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	Comping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Comping (an abbreviation of accompanying) is the art of harmonically, rhythmically, and melodically supporting a jazz soloist with improvised material.
		In a standard jazz combo, the pianist typically comps during the horn and double bass solos by improvising chords and notes.
		For instance, in a duo for saxophone and bass, the saxophonist sometimes comps during the bass solo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comping (417 words)

	Comping
		It should also be understood that the interactive process of comping may not be as observable on a play-a-long as it would be on a recording of a jazz performance as the listener can not tell how the comper is reacting to a soloists ideas.
		Comping is a self-taught process that can only be learned through the experience of live performance and trial and error.
		I had the soft pedal on and was comping as lightly as I could but in the middle of a chorus, I slipped and played one chord just a little bit to loud for him.
	www.halgalper.com /13_arti/_9_comp.htm (3791 words)

	Jazz Drumming Jumpstart
		Comping is how the rhythm section instruments, such as piano, guitar, and drums support the soloist.
		Comping is a give-and-take between soloist and accompanist (i.e.
		Comping seems to be one of the primary areas where novice jazz drummers encounter difficulty.
	members.tripod.com /f.unkster/jazzNutshell/jazzNutshell.html (4093 words)

	Freddie Green Comping
		The phrase "Freddie Green" style comping refers to a style of swing comping that is most often used in big band guitar playing.
		The label "Freddie Green Comping" does not refer specifically to the person who shares that name, but rather to the style of 4 strum to the bar rhythm guitar.
		The beauty of Freddie Green comping is that the basics can be explained so simply: hold down a chord with the left hand, and strike the strings with the right hand once per beat of the tune.
	timberens.com /essays/freddygreen.htm (1195 words)

	Adobe - Developer Center : Comping your next design in Flash
		Static comps are bound to make the client ask, "What happens when I click here?" It's common practice for print designers to show working dummies, such as brochures with pockets and die-cut business card holders, so that the client and the printer understand what the piece is about.
		Comping in Flash isn't always the best approach; however, you should try to plan which assets will need to be created in Flash early on in the process, and what kind of personality the site will have.
		We have found that Flash comps are typically a better starting place for those clients who understand from the outset what we are presenting them, and we get better feedback as a result.
	www.adobe.com /devnet/flash/articles/comping_designs_flash.html (2074 words)

	Jazz Education Article
		A dependable way to divide up the comping duties during a fast-paced samba is to have one instrument (probably the guitar) play a repetitive rhythmic figure while the other instrument comps with whole or half notes (see Example 8).
		For the pianist, comping at a medium swing tempo is usually free of repetitive rhythmic figures, thus making it difficult to have the guitarist join in with an identical rhythm.
		Although an ensemble director might try having the pianist and guitarist comp on an identical repetitive rhythm for a portion of a fast chart, the wiser choice is to divide the chart up and allow only one instrument to comp at any given time.
	www.iaje.org /article.asp?ArticleID=163 (1139 words)

	"Comping Images" Defined
		Comping Images are medium- to low-resolution images that you can use to "try out" in your layouts to see how they will look-- but they cannot be used for any finished project.
		Therefore, "comping images" may be used for those renderings, but may not be used (unless purchased) if the project moved forward to final production.
		If you should mistakenly (or, heaven forbid, on purpose) use a "comping image" from an agency in the final project without purchasing it first, you will be in violation of the copyright laws and subject to severe penalties.
	www.comstock.com /WEB/IHF/LICENSE/IHFLICENSECOMPINGDEF.ASP?popups=0 (248 words)

	Left Hand Comping - Creative Keyboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A general trend among young jazz piano students is the lack of skill regarding left hand comping.
		In order to become a complete jazz pianist the practicing should include aspects such as, left hand comping, articulation, balance between hands, rhythmic perfection, harmonic development etc. Use the same approach as you would when practicing classical piano.
		The goal with this way of comping is to strengthen the rhythm in the melody by putting more force on the accents.
	www.melbay.com /creativekeyboard/apr04/comping.html (536 words)

	COMPING
		The term comping is derived from the words accompany and compliment, terms that both imply a sense of support.
		This is vital to effective comping, as the relationship between soloist and accompanist is defined by which player is leading and which is supporting.
		The moment that the comping is not supportive the relationship becomes a duet of equals, not a bad thing when intended, but sometimes the line is inadvertently crossed.
	www.stevekorn.com /comp.htm (1955 words)

	comping 101
		Listen to the great guitarists and pianists as they comp, and you will hear lots of syncopation, lots of anticipations of beats (and of chord changes), and relatively few attacks right on the downbeat of a measure.
		Here are some reference points to start with: in straight-ahead jazz, both the walking bass line and the drummer's ride cymbal pattern are quarter-note based; the rhythms of the comping instrument(s) and the drummer's snare drum are often similar in nature.
		Good comping strikes a balance between responding to what the soloist is doing, and playing in a way that retains the form and style of the tune being played.
	www.malletjazz.com /lessons/comping.html (1071 words)

	ChopsFactory-Jazz Guitar Comping
		This is the improvised chordal accompaniment behind a jazz soloist, singer or melody.
		This means comping is the most important thing you do in the group.
		Comping should be a musical statement every bit as much as soloing.
	chopsfactory.com /comping.html (287 words)

	Piano/Guitar Comping - Creative Keyboard, February 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This style of comping is based on a quarter note pattern, which when played perfectly in time, creates a solid foundation in the rhythm section.
		When the piano is the primary comping instrument it sounds good if the guitar plays simple voicings or even a lead line over the important notes.
		It is not an opportunity for the pianist and the guitarist to have their own little comping convention in the corner.
	www.melbay.com /creativekeyboard/feb03/comping.html (963 words)

	Comprehensive layout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In graphic design and advertising, a comprehensive, usually shortened to comp, is the layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the company to a client, showing the relative positions of text and illustrations before the specific content of those elements has been decided on.
		Even in the age of rapid desktop publishing software, comps may be developed using hand-rendering techniques and materials to avoid investing too much time on the computer before client approval of the idea, depending on the complexity of the production task.
		A hand-rendered comp may be useful in helping the client refrain from nitpicking the production quality and focus on the design idea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comprehensive_layout (226 words)

	Ambient Creations - Information - License Agreement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The free, Comping Image(s) may be used in materials for personal, non-commercial use and test or sample use, including comps, layouts, proofing presentations, placement purposes, and mock-ups for internal use or to show clients.
		The Comping Image, Software, or disc may not be shared by creating a disc library, Digital Media storage facility, network configuration or similar arrangement, and you may not create a network of servers, either with or without a central location, which enables others to share the Comping Image, Software or discs.
		All Comping Images are free, and are available on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
	www.ambientcreations.com /info/licenseagreement.html (2006 words)

	How To Download Royalty Free Stock Pictures - Ambient Creations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Once you download one of our Comping Images or Digital Image Products, you are agreeing to our Digital Image License, and your use of the photo, and your relationship with Ambient Creations, is governed by the license and by our Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement.
		Comping images are low-resolution, watermarked jpg images, which are suitable for your internal viewing/layout purposes only.
		Comping images are not licensed for use in any final printed, online, or multimedia project or in any other final form.
	www.ambientcreations.com /help/howtodl.asp (780 words)

	Creative Comping Concepts for Jazz Guitar
		This book seeks to remedy the situation by articulating a comping vocabulary in the context of six of the most often played tunes in jazz: 12-bar blues, rhythm changes, minor blues, a modal tune, and a couple of standards.
		The comps are written out in notation and tablature and include rhythms with forward motion, chords built in fourth intervals, parallel constant structure voicings, polychords, slash chords, etc. The focus is on developing a contemporary approach to rhythm, phrasing, chord voicings, voiceleading, chord substitution, and reharmonization.
		The theory of how the comping concepts are applied to the music is explained, with ideas on how to use them creatively.
	www.guitarplace.com /JA185.html (202 words)

	GuitarPeople.com - Lessons
		A perfect fifth, perfect fourth and a tritone, played on the third and fourth strings are all you need to comp over most jazz tunes.
		If you take away the root, which on a jazz trio gig will be supplied by the bass player, you have a perfect fourth interval for the Gmin7, a tritone (flat 5) interval for the C7 and a perfect fourth interval for the Fmaj7 all played on the third and fourth strings.
		This method should be considered another option when comping, after you have used all your drop two chords, try two note comping for a few choruses.
	www.guitarpeople.com /jazz/Comping.asp (623 words)

	Scot Ranney's LearnJazzPiano.com archive: Counterpoint comping
		There are also a couple of books of transcriptions of Hal Galper and two of Abersold himself comping on some of the other play-along volumes.
		Counterpoint, etc etc, these are good terms, but what you are hearing is simply the pianist creating a subtle melody with the top notes of his chords.
		I was recently on a program with Chip Jackson (bassist with Elvin Jones for a while and now with Billy Taylor) and he said that comping for bass solos should never be melodic (although I can think of many examplesof great pianists ignoring this "rule").
	www.learnjazzpiano.com /citadel/archive/threads/6405.html (463 words)

	COMPING STYLES FOR BASS VOLUME TWO: FUNK
		Comping Styles for Bass Volume 2 Funk is a collection of 36 different progressions that are presented in a funk style.
		Both the guitar and bass parts are presented in staff notation so a bass player can see what the guitar is doing and also get used to reading bass parts in a funk style.
		Comping Styles is a series of books based on the chord progressions found in Chord Workbook for Guitar Volume One.
	www.bassbooks.com /shopping/shopexd.asp?id=714 (577 words)

	iBreatheMusic Forums - Comping Ideas
		Comping with jazz tunes, IMO is something that's going to come down to feel/experience.
		There are two poles of comping -- there's "laying down a groove" where the comping is a rhythm section that lays down a fairly independent swinging carpet of chord + rhythm that the soloist then dances on.
		that collaboration is a recognized _monument_ to classy soloing w comping.
	www.ibreathemusic.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4249 (761 words)

	Bop-style Comping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When it comes to bebop-style comping, there might be a good reason for that.
		The bop era was a sort of dark period for guitar; the instrument was largely overlooked by bop combos in favor of piano.
		As an example, I have adapted a chorus of Duke Jordan's comping behind the melody of Scrapple From The Apple, recorded by Charlie Parker in 1947 (released in 1948).
	people.uncw.edu /russellr/comping.html (324 words)

	Scot Ranney's LearnJazzPiano.com archive: comping rhythms
		Randy said my Comping was fine and he would be happy to have me comp for him any time.
		Remember- comping is accompanyment, and the reason for doing it is not to be heard, not to turn heads, but to add to the music and make the music better.
		Listen to what a soloist is playing, if they arent playing any alterations (b9,#5 etc)on a dominant, say, dont play an altered voicing, chances are if the soloist is a good one, they will hear your altered voicing and then will feel they will probably have to change their line as to avoid clashes.
	www.learnjazzpiano.com /citadel/archive/threads/1822.html (1626 words)

	NWCForum - comping slashes
		In some of the extended improvisation sections, my piano and bass players are accustomed to seeing four slashes per bar that mean "comp," which means play a more or less pre-established pattern over the chords given under the staff.
		The method I use can be a little time consuming, but ensures evenly spaced "comping slashes"; first I create a stave and insert the clef, and time and key signatures.
		It is necessary to make the comping slashes on the other stave invisible when these 8th notes occur.If you intend to listen to the results, both satves need to be "muted" and a third, invisible, stave containing your actual guitar track is required.
	www.noteworthysoftware.com /nwcforum/2410.htm (1045 words)

	Winspiration - Top Ten Internet Comping Sites
		Loquax is packed with plenty of other useful features including comping resources, a tiebreaker section, entry tracking facility (useful to make sure you don’t disqualify yourself by entering more than once), discussion boards and a chat room.
		Comps Org (http://www.comps.org/) has lots of useful information, including details of internet and postcard comps, previous winning tiebreakers, forthcoming comping events, comping clubs and places where free postcards have been spotted.
		Uk.rec.competitions http://www.newsgate.co.uk/uk/uk.rec.competitions/ or http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enandsafe=offandgroup=uk.rec.competitions is the newsgroup where compers in the UK share masses of comping information and discuss different aspects of comping and life in general.
	www.winspiration.co.uk /topten.htm (948 words)

	Bossa/Samba Comping Textures
		These comping rhythms are not meant to be completely static; the rhythms will change to reflect the melody, the harmony, and the work of the soloist or other rhythm section players.
		Perhaps the most obvious approach is to dedicate the two left-hand mallets to the bass line, leaving the right-hand mallets to comp the rhythms.
		One may take advantage of the rhythmic activity provided by the comping patterns, especially at slower tempos, by simplifying the rhythm of the bass line.
	www.malletjazz.com /lessons/bossa.html (625 words)

	Comping Chord Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Comping (from accompaniment) is the art of providing rhythmic and melodic support to a soloist.
		This has often been compared to the "sax" section within a big band.
		These chords should be studied up and down the fingerboard.These studies will last a lifetime.
	power-chords.com /Comping/Comping11.html (71 words)

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