Video: After You’ve Gone
I thought it would be nice to play you a chord melody arrangement of After You’ve Gone, a beautiful jazz standard that works really well for solo guitar.
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That was a truly incredible arrangement and performance! It’s nice to see you play after hearing your podcast for a few months. I just signed up for the 30Day Chord Melody challenge. This was quite inspiring.
Cheers!
Thanks so much for your kind feedback Ben – and great to hear you’ve signed up for the Chord Melody Challenge!
Cheers, Greg
Very nice however you’re only playing the chorus & the preceding part is lovely & hardly anyone plays it
An excellent performance Greg
Fabulous arrangement and such smooth playing. So great that you take the time and make the effort to teach us too.
Hey Greg that is a wonderful performance and arrangement!
Really beautiful arrangement and performance. One of my favourite songs too.
Boa tarde, ótimo arranjo,
Very, very nice.
Awesome Greg it is my desire to play a solo like that one day cheers Doug
Beautiful arrangement – masterfully played!!
Very nice Greg. Beautifully played and lovely arrangement. Enjoyed it
Just listened and found it brilliant to just look and hear how easy it looks. Thanks for sharing and being an example .
Well done. That’s always been my favorite song to play along with.
Wow, wish I could play like that. Tasty to the last drop.
Just great!!! Everything I like about solo jazz guitar was there nice harmonies single note fills and chord soloing.
SUPER PLEASING
Sweet
So expressive. Beautifully played.
Nice to listen to this and see you enjoy playing it too, Greg!
Fabulous. All that is missing is the big applause at the end. You are a master.