An Introduction to the Tritone Scale By Matt Warnock A short introduction to the tritone scale, its construction, how to use it and some basic fingerings for this scale on the guitar.
Five Must-Know ii-V-I Chord Subs By Matt Warnock Learning how to play and apply these subs to your chord work and single-note solos can add an extra layer of harmonic sophistication to your playing.
How to Play Jazzy Jimi Hendrix Chords By Matt Warnock Learn how you can take the Hendrix Chord and apply it to jazz guitar comping phrases.
Soloing with the Mixed Blues Scale By Matt Warnock This cool-sounding scale can jazz up your blues solos in no time. Give it a try!
Three Licks Incorporating Different Ways of Playing the iim7b5 Chord By Matt Warnock Learn some different ways of playing the iim7b5 chord, and some specific ways to connect those voicings to the tonic chord through the V7alt chord in various alterations.
How to Apply Chromatic Passing Arpeggios Into Major-Key ii-V-I Progressions By Matt Warnock Add tension and resolution by applying chromatic passing arpeggios into major key ii-V-I progressions.
Three Ways to Solo Over 7alt Chords By Matt Warnock Learn three different ways you can solo over 7alt chords.
Five Must-Know Jazz Guitar Turnarounds By Matt Warnock Explore five common variations of a two-bar turnaround progression.
Jazz Guitar Corner: Building a Jazz Vocabulary — Melodic Minor Over iim7 By Matt Warnock Look at three licks that use melodic minor over a iim7 chord.
How to Develop Picking Control With Accented Scale Practice By Matt Warnock These accent patterns can be used to raise your level of rhythmic and right-hand awareness when practicing scales.
Expand Your Melodic Colors with Ninth Arpeggios By Matt Warnock Explore two common fingerings for ninth arpeggios applied to a ii v I chord progression.
Jazz Guitar Corner: The Importance of the Bird Blues Chord Progression By Matt Warnock Expand your knowledge of the neck by soloing and comping through a Bird Blues.
Three Must-Know Jazzy Pentatonic Patterns By Matt Warnock Grab your axe and dust off those classic pentatonic box patterns.
Using Three Different Scales to Improvise Over Minor Key ii-V-i’s By Matt Warnock Learn how to use three different scales to improvise over minor key ii-V-i’s while still keeping everything related to the tonic key.
How to Play 7#11 Chords By Matt Warnock Get a solid foundation of voicings to draw upon in your comping, chord soloing and chord melody playing.
Learn the Fretboard Like Joe Pass By Matt Warnock This Joe Pass concept will help you always have a harmonic and melodic device close by.
Ninth Chords Made Easy By Matt Warnock Learn how you can use “rootless” ninth chords to expand your jazz-guitar vocabulary without having to learn any new shapes.
Using the m7b5 Chord to Comp and Solo By Matt Warnock Comping and chord soloing over minor ii V i chord progressions can be a tough hurdle to get over when learning jazz guitar.
Thinking Two Chords at a Time: Tritone Side-Stepping for Guitar By Matt Warnock Bring a more modern sound into your jazz solos.
An Introduction to the Bebop Scale By Matt Warnock A quick review of the Bebop scale, how it’s built and where you can use it in your solos.
