It is fair to say that many blues guitar players feel comfortable staying inside the blues box. Sometimes, however, if you are a blues player, you might find yo...
Imagine this: as a jazz guitarist you are accompanying a vocalist as part of a duo. Now, you've finished playing the theme and it's your time to improvise. How ...
As a guitar player, it is imperative that you know how to construct chords quickly and accurately. This skill becomes necessary when you enter a jam session wit...
When jazz guitar players are not performing a solo guitar arrangement, they often find themselves comping for other players. Comping is an extremely important s...
One of the most important places for a bluegrass banjo player to find themselves is in a jam session. This, of course, is where most of the learning (and fun) h...
Blues music, an American tradition, is considered the basis for most styles of popular music today. Because of this, it is any bassist's duty to have the knowho...
The modern rock guitar player has a lot of responsibilities to uphold when it comes to being great. The great rock guitarists have a grip on theory, influential...
Popular music styles from the 70's, 80's, and 90's hold their own unique nuances and features. However, every once in a while, a style will persist throughout t...
When learning to play the guitar, there are many paths one can take. One of these is learning to play the acoustic guitar. Composing and performing music on the...
Jazz is a style of music that was born right here in America. The metaphorical progeny of blues and soul, jazz is nuanced, sophisticated, and essentially its ow...
Sometimes, the true difference between a good performance and a great one boils down to one thing: rhythm. If the rhythm section is tight, the music sounds righ...
Experimenting with varied and open tunings can open a world of rich chord colors and new harmonic textures. Every time you become familiar with a new tuning, yo...