Reading/Sight Reading Reading music is a funny thing for guitarists. The reasons for this are well understood: • Most guitarists start out playing Rock, learning Purple Haze and some bar chords, the blues scale. No reading necessary. • The guitar is a strange instrument to sight read on. There are many ways to play the […]
BASIC JAZZ SCALES AND MODES Major Scales There are only three Major Scales, and the only differences between them involve the 4th and 5th degrees. If you look at them this way, it allows you to realize that they are more similar than different. Which scale you use is then dictated by your taste and […]
BASIC JAZZ GUITAR CHORDS Major Chords Here are some Major Chord forms with the root on the sixth string, even though the root isn’t always in the voicing. The red dots are the root, not needing to replace your monitor. These are must-know major chord voicings with the root on the fifth string. […]
Andrew Green is a guitarist, author, and arranger residing in New York City. A professional musician since the age of 15, he has played with Donald Byrd, Billy Hart, Joanne Brackeen, Marion Cowings, Mat Maneri, John McNeil, Winard Harper, Chip Jackson, Matt Wilson, Danny Mixon, Ralph LaLama, and Sound Assembly among others. He is the […]
Jazz Guitar Technique – Grabbing Chords Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X Grabbing Chords Being able to grab chord voicings easily is vital for comping behind melodies and solos, and for filling out your own solos if […]
Jazz Guitar Technique – Phrasing/Articulation Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X Phrasing and Articulation One way to increase the interest within an eighth-note line is by varying attack and volume. This is done to achieve a more […]
Jazz Guitar Technique Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X Playing Across Two and Three Strings The following phrases are a sample from the 5 pages of Two- and Three-String Phrases in the book. Playing Across Three […]
Jazz Guitar Technique – Cross-String Studies Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X TWO-STRING EXERCISES The following exercises are a sample from the six pages of Two-String Studies in the book. Picking across the strings (one note […]
Jazz Guitar Technique Jazz Guitar Technique Andrew Green Paperback: 112 pages E-book Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-1-X Learning the Neck To improvise freely on the guitar, you need to be able to play the same idea in many different places on the neck. Otherwise, […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Rhythm Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 Comping Rhythms From a rhythmic standpoint, comping behind a soloist can be seen as following a continuum of interaction with […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Passing Chords Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 PASSING CHORDS In order to create motion and stronger resolution patterns in a comp, chords from outside the basic […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Multi-Use Voicings Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 MULTI-USE VOICINGS One of the keys to comping easily and effectively on guitar is being able to use the […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Voice Leading Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 Voice Leading Voice leading is the stepwise movement of notes from one chord to the next within a chord […]
Jazz Guitar Comping – Introduction Jazz Guitar Comping Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-4-4 INTRODUCTION “Comping” is an abbreviation of the word “accompanying”. Within a Jazz group, it is the art of improvising a […]