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7 Secrets to Learning Jazz Guitar

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...

Fireside Chat: Frank Vignola

1. What qualities of the guitar attracted you more than other instruments? Do you play any other instruments? I loved the sound of Les Paul, Django and Jo...

Fireside Chat: Larry Carlton

It stands as no reminder that a guitar is made of wood, glue and metal. It is not a living thing. But when the 18-time Grammy nominated legend of guitar, Larry ...
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Bebop Guitar Lessons: 2 Etudes You MUST Know

These bebop guitar lessons are from Sheryl Bailey's Essentials: Bebop Etudes course in which she explores 10 bebop etudes in depth. Check out the full course fo...

Fireside Chat: Mike Stern

A legend among modern jazzers yet still a hard-working musician, Mike Stern is a rare breed of guitarist. Even those who don't know his name have probably heard...

Learning How to Play Jazz Guitar: Scales

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...

3 Questions with Duane Allman

Excerpts from an interview originally published in Guitar Player Magazine. Check out "Secrets From The Masters" for a full compilation of interviews with 40 gre...

The Four Step Plan to Better Jazz Guitar

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

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...