Kat, I can hunt and peck out the single note stuff. From what I understand (from listening to the podcasts), Wes arpeggiated quite a bit in his single note stuff and created melody from there. I was more interested in learning how to use octaves and then block chords in solos. I love the idea of combining single note lines with chords (and/or octaves), probably because that is what you do on a piano, and that is where I started way back when.
Progrmr, glad you like it! He is great! Re: picking out the techniques, I always had liked the sounds of the octave style, since back when George Benson was borrowing that technique in the 70's. It was not as easy for me to pick out the block chords unless I listen closely, but since an octave is the same note repeated, and a chord necessarily will add another note, that is the difference. But really, Dr. Vernick pointed out to me what was going on in the second podcast (I think) of the Wes Montgomery series. ;-)
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