Shaping Up: Dominant Double Stops for Guitar By Matt Warnock 24 April 2018 When learning how to play jazz guitar, we often spend time working out scales, arpeggios and single-note riffs, as well as chord shapes and common progressions.
Employing Chromatic Passing Tones to Connect Phrases and Fretboard Positions By Andy Aledort 20 March 2018
Devising Creative Chord Patterns and Voicings from the A Aeolian Mode By Andy Aledort 26 February 2018
10 Steps to Learning Jazz Guitar Standards By Matt Warnock 09 February 2018 One of the biggest problems I encounter with jazz guitar students is that they have learned a ton of chords, scales and arpeggios, but they can’t play a tune or jam on a standard.
Stealing Guitar Solo Ideas from Miles Davis By Matt Warnock 01 February 2018 Miles Davis' album Kind of Blue and his song "So What" are often a gateway into jazz for many musicians with a rock, pop and blues background.
Using Out-of-the-Box Scale Fingerings to Master the Fretboard By Matt Warnock 18 January 2018 Two of the most common questions I hear from students are, “How do I break out of box patterns?” and “How can I learn the notes on the neck without just memorizing each fret?”
Paul Gilbert’s "World Changing" Trick for Better Blues Licks By Christopher Scapelliti 12 January 2018 If you’re tired of playing stock minor pentatonic runs when you solo over a rock or blues progression, guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert has a couple of neat tricks you can use to jazz up your licks.
