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Freddie Greene, more than Count Basie's sideman
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A punctuated guitar Pick and Roll Tab terminology. Alternate flatpicking with 3 fingers roll
and a Strum designation.
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Freddie Greene, Guitarist
The rythym guitar basics

Open position Harmony
Typical cadences on walking bass lines

From triads
The three inversions

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Pick (K\/k)and Roll {r)a)m)} Z\/z Strum
~                        ~
|,---|=1/4 beat time value 
|;-;-|=1/4 "..."=1/8 + 1/8
Freddie Greene, Musician
By Sandy Freeze

 "If you prune the tree of jazz, all you have left is Freddie Greene.". 
Jim Hall, to Guitar Player magazine
 Guitarist Freddie Greene is synonymous with steady tempo and a choice of notes 
that worked harmonic directions into the sound of the Count Basie orchestra 
for many years. Bassists after Walter Page probably took their own cues from 
the voicings of Greene prodding the band's dynamics to a classic mix. 
 The acoustic bass, and acoustic guitar were a crisp contrast to
the reed and brass textures. William Basie's pointed piano had its 
own evident comments.
In fact, it's said that, playing in Basie's band, if you couldn't hear
Freddie Greene,you were playing too loud! Even the late Frank Sinatra is said
to have drawn inspiration from Freddie's steady pulse.
 Its a mystery, ahem ... in mastery?

LINK:
 For far more detailed information on Freddie Greene and his style see:
  http://freddiegreen.org

The first thing I offer:
 That Greene held the guitar almost face up, like a drum, he treated it as such.
 The second thing I'd offer:
 Did he hit Beats 1 & 3 upwards towards his chest, relatively, with 
gravity giving Beats 2 & 4 the natural swing accent on strums away ?
|Z$++Z$++Z$++Z$++|
 The third thing, a question I offer:
 Did he eschew the pick for a subtle double attack of thumb
and index finger tip? 

Economy is a factor is the voicing of Rythym Chords.
Here is a big {Ab} Grande Barre chord at POS IV. 
^Root^.5th. Octave(^Root).10th(3rd).5th.Second Octave(^Root)
 A root position triad from the first Octave.10th.12th will
serve as a basic reference  to  the lower voices. 
( A lower Triad can be spelled, but is left to exploration.)

|____________Strumdabiz____|Ab Major Grande Barre
~E_A_D_G_B_E~       ______E|Z4+++|E  /The Closed Root Triad/
[1 - - - 1/1]POSIV / _____B|Z4+++|B Fifth /
[^ - - 2/  ^]     / / ____G|Z5+++|G Third/
[  3 4/     ]    / / / ___D|Z6+++|D Root/
[    ^      ]   / / / / __A|Z6+++|A
[ grips     ]  / / / / / _E|Z4+++|E
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /##########
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /-Tablature-
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /-Tabulature--
p::::\ \__________/ /::::::::::::::

|____________Strumdabiz____|Ab Major 7th
~E_A_D_G_B_E~       ______E|Z4+++|E  /The Closed Root Triad/
[2   - - x x]POSIV / _____B|Z4+++|B Fifth /
[^   3 4/  ^]     / / ____G|Z5+++|G Third/
[           ]    / / / ___D|Z6+++|D Root/
[           ]   / / / / __A|Z6+++|A
[ grips     ]  / / / / / _E|Z4+++|E
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /##########
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /-Tablature-
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /-Tabulature--
p::::\ \__________/ /::::::::::::::

|____________Strumdabiz____|Ab Major 6th
~E_A_D_G_B_E~       ______E|-----|E ...... 
[- x 1 - x x]POSIII/ _____B|-----|B ......
[2     -    ]     / / ____G|Z5+++|G 3rd
[^     3 4  ]    / / / ___D|Z3+++|D 6th
[           ]   / / / / __A|-----|A
[ grips     ]  / / / / / _E|Z4+++|E
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /##########
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /-Tablature-
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /-Tabulature--
p::::\ \__________/ /::::::::::::::

 The open voicings used in 4/4 type "swing" playing evolved out of a
need for fluidity. Pure Root&5th voicings from the guitar's bass 
|E & A| strings work well with a "10" interval on the |G| string, 
and a bass-note walk apt in this style is (in Ab Major):
              (BDim7)
~`Ab10  Eb7/Bb B-o-7 Ab/C  Db6   Db-o- Ab/C  Eb7/Bb`~
E|,-----,-----,-----,-----|,-----,-----,-----,-----|E
B|------------------------|------------------------|B
G|Z5++--Z6++--Z7++--Z8++--|Z10+--Z9++--Z8++--Z6++--|G
D|------Z5++--Z5++--Z6++--|Z8++--Z8++--Z6++--Z5++--|D
A|Z6++--------------------|------------------------|A
E|Z4++--Z5++--Z6++--Z8++--|Z9++--Z9++--Z8++--Z6++--|E
~`                                                 `~

...the rule of thumb might be that aside from solid Root.5.10 voicings,
 the minor/major 6th and dom7/Major7th  on |D|is the next 
note up from a  bass |E| stop. Doubling the ^Root^ is not always 
or necessary, especially if there is a bassist playing. 
 At that, consider a choice phrase, "comfort chords", from 
legendary chord instructor (no relation) Ted Greene, by way of  
a noted student (Steely Dan's) Walter Becker: generally, any 
POSITION motion more than a whole step ( 2 frets) in the bass 
voice here is asking for trouble.
 See the Diminished Ab(& B)-o-7 voicing** 
slide 3 frets (1.5 step)  below . It returns the Harmony line ,a 
half step above to the Secondary dominant (Harmony ii7) Bb.

Giving a cue here.
~Z=\& z=/ ~Strum~ Down \/Up
~` (ii7  V9/5)  ..|(ii7   V9/5)     (IM7    IM6)    i-o-7    biii-o-7`~    
H.  Bb-7  Eb9/Bb..|   Bb-7  Eb9/Bb...AbMa7   Ab6   . Ab-o-7    B-o-7.H
E|,---,---,---,--OR?---------------|,---,---,---,---|----------------|E
B|Z6++z6++Z6++z6--|z6++Z6++z6++Z6++|z4++Z"++z4++Z4++|z3++Z"++z6++Z"++|B
G|Z6++z6++Z6++z6--|z6++Z6++z6++Z6++|z5++Z"++z5++Z5++|z4++Z"++z7++Z"++|G
D|Z6++z6++Z5++z5-)|z6++Z6+(z5++Z5+)|z5++Z"++z3++Z"++|z3++Z"++z6++Z"++|D
A|----------------|,---,---,---,---|----------------|,---,---,---,---|A
E|Z6++z6++Z6++z6--|z6++Z6++z6++Z6++|z4++Z4++z4++Z"++|z4++Z"++z7++Z"==|E
~                                                    ~
|____________Strumdabiz____|Bb7\Eb9/Bb
~E_A_D_G_B_E~       ______E|--------|E
[- -(1)- - -]POSV  / _____B|Z6++z6++|B
[2 x 3 3 3 x]     / / ____G|Z6++z6++|G
[ 7th Fret  ]    / / / ___D|Z6+(z5+)|D
[           ]   / / / / __A|--------|A
[ grips     ]  / / / / / _E|Z6++z6++|E
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /#############
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /---Tablature--
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /---Tablature----
p::::\ \__________/ /:::::::::::::::::
s-----\____________/!!!!Tablature!!!!!
~__________________________~

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^__________^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^/ ________ \^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^/ / ______ \ \grips
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^/ / / ____ \ \ \^^^|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^/ / / / __ \ \ \ \^^|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^/ / / / /  \ \ \ \ \^|
____________Strumdabiz___|AbMa|Ab-o-7 / / / / / /\ \ \ \ \ \|
~E_A_D_G_B_E~     ______E|----|-(B)|E/ / / / / /~E_A_D_G_B_E~
[- x(1)- - x]PIII/ _____B|Z4++|Z3z6|B_/ / / / / [- x 1 - 1 x]**
[!  M6.  !  ]   / / ____G|Z5++|Z4z7|G__/ / / /  [2     3    ]
[    3 4    ]  / / / ___D|Z5z3|Z3z6|D___/ / /   [POS III &VI]
[   M7.     ] / / / / __A(M7M6)-**-|A____/ /    [ . . . . . ]
[ Grips     ]/ / / / / _E|Z4++|Z4z7|E_____/     [ . . . . . ]
#\ \ \ \ \ \/ / / / / /#########                [ . . . . . ]
g-\ \ \ \ \__/ / / / /-Tablature                 / / / / / /
r;;\ \ \ \____/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;                / / / / / /
i---\ \ \______/ / /-Tabulature-               / / / / / /
p::::\ \________/ /:::::::::::::              / / / / / /
s-----\__________/Tabulature!!!!             / / / / / /

A Flat MAJOR ......E to E 
~       # b # b # b     # b # b     # b # b # b     # b # b     # b # b # b~
~       | | |R| |2|     |4| |5|     | | |8| | |     |x| |x|     | | |R| | |~
| | |x| |x| | | | | |3| | | | | |6| |7| | | | | |X| | | | | |x| |x|/|x| 
  E   F   G   A   B  [C]  D   E   F   G   A   B   C   D   E   F   G /A440Hz

|___________Strumdabiz_____|Eb/G  3.Root.51^     ]     / / ____G|Z3+++|G
[           ]    / / / ___D|Z1+++|D
[2     3    ]   / / / / __A|-----|A
[ grips     ]  / / / / / _E|Z3+++|E
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /##########
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /-Tablature-
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /-Tabulature--
p::::\ \__________/ /::::::::::::::
s-----\____________/Tabulature!!!!!
///////||||||||||||\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

|___________Strumdabiz_________|Db..(Ma7Dom7M6/Ab
~E_A_D_G_B_E~         ________E|-----|E
{- - - - x x}        / _______B|--...|B
[- - - -    ]       / / ______G|K6543|G
[- - - -    ]      / / / _____D|Z3+++|D
[-   1 ..   ]     / / / / ____A|-----|A
[2     (3)  ]    / / / / / ___E|Z4+++|E
[      ..   ]   / / / / / /
[     ^4/^  ]  / / / / / /
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /##############
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /---Tablature---
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /---Tablature-----
p::::\ \__________/ /::::;;;;::::::::::
s-----\____________/!!!!!Tablature!!!!!
\\\\\\|||||||||||||////////////////////
   Moving Db/Ab up Whole step to POSV
|___________Strumdabiz_________|Eb../Bb
~E_A_D_G_B_E~         ________E|-----|E
[- - - - x x]        / _______B|--...|B
[- - - -    ]       / / ______G|K865+|G
[- - - -    ]      / / / _____D|Z5+++|D
[-   1 ..   ]POSV / / / / ____A|-----|A
[2     (3)  ]    / / / / / ___E|Z6+++|E
[           ]   / / / / / /
[     ^4/^  ]  / / / / / /
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /##############
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /---Tablature---
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /---Tablature-----
p::::\ \__________/ /::::;;;;::::::::::
s-----\____________/!!!!!Tablature!!!!!
\\\\\\|||||||||||||////////////////////

|____________Strumdabiz____|Ab Major
~E_A_D_G_B_E~       ______E|Z4+++|E
[1 - - - 1/1]POSIV / _____B|Z4+++|B
[^ - - 2/  ^]     / / ____G|Z5+++|G
[  3 4/     ]    / / / ___D|Z6+++|D
[    ^      ]   / / / / __A|Z6+++|A
[ grips     ]  / / / / / _E|Z4+++|E
#\ \ \ \ \ \__/ / / / / /##########
g-\ \ \ \ \____/ / / / /-Tablature-
r;;\ \ \ \______/ / / /;;;;;;;;;;;;
i---\ \ \________/ / /-Tabulature--
p::::\ \__________/ /::::::::::::::
s-----\____________/Tabulature!!!!!

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	Hello. I'm Sandy Freeze (a.k.a.: strumdabiz).

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