Rhythmic Syncopation for Comping - Peter Martin | 2 Minute Jazz

Peter Martin demonstrates rhythmic syncopation that will be helpful for comping. ===================================================== What’s going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two-Minute Jazz. I want to talk to you today about rhythmic syncopation for your comping. I want you thinking very basic. Let’s build up. Let’s get our swing going. Let’s really think about some ways that we can enhance the swing with some basic syncopation. So we’ve got: So pretend like we’re comping for a singer or horn player. No bass player, so we’re playing two feel on the left hand and this is basic voicings. So what I’m doing here is nothing revolutionary but if you really get your time going and remember the syncopation is all about resolution. Okay so, so a lot of times we’re thinking syncopation is just playing on the upbeat but it’s got to resolve rhythmically at some point so it can’t just be three, four (offbeat piano playing) It’s