This article is about the types of guitars and guitar playing styles used by jazz. For performers who play jazz guitar, see jazz guitarist. For the album by Jim Hall, see Jazz Guitar (album).
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Hollowbody electric guitars are quite common in jazz; the Gibson ES-175 is a classic example. It has been in production continuously since 1949 until 2019.
Jazz guitar may refer to either a type of electric guitar or a guitar playing style in jazz, using electric amplification to increase the volume of acoustic guitars.
In the early 1930s, jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound to be heard over loud big bands. When guitarists in big bands switched from acoustic to semi-acoustic guitar and began using amplifiers, it enabled them to play solos. Jazz guitar had an important influence on jazz in the beginning of the twentieth century. Although the earliest guitars used in jazz were acoustic and acoustic guitars are still sometimes used in jazz, most jazz guitarists since the 1940s have performed on an electrically amplified guitar or electric guitar.
Traditionally, jazz electric guitarists use an archtop with a relatively broad hollow sound-box, violin-style f-holes, a "floating bridge", and a magnetic pickup. Solid body guitars, mass-produced since the early 1950s, are also used.
Jazz guitar playing styles include comping with jazz chord voicings (and in some cases walking bass lines) and blowing (improvising) over jazz chord progressions with jazz-style phrasing and ornaments. Comping refers to playing chords underneath a song's melody or another musician's solo improvisations.
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acoustic-electric guitars. Invented in 1932, the electric guitar was adopted by jazzguitar players, who wanted to play single-note guitar solos in large...
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Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many...
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Bachelor of Arts degree in classical bass. He earned a master's degree in jazzguitar studies from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1987. Beato has...
recently introduced electric guitar as a course of study. He moved to Boston to teach at the Berklee College of Music with jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton and...
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American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his...
today, the first classical guitar they ever heard. He recorded smooth jazzguitar still played on American airwaves today. Atkins continued performing...
is a list of notable jazzguitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. For an article...
progressions in music. R., Ken (2012). DOG EAR Tritone Substitution for JazzGuitar, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., ASIN: B008FRWNIW. List of musical intervals...
and musician William Edward Childs, jazz pianist and composer Nicolas Chumachenco, violinist Gerald Clayton, jazz pianist Louis Cole, multi-instrumentalist...
soul jazz, and post bop, but around 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that found mainstream success. His later guitar style...
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