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Australian Jazz Guitarist Mike Hayes
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Listen to what some people are saying about Australian Jazz Guitarist Mike Hayes
"Hayes' guitar playing always encourages and never overpowers the singer" -
C. Michael Bailey – AllAboutJazz
(senior editor - www.allaboutjazz.com)
"apart
from being a very accomplished performer, Mike has all of the teaching
skills, and most importantly of all ... he has the ability to pass it
on!"
Bruce Clarke
(professional guitarist/musician - Melbourne, Australia www.cumquatrecords.com.au)
There's
more to playing jazz guitar than simply owning a jazz style guitar
...
The Art
Of Jazz Rhythm Guitar The
true art of rhythm guitar and properly-balanced chord progressions as
exemplified by Herb Ellis, Freddy Green, Barry Galbraith and a small
circle of jazz masters is a craft.
Rhythm
guitar and it's subtle role in the mainstream jazz rhythm-section is
one of the most complex-yet-least-understood-areas of modern
music.
It
involves knowing ...
- How to become one with the bass and drums.
- How to pare the written down to their bare essentials
in order to take away any apparent 'lumpiness' in the harmonic flow.
- When, and how, to play a "four-beat feel"
- How to comp with the piano or written ensemble
figures.
- How to "get out of the way" when the going gets tough.
- Which notes to leave out in order to give the maximum
freedom to an inventive soloist.
- How to use three-part harmonic textures all over the
fingerboard.
- How to use and combine four-part harmonic textures
all over the fingerboard.
- How to use "guide-tone" links to link the changes
together for both rhythm and comping.
- How to decode the chord-symbol relationship to fit
both the melody, or improvised lead,
and the bass line.
The
Mike Hayes Guitar Studio, offers jazz guitar lessons covering all
styles of jazz guitar playing.
Looking for jazz guitar lessons in
Gympie?
Whatever your favorite style of
jazz guitar playing you will find something of interest at the Mike
Hayes Guitar Studio, located in Gympie, Queensland.
Mike Hayes has been closely
associated with the Australian jazz music scene for over 25 years. He has
appeared on stage or in workshops with top Australian and international
jazz artists such as George Golla, Johnny Nicol, Ed Wilson, Tom Baker,
Bob Barnard, Ed Gaston and has recorded with Craig Scott, Allan
Turnbull, John Harkins etc.
From Charlie Christain to Django
Reinhardt, from Herb Ellis to Barney Kessel, Jim Hall to Lee Ritenour
...Mike's guitar playing and teaching covers them all.
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