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.
Jamming With Other Guitar Players to Level Up Your Blues
Jamming with other guitar players is the single fastest way to close the gap between knowing your licks and actually playing blues.
Guitar Phrasing: A Player’s Guide to Sounding Musical
Guitar phrasing is one of those qualities that separates technically capable players from genuinely musical ones. A great...
Learning Solos From the Blues Masters
The blues masters built their vocabulary one stolen lick at a time. If you're an early-intermediate player who already knows the pentatonic scale and wants to ...