Chet Arrangements That No One Covers

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Re: Chet Arrangements That No One Covers

Postby Doug Working » Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:40 pm

We're on the same wavelength. I was thinking exactly that. As a matter of fact, I find myself doing that more and more.

Of course, Chet was light years ahead of us. He had all these things figured out probably when I was a twinkle in my daddy's eye.

Till the day I die, Chet will ever be the teacher, and I will ever be the student.
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Re: Chet Arrangements That No One Covers

Postby Doug Working » Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:32 pm

Working on "Take My Hand Precious Lord," it is really standing out to me how great Chet was at making the most of triads for creating melody. He could take a simple, basic triad and squeeze so much musical tone out of it.

The arrangement is excellent, but I can see how it needs the rhythm backing behind it. Some arrangements sound a bit thin without the backing. This is one of them.

So I'm learning it with the intention of playing it in church, but I can't figure out a way to get a rhythm backing for it. I wish someone else in my church played guitar besides myself. We have a keyboardist, a bass guitar, drums (my pastor or his son,) and me. If we had someone else to play rythym guitar besides me, that would be the bee's knees.
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