Bebop scale: how you can use this jazz scale in your guitar solos By Matt Warnock last updated 17 May 24 Learn how the Bebop scale is built and where you can use it in your solos
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.
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.
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.
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.
Using the m7b5 Chord to Comp and Solo By Matt Warnock published 3 January 19 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 published 11 December 18 Bring a more modern sound into your jazz solos.
Jazz Guitar Corner: How to Use Triads to Outline Maj7 Chord Extensions By Matt Warnock published 13 November 18 Different triads you can use in order to outline maj7, 6, maj9 and maj7#11 chords, without having to learn anything beyond the basic triad shapes that you already know.
Three Easy Steps to Creating Killer Arpeggio Licks By Matt Warnock published 5 November 18 Expand your knowledge of arpeggios.
Jazz Guitar Corner: Unorthodox 4th Chords for Jazz Guitar By Matt Warnock published 26 October 18 Learn the different inversions of 4th chords on the middle four strings, and work on learning the chord scales associated with these chords.
Half-Whole Diminished Harmony for Jazz Guitar By Matt Warnock published 16 October 18 One of the most commonly used but tricky scales in jazz guitar is the half-whole diminished scale. Learn how to master it here.