Charlie Byrd - Contemporary Acoustic Jazz Guitar | Free Guitar Lessons

Charlie Byrd - Contemporary Acoustic Jazz Guitar | Free Guitar Lessons51.50 minutes
This video begin with a discussion of general classical-style technique, hammers and pulloffs, trills, and right hand fingerstyle warmups. The examples are liberally sprinkled with lovely chordal passages and licks.
Other subjects that Charlie covers include blues playing, chromatic substitutions in turnarounds, artificial harmonics and a special section on Bossa Nova rhythms. He plays all the examples with impeccable classical technique and a gentle, engaging swing feel.

Charlie Byrd - Contemporary Acoustic Jazz Guitar | Free Guitar Lessons

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Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 02, 1999) was a famous and versatile American guitarist born in Suffolk, Virginia. His earliest and strongest musical influence was Django Reinhardt, the famous gypsy guitarist. Byrd became the American guitarist who best understood and played Brazilian music, especially the Bossa Nova genre. In 1962, Byrd collaborated with Stan Getz on the famous album, Jazz Samba, a recording which pushed bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music.

Charlie Byrd - Contemporary Acoustic Jazz Guitar | Free Guitar Lessons