Jazz Guitar Archives

Craft More Creative Lead Guitar Parts with Hybrid Picking Guitar Lessons From Andy Wood

December 20, 2019

In the first edition of ShapeShifter, Andy Wood showed us how to take the foundational harmonic and rhythmic knowhow that you already possess and apply it to fi...

Step Up Your Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Playing With These 3 Lessons From Sean McGowan

December 18, 2019

Swapping out a guitar pick for our fingers opens the door to one of the most organic and rewarding ways to play guitar -- especially when it comes to jazz! P...

Learn How to Practice Jazz Guitar Songs with These 5 Free Lessons from Mimi Fox

December 12, 2019

The most frequently asked questions our educators get are, “How and what should I practice to improve as a player?” and “What is the best approach for learning ...

9 Free Brazilian Jazz Guitar Lessons

November 18, 2019

Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo is a rising star in the guitar world. He has performed in 60 countries, has 23 CDs and 3 DVDs to his credit, and has won se...

4 Jazz Guitar Turnarounds Every Guitarist Should Know

March 11, 2018

In Frank Vignola's 30 Jazz Turnarounds, he takes you through 30 different ways to play a turnaround using common jazz guitar progressions, such as a 1-6-2-5. Th...

Walking Bass Lines for Jazz: 2 Free Guitar Lessons

November 14, 2017

Learning walking bass lines and the accompanying comping techniques gives jazz guitarists a way to play solo while still having a full, rich sound that a bassis...

7 Secrets to Learning Jazz Guitar

October 4, 2016

By Bruce Arnold To learn more from the professor of jazz, Bruce Arnold, check out his TrueFire courses: Total Modal and Jazz Guitar for Beginners. The cel...

Learning How to Play Jazz Guitar: Scales

January 18, 2011

by Bruce Arnold Learning how to play jazz guitar is no cakewalk but then again that is what attracts most of us to the style to begin with. Jazz guitar is in...

The Four Step Plan to Better Jazz Guitar

October 4, 2010

There are things that every guitarist should know, and how to play jazz is one of them. While jazz guitar is notoriously challenging, Bruce Arnold shows the b...

What I Learned From a Jazz Guitar Master

September 13, 2010

by Jim Carlton Mimi Fox, she talks about the importance of listening and how both Bruce Forman and Joe Pass taught her that listening to other jazz guitar ar...

Video Guitar Lesson: Graduated Solos – Standard in C

May 11, 2010

The full Graduated Solos instructional jazz guitar course by Mimi Fox is now available for instant download! Standard in C - Introduction 1 The melody here ...

Guitabulary: Tal Farlow

April 16, 2010

He's one of the most under-heralded geniuses of the jazz guitar. After cutting his teeth on the NYC bebop scene of the late '40s, and building a rep with vibrap...

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