Song Rig
All the Things You Are
Joe Pass · Virtuoso · 1973
Tone Overview
What Makes This Sound Unique
The most harmonically sophisticated jazz standard in the Virtuoso repertoire — its complex circle-of-fourths chord progression challenges the soloist to navigate five key centres within a single chorus. Joe Pass makes it sound inevitable, his melodic lines always landing on the clearest harmonic statement of each chord.
Signal Chain
- 1Gibson ES-175
- 2Studio amp (clean)
Amp Settings
Same warm, clean tone throughout Virtuoso — the consistent tone places emphasis entirely on the musical content rather than tonal variation.
Technique
How to Play It
Harmonic navigation through complex changes — All the Things You Are tests the soloist's ability to target chord tones in fast-moving harmony. Pass uses guide tones (3rds and 7ths of each chord) as melodic anchors that signal harmonic movement to the listener.
Budget Alternative
Achievable With
ES-175 → clean amp → practice targeting guide tones: on each chord change, identify the 3rd and 7th and build your melodic phrase around those notes before filling in the scale degrees between them.
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