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In this lesson I show a way to move through chord progessions (II, V, I, VI in this case) while keeping a descending chromatic line on the top. This is not easy and will encourage you to fin...
In this lesson I show a way to move through chord progessions (II, V, I, VI in this case) while keeping an ascending chromatic line on the top. This lesson builds on the previous one so if y...
In this lesson, I explain the guitar style of Freddie Green, who was the guitar player in the Count Basie Big Band. For any aspiring jazz musician, this is a must style to know how to do. I ...
Hello once again! In this tutorial we will be covering voice leading. In our example we will take a look at a common jazz standard and how we can approach the changes using drop 2 chord voi...
As I mention in the video, you may recognize this popular jazz standard. NOTE: Please refer to the tab below for the chords. Okay, when it comes to voice leading, the main idea is to swift...
Allow me to explain the chord inversions I've used in order: Bbmaj7 (root) Eb7 (2nd) Abmaj7 (root) Dbmaj7 (2nd) Gm7b5 (root) C7 (2nd) Fm7 (root) F7 (root) F7 (1st) Root Inversion =...
We've come to the end. :( I've taken the liberty to further explain the value of knowing how to voice lead as a guitarist. I apologize for any ranting but I always try to stress the importa...
Hello again and Happy New Year! I hope all of you spent your holidays with good company! Why not make your new year’s resolution to learn something different than usual? Maybe some j...
Now that we've got the chords down it's time to add our bass line. In this part of the tutorial we will cover some rules to adding a bass line while comping chords. There are two main rule...
Onto the real thing! Make sure that all bass notes are played with the thumb or pick. The rest of the chord tones should be played with fingers 1, 2, and 3. If using a pick you'd use finge...
Hi Guys! For this tutorial I've done something a little different and gone with a bebop solo transcription. The backing track you hear is actually a minor 24 bar blues: i(1) ...
In part 1 of the break down I've focused mainly on three licks that happen within the first 12 bars of the solo. #1. The first lick is a simple dissention down the A Dorian scale. T...
For part 2 of the break down we'll be covering two long licks that happen bars 16 - 30 (last 8 bars of the 1st time through the form, into the 1st 6 bars of the 2nd time through the form). ...
Part 3 of the breakdown goes over the last 2 big/important riffs. #1. Here is another lick that is intended to imply a tonicization of the IV(4) chord, Dm. This time we take a diff...
I've included the chord progression as well as suggested scales. Am - Am - Am - Am - Am - Am - Am - Am A Dorian. Over the last 1 or 2 bars you can use D Harmonic Minor or Bb ...
Hey IG, Welcome to the final chapter of my little Blues series. Be ready to dig into some Charlie Parker style jazz blues playing. Once again form, rhythm, melody and harmony are quite a bi...
On to the soloing! This solo consists of several phrases. Some blues-y, some jazz-y. Note how the more jazz-influenced lines are mainly played around the II-Vs and the turnaround bars at the...
Here’s one of the most exciting applications for these shapes: chord melody! This is just a quick improvisation I came up with. You’ll soon discover how much fun it is to mess a...
Hello and welcome to my first IG tutorial! I'm really excited to share some of my knowledge and experience with you guys. So let's dig right in, shall we? So this tutorial is about Rhythm C...
Now it’s time to get into some actual playing! The repeating form for head and solos is AABA and here’s the original progression (the triangle stands for Major7): Here i...
Alright, now the fun begins. It’s time to solo! Just like in the previous lesson the amount of chord changes might be a bit overwhelming at first. So what we’re going to do is in...
