Jazz Guitar Lessons
Macri School Of Music offers professional jazz guitar lessons for students of all ages and skill levels. Here is an outline of what is covered at each stage of learning.
Beginner
- Learning ii-V-I Progressions
- 2 Note Comping Voicings (3rds And 7ths)
- 3 Note Comping Voicings (Root, 3rds And 7ths)
- Learning Jazz Standards
- Developing A Strong Rhythm (Comping/Swing Feel)
- Learning To Play In Different Times (5/4, 7/4, 6/8, 7/8, Etc)
- Major/Minor Pentatonic Scales
- Blues Scales
- Major Scale Positions
- Arpeggios (Major, Minor, Dominant, Diminished, Half-Diminished, Etc)
Intermediate
- Study Of Intervals
- Study Of 7th Chords (Major 7th, Minor 7th, Dominant 7th, Etc)
- Major Modes (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian)
- Analysis Of Solos And Compositions From Great Jazz Musicians (Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Etc)
- Learn To Play Any Song In Any Key (Transposing)
- Learning To Transcribe (Songs, Solos, Phrases)
- Developing A Jazz Repertoire (Songs Essential For Every Jazz Guitarist)
- Exploration Of Mode/Chord Scale Relationship
- Learn To Train Your Ear For Developing Soloing Over Straight Ahead And Advanced Chord Changes
- Approach Tones
Advanced
- Modes Of The Melodic Minor Scale
- Modes Of The Harmonic Minor Scale
- The Dominant Bebop Scale
- The Uses Of Space And Rhythm In Improvisation
- Learning The Diminished Scale (Whole-Half And Half-Whole Diminished Scale)
- Analysis Of Contemporary Jazz Guitarists (Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Etc)
- Examine Blues In Jazz (Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Etc)
- Study Of Non-Functional Harmony
- Study Of Common Chord Progressions Used For Improvisation
- Transcribing And Memorizing Important Solos And Phrases
