Freddie Green.....scunner or genius?

Frankieabbot

Like.....he only played 2 or 3 notes on 2 or 3 strings! And still managed to play in some of the great big bands. I think he is a genius myself.

Jalapeno

Count Basie said that without him the band didn't sound right.

Frankieabbot

Jalapeno said:

Count Basie said that without him the band didn't sound right.

And he would know.

Hootsmon

saw the wurd SCUNNER and thought I'd drop in

Heartfeltdawn

Fucking brilliant. So much time for Freddie King. 

Frankieabbot

Heartfeltdawn said:

Fucking brilliant. So much time for Freddie King. 

Same here! He is brilliant and I am (was) stupid. Guitaristically stupid in the fact that for so so many years I was learning the guitar the good old fashioned way....like, trying to play as many notes on as many strings that I could. See the chord diagram....play it.....never remember it when I saw it written in music. Freddie, amongst others, has enabled me to see the light......errrr, where am I going here?

GuyBoden

If you analyse Freddie Green, he frequently played different note choices on every beat, even for the same chord. He wasn't stuck with chord shapes, because he seemed to know/hear every note possibility for the given harmony. The ultimate 4 to the bar swinger.

Frankieabbot

GuyBoden said:

If you analyse Freddie Green, he frequently played different note choices on every beat, even for the same chord. He wasn't stuck with chord shapes, because he seemed to know/hear every note possibility for the given harmony. The ultimate 4 to the bar swinger.

I can't get enough of all things Freddie Green. I follow a dedicated website to him and his playing style and technique. Its got me learning the notes on the fretboard (maybe should have done it 35 years ago) and working out 3-4 note chords and their inversions. I still have my Bert Weedon 'Play guitar in a day' book as a back up though!