Soloing • Construction and Theory Part II When you are improvising on a set of chord changes, you are in effect telling the listener one of two things: what is the same about two adjacent chords or what is different about them. Notes that are the same from chord to chord are called common tones: […]
Soloing • Construction and Theory The purpose of taking a solo should be that of playing any music: communication. To paraphrase Keith Jarrett, it is the process of taking the idea in your mind and putting it in someone else’s mind by the mechanism of playing a note. Listeners don’t care what you play, they […]
Chord of the Week Chord of the Week Jazz Guitar Basics Intro to Jazz Guitar Chords Scales Reading Picking Fingering Soloing Comping Lessons from Chops Factory (my old site) Theory Lessons on theory as they relate to jazz improvisation. Concepts about connecting ideas, and more! Respelling Chords/Scales Respelling Chords/Scales II How to Use Triad Arpeggios […]
Introduction to Jazz Guitar If Jazz is new to you, this is a good place to get acquainted with some of the fundamentals. • Jazz Chords to get some chords to use right away. • Jazz Scales to check out some of the different ways of arranging seven notes • Comping to learn how to […]
Jazz Guitar Structures – Minor Tetrachords Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 Minor Tetrachords Etudes Based on Standard Tunes
Jazz Guitar Structures – Major 2 Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 A Major triad with the second degree added is referred to in this book as MA+2: The second degree […]
Jazz Guitar Structures – Minor 7 Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 MINOR 7 ARPEGGIO The Minor 7 arpeggio is found within most scales, including the pentatonic scale (typically one of […]
Jazz Guitar Structures – Non-Functional Etude Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 Etude over a non-functional progression INTRODUCTION
Jazz Guitar Structures – Etude Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 Giant Steps Etude INTRODUCTION
Jazz Guitar Structures Jazz Guitar Structures Andrew Green Paperback: 136 pages with Online Audio E-book with Online Audio Publisher: Microphonic Press ISBN: 0-9700576-0-1 INTRODUCTION For guitarists, the technical learning curve for improvisation is fairly steep. For this reason, it is important to find multiple uses […]