These smooth BB King licks work for more than just blues By Matt Warnock published 16 September 19 How to use BB's blues ideas in a jazz context
Three Essential Jazz Guitar Chord Soloing Lines By Matt Warnock published 9 August 19 Study three jazz chord soloing lines that will bridge the gap between your study of chord shapes and applying those shapes to a real, musical situation.
Melodic Minor Modes Made Easy By Matt Warnock published 2 August 19 Learning how to play the seven modes of melodic minor is an essential skill any guitarist should have in their soloing tool belt.
An Introduction to the Tritone Scale By Matt Warnock published 28 June 19 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 published 7 June 19 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 published 10 May 19 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 published 2 May 19 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 published 22 April 19 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 published 12 April 19 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 published 5 April 19 Learn three different ways you can solo over 7alt chords.
Five Must-Know Jazz Guitar Turnarounds By Matt Warnock published 27 March 19 Explore five common variations of a two-bar turnaround progression.
Jazz Guitar Corner: Building a Jazz Vocabulary — Melodic Minor Over iim7 By Matt Warnock published 20 March 19 Look at three licks that use melodic minor over a iim7 chord.
How to Develop Picking Control With Accented Scale Practice By Matt Warnock published 12 March 19 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 published 27 February 19 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 published 19 February 19 Expand your knowledge of the neck by soloing and comping through a Bird Blues.
Three Must-Know Jazzy Pentatonic Patterns By Matt Warnock published 5 February 19 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 published 4 February 19 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 published 24 January 19 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 published 17 January 19 This Joe Pass concept will help you always have a harmonic and melodic device close by.
Ninth Chords Made Easy By Matt Warnock published 10 January 19 Learn how you can use “rootless” ninth chords to expand your jazz-guitar vocabulary without having to learn any new shapes.