JAZZ LESSON VIDEOS

Moving from an intermediate guitar player to an advanced one is tricky. Most intermediate players have solid technique, a good grasp of theory and plenty of scales under their fingers, but when the harmony starts moving, their solos are still built mostly on general licks and scale patterns. Instead of thinking of predetermined licks, advanced players sound different because they're working with advanced vocabulary—concepts like upper structure triads, triad pairs, superimpos

For most jazz players, the term approach tones is familiar, but maybe you’re unsure how exactly they can fit into your playing. Most people focus too much on the harmonic component and not exactly on where the notes are landing.  You can pretty much land the notes wherever you want, and it can sound cool. But to get to that point, you'll want to first practice being able to play approach notes leading into a downbeat with a chord tone. Then as you expand from that, you can ex