The Nearness of You - Jazz Guitar Chord Melody

The Nearness of You - Jazz Guitar Chord Melody
Arrangement available Here: www.musicnotes...
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Jazz guitar chord melody arrangement of the 1938 standard "The Nearness Of You" by Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington.
Played on a 1959 ES-125T through a Princeton Reverb amp.
Strings-bit.ly/DAddario...
Mic-bit.ly/ShureMic...

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Arrangement available here: www.musicnotes.com/l/T9vMX
Chris's other arrangements- www.chriswhitemanmusic.com/chord-melody
Chris's website - www.chriswhitemanmusic.com/
Low cost lessons on Patreon - www.patreon.com/ChrisWhitemanMusic
Chris's Latest Album - chriswhiteman.hearnow.com/
Zoom/Skype www.chriswhitemanmusic.com/guitar-lessons

[@charlesalan62]

Thanks Chris , great transcription, especially the G flat major9/B flat to F major 9/ A ending, very cool.

[@walterfingerstyle]

That’s so beautiful, Chris. Lovely arrangement!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Walter

[@russelltimmins1870]

Genius!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Russell!

[@michaelsantiago6887]

That is gorgeous…

[@mikerathgeber8057]

I absolutely love playing this piece over and over and never tire from it, Thanks Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Mike!

[@fredheuser5730]

I have loved this song forever and never tire of it. Chris, I so appreciate your musicianship. While there's no shortage of great jazz guitarists out there, only a select few are inspiring. You, sir, most certainly fall into that category. Please know that you are making a difference in the lives of so many of us who value the craft and the music that makes it all so worthwhile. Thank you.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Fred!!!!!

[@rjw203]

Doesn’t it just tear your heart out?

[@yayo2211]

You have become my inspiration.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Eric

[@marinaferraris4060]

Grandioso!!! Anche Walter Rodriguez si complimenta con te!!!!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 😊

[@agtrst]

Great arrangement and playing. I can feel your passion as you play. Thank you for sharing your music.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you very much!

[@stephenvincent4989]

Yes, I believe with this song, less is always more.
Such a poignant haunting sound.
Thank you.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks for listening Stephen

[@algin6544]

voilà la simplicité, la musicalité, c'est très beau, tout y est !

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Al Gin

[@otamamoe]

✨smooth & mellow💕

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@CiscoDuck]

Loverly! I used to play Jazz guitar gigs with a Princeton Reverb '67 or '68 Blackface vintage. Love it!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Christian

[@georgstrodt9203]

❤Wunderschön gespielt !!!❤

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@dustyjukebox7707]

Excellent work.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Dusty

[@bradstock]

This plus cardio fixed my day thank you

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Great to hear!

[@hitsonacousticguitar]

Great playing and tone

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks

[@AlOwens]

Another master class in harmony. Bravo Maestro you have so many colors in your harmony.
al

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Al

[@kevincronin3184]

Heaven!!! Thank you so much!!! Such feeling and sincerity!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Kevin

[@loudoniii]

One of my all-time favourite tunes ... super, sympathetic arrangement, Chris ... the chord sequencing complements the underlying melody beautifully. Excellent work!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Paul

[@patdamico1958]

You're smooth as silk. I bought the music from your store. You make it look soooo easy. It ain't! But fun to work on it.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Pat!

[@denny6281]

I'm starting to love the sound of the vintage 125. As usual, nice work Chris.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Deny, I am really enjoying the P90 sound. I was always a humbucker fan. Still am, but there is something special about a vintage P90

[@videomove]

these are absolutely wonderful man!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you !

[@OldGrowthRedwood]

Perfect!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@김태환-p3p9v]

I'm your big fan in korea ! Always glad to listen your songs

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@johnnyguitwithit2614]

You have such a nice touch and your tone is perfect.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@ssnoc]

This song melts me every time ... your harmonies add another layer of enjoyment - 👏

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@anthemfingerstyle5453]

What a sweet sound Mister Whiteman. Thank you for sharing

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks so much Alex

[@marinaferraris4060]

Che pace nel sentirti suonare!!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@mikasourd7722]

Just beautiful!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Mika

[@orlandowilson4325]

Man that full body archtop sure sounds beautiful. Of course your playing plays a great role in that too, so nice.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks for listening

[@jzm6403]

Much of that beautiful tone comes from Chris' fingers. Nice Piece Chris.

[@someguy7576]

Beautiful

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@raymondlaracuenta746]

very nice!!!!!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@HMJohnsonGuitar]

Beautiful!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Henry!

[@josephballerini3730]

Soulful!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Joseph!

[@clarkchadburn8453]

Absolutely man, Clark 🤗

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@bevocjohnson]

🤯🤯🤯 hats off, sir! I'm going to be studying this ...

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Alex

[@jamiesoldit]

So beautiful! One of the most romantic songs of all time. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent :)

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Jamie!

[@HoracioCasteglioneMusic]

Beautiful arrangement!! Thank you!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Horacio

[@carlodioguardi6270]

Really amazing arragement of the tune! Supeb job!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Carlo

[@francoferrante8239]

Bravissimo !!!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Franco!

[@francoferrante8239]

@@ChrisWhitemanGuitar Ciao Chris , un vero piacere ascoltare le tue interpretazioni degli standard piu' belli . Penso che solo un chitarrista puo' apprezzare in pieno la bellezza e la perfezione delle tue interpretazioni

[@rahf5889]

Brilliant

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Rahf

[@jimmyjoe3823]

Fantastic play, great guitar sound. Thumbs up.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Jimmy!

[@htscottone9600]

Very nice Chris-

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@jaumemartinezguitarrista]

very good ideas! thanks Chris for sharing. I really like your style of harmonizing.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you so much!

[@bgl500]

Beautiful man. My guitar instructor and I have been working on this one and you've got an inspiring sound. Cheers

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@ettsang2385]

Beautiful!!! Thanks Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you my friend

[@fersett2626]

Gran dottore delle anime umane 🙏😌

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@fersett2626]

@@ChrisWhitemanGuitar thank you, Chris, I listen to your playing almost every day

[@brickbatbrick]

So good!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Tom

[@jonwill]

Classic Chris; thank you for sharing.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Jon

[@louisvanlangendonck2927]

Man, you're great

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Louis

[@charles3200]

This is a masterful performance of this beautiful ballad. I'm currently learning this from the "Real Book" and using this as a reference is really nice. Also, LOVE The guitar!! :)

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Charles!

[@matthewcopeland6654]

Did it again man. Fantastic tone, and great arrangement.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Matthew

[@matthewcopeland6654]

Chris Whiteman can you tell me how you'd set a 3-band eq to get that tone? Playing Ibanez as253 into Peavey Delta Blues. Sounds rich with mids, with high end cut back with tone knob. Any insights? Sounds so lush!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Well, I don't know too much about frequencies by name. I would have to do it by experimenting. I had the bass and treble both on 4 of the princeton reverb I was playing through. Volume was on 2.5 and reverb was on 3.5.

[@patracam]

j'adore votre jazz, vos arrangements... I spent many pleasant evenings with you :-)

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Patrice!

[@bobsaturday4273]

I see that comment sometimes ..."who could give this a dislike " ,
weeellll...who was that guy ? I wanta know his name
this was just about perfect , arrangement , played , even the guitar sound , you totally nailed it Chris , thanx

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Bob

[@MyFarlow]

That is a beautiful arrangement Chris. I am really glad to see you highlight the ES-125. I have a full bodied 125 and am such a fan of the P 90. It sounds rich. Of course your tone comes from your fingers but the guitar certainly does your playing justice.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Bill!

[@johnlebarton9220]

My first real guitar was an ES 175 with 2 P-90s. I viewed it as a “cheap” guitar and couldn’t wait to get a better one, so I could play better. It took me a very long time before I realized that the quality of my playing was not hampered by that 125. I wish I had that axe back in the collection today.

[@masamihane4863]

Thank you for your beautiful sound. At 1:01, Bb_maj7(9) with the pinky looks great. I can’t do that.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@jean-claudebrien4826]

Thank you!

[@cadgcadgcadg]

so beautiful！
I like your guitarplay
from Japan.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@jo_ey]

This looks like a fun piece to learn how to play.

[@pavelmirga3362]

Amazing sounding, thank you for sharing Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Pavel

[@2portis]

Awesome.

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Thanks

[@2JWilliam]

Very nice. Thanks for posting

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Billy

[@2JWilliam]

I’ve watched a lot of your chord Melody’s I like them! Do you arrange them yourself?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Yes, I do my own arranging

[@2JWilliam]

Very tasteful nice work.

[@carlitos0946]

Molto bello !!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Carlo

[@limjahey9244]

Lovely

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@cpearce]

do you like using SheetMusicPlus to clear your arrangements? do you find your students are using it and are willing to make purchases through them?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

It works well and people use it. There are limited options for self publishing.

[@rickamato7049]

Thanks Chris for putting this out. Gets me to stretch to achieve more on my guitar. With your great sound, I am curious what strings you use on this and your Ibanez A200. To me strings are a big element of getting your great sound. I tried the TS flats, but they weren't as slippery as the ones that came out of the factory on my Ibanez LGB. So ordered Ibanez flats, but they are hard to find in the US. Again, thanks!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Hi Rick, I had thomastik infel flatwounds on here. Same for the Ibanez, however I’ve been using Daddario round wounds recently as well

[@timwarneka5681]

@@ChrisWhitemanGuitar What gauge, please, Chris? 12s?

[@plectrumsoul]

Wonderful … is a ES125 T?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!, Yes, it's a 1959 ES125T

[@MrNadav1995]

Very nice playing!
What do you think about the neck thickness? thinking about getting one of those for myself

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you! the neck is qutie chunky compared with modern necks, but I don't find it objectionable in any way. I have actually grown to love these 1950's necks.

[@MrNadav1995]

@@ChrisWhitemanGuitar It deffinetly shows in your playing that you are comfortable with that guitar. Unfortunately for me I struggle with chunkier necks. Do you have any experience with later models (Mid to late 60's) ?

[@milaortiz]

That's magic. Which influences do you have?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Mila. Wes Montgomery, Johnny Smith, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell.... and many many more!

[@steveherring1187]

Oh man !! 👍🏻

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Steve

[@MegaDusso]

NiZe !!!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@ezvideo3578]

absolutely love your playing and tone...two questions...what pickup are you using in your neck and are you using flat wound or round wound strings? Thanks, Ed

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Ed! The pickup is the original 1959 - P90. Strings are round wound bit.ly/DAddarioEXL145

[@smoothplatex7117]

Hi Chris. These are stainless steel frets correct ?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

yes

[@smoothplatex7117]

I had Kenny Marshall refret my 1950s Gibson ES-175 a year and a half ago. Negative things I read and heard about stainless steel frets made me decide on nickel.
I have already worn a groove in them,mosty under the B string.
The tone you are getting in this video is the best endorsement I have heard for stainless steel frets.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

smoothplatex7 I was a bit nervous about going with stainless frets. Afraid that it would hurt the value of the guitar with collectors, and that it would negatively impact the tone. I now plan on using stainless on all my future refrets!

[@jean-claudebrien4826]

Très jolie! What kind of strings you have

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Daddario round wound .012-.054

[@video_gabes]

Sounds great man
by the way, what's that one guitar on the wall?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks. It is an Ibanez Af200

[@charlesalan62]

Thanks Chris, got the transcription, amazingly good, especially the cool ending.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Awesome, thank you!

[@talhawynne]

alternative title: how to kill someone with a song in 1:50

[@arlo2203]

anyone ever told you that you look like john inmon?
well... u do.
lucky u.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Ha!

[@andyokus4930]

Chris, can barely hear your video. You might want to record it again hotter!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Strange, I can hear great on my phone. Not sure why that is happening.

[@rahf5889]

I just wanna be your friend man

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@branislavstojic3970]

###########

[@amazinglybadraps]

This is filthy

[@freddymclain]

I know cats who own expensive, custom made archtops who don't sound nearly as good.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

nothing like a 1950's Gibson!

[@swedishpsychopath8795]

Nice performance! But learn to relax your face musculature or you'll look like grandpa Simpson before you are 50.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks for the tip

[@gregleroy1]

Beautiful!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Greg