@Coach Marc-Andre Seguin Marc has consistently said that the Galbraith rhythms would sound good even if you played them with our staple chords - so I took Shiny, kept the exact rhythms but changed all the chords to be staple chords (see attached pdf). It sounds pretty good! I wouldn't recommend that @Casey Childers and @Miquel Bassols abandon their current project conquering Shiny - but there is a lot to be said for learning to effectively use the Charleston rhythms with our staple chords for your initial songs. The To Do's for anyone working through the Foundation Lessons ( @Ashwini Nepal , @Nancy R and @Andy Openshaw come to mind) - Learn to play Charlestons that start on the 1 or on the 3rd beat. (These are in the Lesson 2 Etudes) - Learn to play "anticipation chords" on the 4 and & of 4 (Introduced in the Deep Dives Lesson 12) but once you learn to play Charlestons on the 3 in Lesson 2 - particularly the blues etudes 2.5 and 2.6 - you are already playing an anticipation chord on the & of 4. You just don't need to play the initial downbeat on 3. (this may be hard to follow - I'll remind you when you hit it in Lesson 2!) - Learn to play Charlestons starting on an off beat - in particular the & of 1 and landing on the 3rd beat. For full disclosure - the Galbraith chords sound better, with greater variety - using the staple chords occasionally forced me to make large jumps up the neck to make the phrase work which was challenging - The counting still isn't easy. But I think this proves Marc's point!

Huge thanks to everyone who tuned into our Q&A call last Saturday! We had lots of great questions and awesome discussions covering rootless voicings, playing the bass guitar -- and alongside a bass guitarist, and so much more. For those who couldn't make it or want to re-watch, the recording and timestamps are now available. 📅 Want to join the next live call? Just head over to the Calendar tab at the top of the group to check the schedule, grab the link, and add the next session to your calendar. Hope to see you at the next one! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:44 Students announcements 3:20 Welcome newcomers! 🎉@Ryan Rupert @Bryan McGurn 9:14 @Casey Childers Galbraith comping on “Shiny Stockings” 13:19 Rootless/Shell voicings 21:00 Galbraith etudes 26:12 @Rick Harding "Round Midnight" approach 43:50 @Mentor Bob Kinney What playing bass has taught Coach Marc 46:46 Importance of time and pocket 53:49 Listening to and locking with the bass player 56:51 @Coach Marc-Andre Seguin Chimp and airplane analogy for learning jazz 57:59 Applying the analogy to jazz guitar learning

As I haven't gotten to the very cool shells and voice leading lessons, I am trying to put together a staple chord version of Round Midnight. Marc has a harmonic analysis video for this tune which I have linked (in case your interested). Starting from that, I made my best guess at swapping in staple chords. I am attaching the Standards Navigator version and my attempt. I have left the F7b9 chord as it feels similar to the F9 (fingering-wise), but I think the b9 does sound better. I have played the melody over the top of the staple chord arrangement and I think it sounds okay. Any corrections or suggestions?

https://youtu.be/yAF7XB5qjBo Hello all, Here is Nancy posting her progress on these etudes which are the last in Lesson 1 and combine rhythms from the previous etudes. I'm feeling very comfortable with these and am moving on to Lesson 2, at long last. I'm very excited to move on! To my surprise, I am actually liking comping. Steel strings are getting easier now for me (a mostly nylon player). I know that Cm7(flat 5) with root on 6 doesn't sound so good. Still figuring that out. It might have to do with my fingernails being slightly too long and/or this little mini jazzmaster has a skinny neck. Or, I might just need more practice. thanks for watching if you do.....

my best shot after 2 months on Autumn Leaves... I think I am slowly approaching making music ( vol a little low)