Originally Posted By: dmrodes
"Oliver Gannon is also only playing 3-note chords" - why ?
If I expect to hear a true D7sus chord, I don't want the guitarist playing a C !!
Is this some 'jazz thing' guitarists do that I'm not familiar with?
I've been a musician for over 40 years and this is a new one on me...


dmrodes, I am a guitarist so I know what I'm speaking of. So let me explain : There is not a wrong chord.

Oliver Gannon plays 3-notes chords and he's right. When you are comping at the guitar, mainly in jazz genres, you don't play the bass - played by the bass player or piano -
Keep in mind you are not here playing hard rock music...We are in the jazz register.

Then you don't include the fifth ( the A note in D7sus), because this note is not chord determinant.

So playing a 3-note chord adds to guitarist more agility in the play, and overall it enables the guitarist to play extended chords. That is what Oliver Gannon did.
Another example : when I was a guitar studend, I have spent much time in playing 3-notes chords like Joe Pass.
If you are a guitarist, I invite you to investigate the 3-notes domain : A little bit difficult at the beginning but a real musical and rich guitar experience.

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