Guitar Influences: A Beginner’s Guide to Learning From Your Heroes
Guitar influences are the most powerful force in shaping the player you’ll become. Every guitarist you’ve ever loved...
Jazz Rhythm Guitar: Chords, Comping & Color Like a Pro
Knowing jazz chords isn't the same as sounding like a pro. Frank Vignola breaks down the two skills that close the gap, harmonic color and comping feel, then maps them onto ten essential standards, from Blue Bossa to All The Things You Are.
Jazz Rhythm Guitar on Blue Bossa and All Blues: Comping Tips
Jazz rhythm guitar on these two tunes will test you in completely different ways. Blue Bossa pulls you into a bossa nova feel with a pivotal key change, while All Blues stretches you across a slow,…
Jazz Rhythm Guitar: Comping Autumn Leaves and Body and Soul
Jazz rhythm guitar gets a real workout on these two tunes. "Autumn Leaves" and "Body and Soul" are essential jazz standards.
Jazz Rhythm Guitar on C Jam Blues and Sweet Georgia Brown
Jazz rhythm on these two tunes will sharpen your comping faster than almost anything else in the standard repertoire.
Jazz Rhythm Guitar on All The Things You Are and Fly Me to the Moon
Jazz rhythm guitar on these two standards is a genuine workout for your harmonic vocabulary.
Jazz Rhythm Guitar Comping: Miss Jones and Ipanema
Jazz rhythm guitar players often hit a wall when two very different grooves show up on the same gig.
How to Play Texas Blues Guitar: Tone, Licks, Rhythm, and Feel
Texas blues is not a style for the timid. Every note has to mean something. Corey Congilio calls it "go for broke," and that phrase says it all.
Texas Blues Tone: The Gear, Attack, and Vibrato That Make It Real
Every guitarist who chases Texas blues tone eventually learns the same hard lesson. The gear matters, but it only gets you halfway there.
Essential Texas Blues Licks You Need to Know
If you've been working through the full Texas blues style breakdown and you're ready to dig into real vocabulary, this is where things get practical.
Slow Blues Guitar: How to Solo With Bends, Dynamics, and Space
Slow blues is the ultimate honesty test for a guitarist. There is nowhere to hide. Every note choice is exposed, and every moment of silence either speaks or falls flat.
Texas Blues Rhythm Guitar: Comping Techniques That Lock In
Most guitar players spend hours on lead and treat rhythm as a warm-up. That instinct is exactly backwards.