Beginning Jazz Guitar: Cycle Five
Using the cycle 5 method to learn the barre chords will help you memorize the chords but will also help your fingers gain strength and dexterity. We cant cover every single chord you need to know as a...
View ArticleBeginning Jazz Guitar: Mixolydian Scales
When applying a Mixolydian scale to a II V I keep in mind that you would only think the Mixolydian scale if in fact the V chord was being played long enough so that you heard the V chord as the key...
View ArticleBeginning Jazz Guitar: Major 7th Arpeggio
Like the aforementioned arpeggios there are 3 common ways to play the Major 7th arpeggios on the fretboard. Again I would concentrate on only one way and only one set of strings until you feel you know...
View ArticleBeginning Jazz Guitar: Dominant 7th Arpeggio
Applying Dominant 7th Arpeggio to II V I will follow the same process as the Minor 7th Arpeggio. In this instance also try playing both the Minor 7th and the Dominant 7th arpeggio and then follow that...
View ArticleBeginning Jazz Guitar: Improvising
Now its time to use all 3 arpeggios that we have learned. Use the jam track to help you hear the II V I progressions and listen to the improvisation examples to hear ways of applying arpeggios. Get...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Introduction
The term “Solo Craft” refers to your stylistic approach, techniques and note choices when crafting your solos, lead guitar fills and lines. I have developed this course to give you a variety of...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Performance Transcribed
This solo represents my style of playing using the sweet notes approach over an A7 to D7 R&B groove. I’m using A minor pentatonic scale in all five positions adding chromatics for extra flavor....
View ArticleSoloCraft: Classic Sixths
If you are watching the video in conjunction with the diagrams I have provided, make sure you watch the left and right hand co-ordination for the phrasing of these classic sixth licks. The tab and...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Fourths, Fifths, Sixths
The opening licks are of course the classic sixths we’ve played in the classic sixths section of the Solo Craft course. You will then hear me change it up and start to play some cool double-stop and...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Fourths 8th Position
The ideas I am going to show you, using 4ths now, are found at the 8th fret region of the guitar and you’ll be able to see the lick idea from within a G triad arpeggio and also the G major scale....
View ArticleSoloCraft: Fourths, Fifths, Sixth Play along Exercise
The right hand technique is just as important as the notes in the licks. Watch what I am doing and try to emulate that. Some players use pick and fingers as you know. That is very cool and will work...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Pedal Steel Bends: 2
You can probably hear a similarity to Honky Tonk Women by the Rolling Stones in this example. That’s because this is basically what they were playing to create those riffs. Check out my right hand...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Pedal Tones
As you can hear the licks are pretty simple in their structure but the articulation of the interval skips may be tricky at first. You may also notice that I also weave in regular lick ideas to allow...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Pedal Tones A maj 7 - D maj 7
We can locate a pedal tone that will work for both of our chords too. If you are up on your chord tone theory you will be saying well, we can use either C# or A because they are found in both chords....
View ArticleSoloCraft: Pedal Tones Play along Exercise
You can hear from this video segment that the lick we created works over both chords. Now that you have the concept down come up with some ideas and phrases of your own. Try using the C# as a pedal...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Harmony Lead: 3
You will notice that I start the demonstration by playing the chords in the progression for you. I want you to see that the chords are pretty simple as is the melody I’m playing. Over complicating...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Harmony Lead: 6 Adding The 5th Above
The next step is to locate the 5th above our D major scale melody. All you need to do is count up the scale five notes from D. The 5th note is A. So what we’ll do is play our D major scale now starting...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Harmony Lead: 5
I’m going to play the D major scale for you in this example starting on D and you are going to be my second guitarist in the band and as I play, you are going to play the D major scale starting on F#...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Intervallic Lines: 3
That’s right. I’m using minor pentatonic scales to create the licks in much of this solo example. I know the fingerings don’t look familiar to you anymore now that I am skipping strings and creating...
View ArticleSoloCraft: Open String Triple Stops: 7
In this section I am playing in the key of G to demonstrate the open string triple stop ideas. My ideas are basically major and minor 3rd double-stops on the top two strings that have an open G string...
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