication over distortion or power chords.
- compingImprovised chordal accompaniment
- archtopGuitar with curved soundboard
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
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- Guitarfret, frets, neck, body, headstock
- Guitarsacoustic, electric, classical, archtop, dreadnought
- jazz educationear training, sight reading, transcription, blues scales, chord progressions
- fingerstyle guitarfingerpicking, fingerstyle, thumbpick, fingerpicks, thumb picks
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
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