Pritesh
Walia
Shruthi Musicals, Chennai organised a guitar workshop
by Pritesh Walia in mid January. The workshop covered
topics like Harmonic Improvisation, Introduction
to Jazz & Contemporary music, Advanced Guitar
Technique's and had an exclusive live performance by
Pritesh Walia. We bring you a few points discussed
and questions asked during the workshop.
About Pritesh Walia
He got his Associates of Arts degree (A.A)
Musicians Institute College of Contemporary
music (MI), Los Angeles and he is
currently pursuing his Bachelors Degree
(B.A.)" in contemporary Jazz performance
and professional musicemphasison Jazz
composition from Berklee College of Music,
Boston.
Chords and Comping
Most guitar players neglect learning chords and always try and learn solos
and lines, which is a great thing but that won’t help you in all situations
especially if you are playing a duo gig or jus