In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to incorporate 5 simple jazz ideas into your blues. … [Read more...]
Slow Bluesy, Jazz Lead Guitar Lesson – Easy to Play – EP460
In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an slow and melodic jazz lead that comes from the Pentatonic scales (major and minor). … [Read more...]
Jazz up your blues rhythm and lead by using 2-5-1 turnarounds – Guitar Lesson EP371
In this week's guitar lesson, we'll continue our look at Secondary Dominant Chords (from last week, EP370), and add the minor 2 chord, so that we can now play a 2-5-1 chord combination for any of the chords in the chord family of the key we're in. You'll learn how all of this applies to a 12 bar blues in this lesson. … [Read more...]
Bluesy, Jazz Guitar Lesson (Solo Composition) EP207
In this bluesy jazz guitar lesson, you'll learn a solo composition that works on acoustic or electric guitar. I'll show you where all of the licks and chords come from so that you can improvise in this style or even write songs like this. This was inspired by the great jazz guitar player Kenny Burrell. Take a listen to his classic "Midnight Blue" to hear the inspiration for this chord structure. … [Read more...]
Solo Blues Guitar in A (With Some Added Jazz) – EP141
In this blues guitar lesson you'll learn how to play a solo blues composition in the key of A with no accompaniment. You'll start by playing a call and response rhythm and lead. This is a great technique to learn because it helps define the song when you're playing solo like this. The 2nd and 3rd time through you'll be playing single string lead on your own but will define the parameters of the song by the notes you play. … [Read more...]
EP005: Jazz Guitar Lesson – Lead Guitar Part 2
This is a follow-up to the EP004 Jazz Guitar Lesson Part 1 in which I break down the second half of the guitar solo. Be sure to watch the first half if you haven't already as I explain not only how to play the notes in the solo, but I explain some of the theory as to how I derive at the solo to begin with - thus explaining the boundaries for this style of jazz playing. Stay tuned for part 3 which will be live in the following days! … [Read more...]
