Jazz Guitar Lessons
Everybody has sung Happy Birthday at some point in their lives, or pretended to! I imagine there have been scenarios where family or friends have requested you to play it on the guitar. You could strum and sing, but for some people that isn’t an option. A good thing to have is a [...]
Playing through a jazz tune with alot of chord changes can sometimes become frustrating and intimidating for a player. This lesson is going to focus on the basics of guide tones and how to incorporate them into your playing. Guide tones are notes in a chord that lead toward the next chord, which [...]
There is a school of thought that a swing feel must be present in order for music to be classified as jazz. While I don’t necessarily subscribe to that in such declarative terms, I believe a strong time feel must be found in all forms of music. Traditional jazz generally has a swing [...]
Chords are constructed from roots, thirds and fifths. These intervals come from the major scale where the scale degrees produce different triads, some major and some minor (and one diminished). Guitar players add chord tones and extensions to triads by incorporating other degrees from the major scale. These added scale degrees include 2nds, [...]
This holiday lesson is a solo arrangement of the classic “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” Just a few items to note to help you play through this smoothly. The most important aspect is to get the bottom of the chords to ring through the melody notes. For the ease of reading the tab and [...]
