The first example in this set of Charlie Christian licks is a funky pedal lick. One key element to Charlie Christian’s guitar playing is the swing, articulation and accents so listening to the man himself is very important.įor a detailed break down of Charlie Christian’s style, check out my Play Like the Greats Article. Remember to take each of these Charlie Christian licks at a slow tempo at first, and try to work on really learning one at a time instead of applying them all at once. Many standards around that time period feature fast tempo cycling dominant 7 th chord progressions which Charlie was a master at improvising over, so each of this licks is over a 7 th or 6 th chord.
Charlie Christian is often considered the grandfather of the electric jazz guitar which is why I decided to write a study of 5 signature Charlie Christian licks that can take your jazz guitar improvisation to the next level.
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