John Lawlor "chord melody Tuesday"

[Charles E.]

With a tip of the hat to Aaron Weinstein and his chord melody Tuesday series, I thought I would post one for the tenor players here by John Lawlor.....

[Freddyfingers]

He makes it look all that easy. Would love to pick up that style, but where to start?

[Mandocarver]

He makes it look all that easy. Would love to pick up that style, but where to start?

I believe he tunes CGDA (please correct me if I'm wrong) so traditional jazz tenor banjo tuition would be a good way to start.

[D0miuke]

This man is so talented, I have never hear a tenor guitarist playing so well this jazz repertoire.
Dazzling

[nkforster]

He makes it look all that easy. Would love to pick up that style, but where to start?

I think John listens to a lot of Errol Garner, that'd be a good place to start - not playing, just listening and singing along, over and over and over and over...

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[WillFly]

John's a great player - always loved his intepretations and style.

[Jim Garber]

I believe he tunes CGDA (please correct me if I'm wrong) so traditional jazz tenor banjo tuition would be a good way to start.

According to this post he tunes one step down from that on a long scale instrument.

John is tuned down a whole step from CGDA. His first note is Bb. If you put a capo on the 2nd fret you get CGDA. John likes the longer neck and took a regular six string guitar and used a hacksaw while the neck was still on the guitar, to shape it down to a four string.

[fox]

This video and article will please any John Lawlor fan....

https://www.fretboardjournal.com/vid...t-john-lawlor/

[crisscross]

He makes it look all that easy. Would love to pick up that style, but where to start?

Being able to play like John is one of my long-term goals.
At the moment I'm working my way through Mel Bay's Melody-Chord System Book for tenor banjo.
I keep forgetting most of those weird chord shapes and I'm still stuck with major, minor and dominant seven chords, but it's fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KRUqFKecpk