Wes Montgomery’s Body and Soul Intro — Upper Structure to Diagonal Lines (Wes/Django)
Wes Montgomery's Body and Soul intro isn't taste or instinct — it's extractable. The line comes straight from upper-structure voicings, and that's what makes it move diagonally. This video is part of the series: “VoiceLid Jazz Guitar: The Diagonal Harmony Series 🔶 Wes to Django” Start from the first video in this playlist: • 99% of Guitarists Get Wes Montgomery's Tec... 📺 Now part of the trilogy: Wes Montgomery 2-5-1 — Voicing Shape as the Line (3 jazz standards) • Wes Montgomery 2-5-1 — Voicing Shape as th... ▶ #1 Gone With the Wind — • Gone With the Wind — How to Hear Quick Cha... ▶ #2 Body and Soul Intro — this video ▶ #3 'Round Midnight (What Every Other Teacher Missed) — • What Every Other Teacher Missed About Wes ... In this episode, we break down Wes Montgomery’s intro line on “Body and Soul” and show something most players miss: the line can be extracted directly from upper-structure harmony — and that’s why it moves diagonally on the guitar. What you’ll learn in this video: • How the upper-structure chords already contain Wes’s line • Why rootless / functional clarity matters more than “scale labels” • How this connects to Wes Line / Django Line thinking on the fretboard Start here (free foundation): Essential: Building Blocks http://voicelidjazzguitar.com/buildin... Deep dive (master-level analysis): Jazz Icon: Wes’ Insight https://www.voicelidjazzguitar.com/ja... Watch the Diagonal Harmony Series playlist: • VoiceLid Jazz Guitar: The Diagonal Harmony... #JazzGuitar #WesMontgomery Chapters 00:00 Intro / What you’re about to learn 00:33 Why this “Body and Soul” intro matters 02:28 The exact spot in the intro (what to listen for) 03:37 Where the chords live on the fretboard 04:55 The harmony as the “map” that contains the line 09:38 Rootless function: what changes when the root disappears 13:05 What Wes is (and isn’t) playing in the line 20:47 Listen again: hearing the upper-structure inside the excerpt 22:36 Free resource + where to start (Building Blocks) 24:12 Closing / what to practice next
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