Jazz Guitar Practice Tips: Being Creative With Technical Concepts

Savassi Festival 2011

When learning how to play jazz guitar, we often feel that we need to practice and learn something in 12 keys in as many positions across the neck as possible before we are able to improvise with it. But, what often happens is that we run an idea through 12 keys in multiple positions, andRead the Rest... ...

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How To Use Your Rock Chops to Play Jazz Guitar

Jazz Rock 1

By: Joel Cornell I remember being completely intimidated when I first started learning to play jazz guitar. It was a whole new world with new notations, new chords, new rhythmic ideas, and even new slang words (it’s still the only genre I’ve found where people say something is “bad” when they really mean “good”). EvenRead the Rest... ...

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Jazz Guitar Scale and Mode Reference Page

Major Bebop Scale One Octave Fingerings JPG

As I often get questions from readers and students as to how to build, use and harmonize many of the commonly used scales and modes in the jazz idiom, I thought it would be a good idea to put all of that information together in an easy to access and quickly scannable document that canRead the Rest... ...

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How to Walk Basslines on Guitar

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Learning how to walk basslines on guitar is not only a fun exercise and skill to get under your fingers, but it is also a practical skill for a modern guitarist to get down. Being able to walk a bassline, and add comping if you like, allows you to play duos with singers, pianists, hornRead the Rest... ...

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3 Jazz Guitar Transcriptions That Changed My Playing

Tyler Ross and Matt Warnock

One of the beneficial and important aspects of any jazz guitarist’s development is transcribing and learning from famous jazz guitar solos. When interviewed, all of the great players say that they learned an immense amount about jazz guitar improvisation from writing out, memorizing and playing along to their favorite solos by their favorite players. InRead the Rest... ...

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