Have you always wanted to learn jazz guitar but were never sure where to start? Our newest lesson is an absolute entry into making your guitar sound jazzy. Jazz 101 – Harmony will provide a cliff notes look at scale construction, creating chords, and basic jazz chord progressions. This is the first edition in our Jazz 101 series that will teach you the basic core concepts of jazz guitar.
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Guy Fenocchi has six new lessons on using the Dorian Mode for soloing over minor jazz progressions. You will learn how to use minor pentatonic scales, arpeggio combinations, and major triads to create your own lead parts. Having a variety of notes to pull from helps you keep things interesting over long extended jams. This lesson package features over 140 minutes of instruction. Watch a preview:
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Jorma Kaukonen with Roger "Hurricane" Wilson
Roger Wilson with Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna
We’ve previously discussed Roger Wilson’s first lesson on playing I Know You Rider in the style of Hot Tuna on the blog. Now Roger has a lesson 2 that will teach you how to play lead parts from the song.
Guy Fenocchi has a new six lesson package called Jazz Up Your Country. In these video lessons you will learn how to incorporate jazz soloing ideas into your country playing. You’ll learn a variety of jazz scales, modes, arpeggios, and intervals that you can use to solo over traditional major country progressions.
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If you haven’t check out iTunesU yet, they have a lot of cool free podcasts of lectures up. One of the coolest being a history of jazz podcast. The lectures are by Dr. Gordon Vernick who is an Associate Professor of Music at Georgia State University in Atlanta. “Each segment is intended to shed light on important individual creating jazz musicians and specific movements/genres within jazz canon. They are intended for jazz lovers and those that are merely interested in this important American musical art form.”
Each episode was originally broadcast on 1690AM in Atlanta. If you happen to live in the Atlanta area, that is possibly the greatest radio station I’ve ever heard. It sounds like someone with the best record collection in history is just randomly playing songs that they like. Everything from 1950′s R&B to Elvis Costello. When I’m listening to it, I use Shazam at least once an hour.
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We have two new Jazz Guitar Lessons available.
Solo in G by Billy Wilkie is a Quicktime video lesson where you will learn how to play a complete jazz solo. This downloadable lesson covers how to play a 15 measure solo over a jazz blues progression in G. Billy will break down the solo measure by measure and discuss what is happening at different times. This lesson should add some more tricks to your bag as well as give you an idea of how to piece a solo together. Watch a sample clip from this lesson.
Also, we have More Benson Style Licks by Billy Wilkie is a Quicktime video lesson covering a variety of jazz guitar licks in the style of George Benson. In our first Benson style lesson we focused on his approach to playing bluesy licks. In this video Billy will cover George Benson’s unique way of utilizing and manipulating chromaticism in his solo lines. We’ll learn eight licks in the key of G minor and then practice them over a jam track. Watch sample clips from this lesson.
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