Jazz Guitar Lessons

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