What you will learn?
How to play jazz guitar notes, jazz guitar scales and modes used in jazz lead guitar solos
All the fundamental techniques of jazz lead guitar playing including playing arpeggios
Guitar theory for learning how to read guitar music for beginners and how to read guitar tabs for beginners
How to tune a guitar with a tuner
Jazz lead guitar tips and guitar tricks that every player should know when learning guitar
Shortcuts for how to learn guitar fast by getting the most from guitar practice sessions
About this course
Perfect for absolute beginner jazz guitar players.
Demonstrates all the essential rhythms, scales, modes and arpeggios needed to become a confident Jazz player. Also deals with playing over chord changes. This dynamic course features step-by-step guidance with real music examples, and comes complete with audio and video resources to make learning easy and enjoyable. Explore exciting topics like The Whole Rest, The Chromatic Scale, that reinforce each new technique with real musical context.
Covers the fundamentals of jazz guitar improvisation, starting with the C major scale, swing rhythms, and chord arpeggios.
This course in a printable PDF format
Electronic tuners accurately determine correct guitar notes, streamlining the process and eliminating mistakes.
Reads and interprets fretboard diagrams, a foundation for grasping musical scales and patterns.
Introduces the fundamental concepts of left-hand fingering, highlighting the distinct purposes and methods for each finger.
Tablature notation is introduced, explaining how to read guitar fretboard notes and techniques.
Introduces fundamental techniques for developing guitar playing skills by examining right and left hand positioning.
Effective practice strategies include focusing on one concept at a time, gradual skill-building, and regular revision to minimize forgetting.
Properly aligns body for jazz guitar playing, emphasizing comfortable positioning and fretboard accessibility.
Essential jazz sounds and techniques for improving improvisation skills and understanding the roots of this iconic music genre.
The fundamental major scale is an eight-note pattern with applications in Jazz lead guitar playing.
Introduces creating melodies, covering rhythm, harmony, intervals, and mental sound visualization.
Improves understanding of scales through repetitive pattern exercises, enhancing melodic creation skills.
Notes of major scales and their modes are introduced, providing foundation for playing over chord progressions in jazz.
Reads and interprets chord symbols, fundamental for grasping harmony principles.
Introduces the concept of triplet rhythm, a grouping of three evenly spaced notes occurring within a single beat.
Introduces the fundamentals of swing rhythms and effective playing techniques for jazz 8th notes.
Eighth-note rhythms are counted as single units, simplifying complex time signatures.
Ties are applied in guitar playing to create syncopated rhythms.
Ties are used to indicate note holding across bar lines, enhancing musical expression by smoothing phrasing and dynamics.
Improvising solos with first and second endings, covers techniques for creating original musical ideas.
Covers strategies for navigating the fretboard to play songs in various keys.
Introduces the concept of scale degrees as a tool for identifying pitches in any scale and key.
Identifies and visualizes scales on the fretboard through mental mapping of scale degrees.
Covers fundamental fingerstyle techniques for playing scales across the entire fretboard.
Introduces movable scale forms for playing in various keys on the fretboard.
Introduces techniques for creating melodic statements and improving improvisational skills through mastering various forms of the C major scale.
Introduces techniques for playing melodies in different scales and positions, enhancing improvisational skills.
The fretboard notes are covered, introducing students to efficient playing in various keys and jazz scales.
Visual diagrams and practical exercises help develop finger placement and note recognition skills for navigating the guitar fretboard.
Recognizes patterns of notes across the fretboard to enhance improvisational abilities.
Introduces techniques for identifying notes and mastering position playing on the guitar through first finger fret placement.
Notes in different positions and octaves are examined to deepen understanding of the fretboard and improve guitar playing.
Introduces the structure of major scales, featuring the characteristic pattern of whole and half steps.
Semitones and tones, the fundamental components of Western music, are introduced on the guitar.
Building upon a single major scale pattern enables the creation of scales on any note, revealing music's underlying structure.
The G Major scale pattern is introduced along with its application across different fretboard positions.
The F major scale covers its typical pattern and tone adjustments.
Introduces the construction and playing of major scales on any given note, examining tone and semitone patterns.
Transpose music while preserving melodies, covering key changes and underlying techniques.
The art of creating melodies applies outside notes from the chromatic scale, incorporating styles like Blues, Jazz, Rock, and Funk.
Chromatic scales are navigated by recognizing enharmonic equivalents and practicing exercises across multiple keys.
The role of key cycles in music theory is explored, including how keys are related and navigated seamlessly across different genres.
Intervals are measured by counting the distance between musical notes based on their letter names.
Perfect, major, minor, augmented, and diminished intervals are distinguished by their unique qualities, influencing their sound and uses.
Covers fundamental music theory for intervals up to an octave, including minor and major seconds to perfect octaves.
Covers the patterns for playing intervals on the guitar, including common ways to play intervals ascending, descending, and harmonically.
Analyzes and creates chord progressions, arpeggios, and modes to enhance musical comprehension.
Understanding chords, their components, and formulas, including major chords and practical applications.
Arpeggios used to group notes and master chord progressions.
Introduces the four fundamental types of triads: major, minor, augmented, and diminished, plus their corresponding chord formulas.
Melody building techniques introduce the use of seven possible chords within each major scale to create harmonious melodies.
The pattern of major key triads is characterized by a consistent structure where chord I is always major, II is always minor.
Introduces concepts of scale tone chords in all major keys, emphasizing sharp and flat adjustments.
Introduces common chord progressions in jazz standards and demonstrates transposition techniques for all keys.
Introduces the notation and construction of five fundamental seventh chord types: major, dominant, minor, minor 7b5, and diminished.
Develops skill in playing 7th chords in all keys through written analysis and hands-on practice.
Structure and fingerings of major seventh chords are covered, including various forms and arpeggios.
Dominant seventh chords and arpeggios are introduced, covering various fretboard patterns and exercises for Blues progression playing.
Covers the fundamental structure and fretboard patterns of minor seventh chords.
Covers practicing scales and arpeggios to prepare for jazz chord progressions with varied intervals.
Introduces the concepts of minor 7 flat 5 and diminished chords, covering their formulas and arpeggios.
Fingering patterns are covered for seven modes, including parallel modes, and their application across various keys.
Analyzes chord changes and applies modes, examining how chord progressions relate to improvisation.
Modes and arpeggios are combined to develop intricate jazz solos.
Improvisation techniques are honed through hands-on exercises jamming with recorded tracks, collaborating with peers.
Covers jazz listening skills, emphasizing intervals, arpeggios, modes, and other musical elements woven into dynamic lines.
Elevate your guitar skills by mastering various scales, modes, chords, and rhythms.
