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This “Boring” Triad Exercise Will Save You Years! (But Most Ignore It)

This triad exercise is the key to nailing the jazz sound in your solos, but like most players, I ignored it because it seemed stupid and boring. The thing is, it’s the one exercise...

The 3 Most Important Arpeggios For Jazz

You only need 3 arpeggios to make your solos sound like real jazz, but most students never learn them and get stuck practicing the wrong things. So, in this video, I will show you...

“A great way to break away from the typical blues soloing sound of pentatonic scales”: How to use dominant 7 arpeggios i...

Because you can't have enough exit ramps from traditional blues phrases, here's how you can use the notes of a dominant 7 chord to spice up your solos

Rez Abbasi on Expanding the Flattop Guitar’s Role in Jazz

Born in Karachi, Pakistan, and raised in Los Angeles, Abbasi has been a stalwart member of the New York jazz scene for more than three decades.

The SIMPLE Jazz Chords That Every PRO Guitarist LOVES

Pro jazz guitarists almost never play the big chords. And if you’ve been taught jazz guitar the traditional way, nobody probably told you that. So in this video, I’ll show you a sy...

“A Strat with a P-90 at the bridge and a Jazzmaster pickup at the neck is not going to sound like anything else Fender m...

Posen's new album, Bannatyne, finds the Canadian flipping the script for rock guitar, exploring in full the creative potential of that quite brilliant signature Strat of his

Dida Pelled: Sultry Swing, Blissful Blues

Jazz and blues have different feels and styles. There's plenty of room for an artist to explore possibilities therein, bringing along influences and preferences, creating a distinc...

“I bent up from the 21st fret and broke the first string – I played the rest of the solo without it”: Hidden for four de...

Celtic rock bagpipe phrasing, THAT blazing arpeggio and a crazy bend that broke a string – learn how Brett Garsed played his solo in this exclusive feature

Give me 8 minutes, I’ll save you 2 years of jazz guitar trial and error

The #1 reason your solos sound nothing like the jazz greats is that you’re only focusing on WHAT notes to play, but not HOW to actually play them. So in this video, I’m going to sh...

Jazz Guitar Today Lesson: Variations On Standard Jazz Blues Chord Changes – Part 1

From @jazzguitartoday - CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE to JAZZ GUITAR TODAY YOUTUBE  Tons of great interviews and studies… Subscribe, watch, learn, and be informed on the latest in contem...

Ivo Perelman with Marc Ribot, Elliot Sharp and Joe Morris - Trifecta (Mahakala, 2026)

By Sammy Stein Ivo Perelman has teamed up not with one, or two, but three guitarists on Trifecta. Guitarists Marc Ribot (Disc One), Elliott Sharp (Disc Two), and Joe Mo...

Dare you join us at the crossroads? Welcome to the acoustic blues masterclass

Inspired by Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins and the O.G. blues great Robert Johnson, this lesson just requires an acoustic guitar. Heartbreak optional

“Ithought, ‘Is the guitar in open G tuning?’ But I soon discovered it wasn’t a standard guitar at all”: Charlie Starr on...

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist gives us a lesson in how to sound like you've got a B-Bender, even if you don't

“I thought, ‘That’s the guitar Mike Bloomfield played…’ I just had to buy it”: The mistake that led Robben Ford to buy...

As Ford returns with Two Shades of Blue, the Californian guitar legend drops by for a video lesson and to talk all things guitar, from his adventures with big-box jazz models to St...

“For many players, including me, the variations in sound, feeland texture are indispensable”: Joe Bonamassa breaks down...

In this lesson, the blues maestro demonstrates how pickup choice affects the tone and can be used for different purposes

WACHI

 WACHI is a guitarist and composer whose music blends blues and neo-soul with a raw, expressive solo guitar style.He began playing guitar at the age of 14, inspired by the Japanese...

Guitarist Greg Ruggiero Talks To Jazz Guitar Today

From @jazzguitartoday - JGT contributor Joe Barth chats with jazz guitarist Greg Ruggiero about his approach to the guitar and musical career. On any given night in New York City,...

“Jeff Beck arranged delivery with Marshall’s first factory arrival into the States, loading ZZ Top’s stage with stacks”:...

How Billy Gibbons unleashed the power of his holy grail '59 Les Paul Standard for the Texan blues-rock legend's “in-between” classic, El Loco –and set the stage for ZZ Top's domina...

“It can be at least as fast as straight flatpicking, if not faster, and also easier to do”: Used by everyone from Brad P...

In his inaugural Guitar World column, the great Corey Congilio demonstrates how all players can benefit from a technique borrowed from country players

4 Steely Dan Classics That Were Enlivened by Unforgettable Guitar Solos

4 Steely Dan Classics That Were Enlivened by Unforgettable Guitar Solos

Jazz Guitar Isn’t Hard. It’s Misunderstood

Here’s what everyone gets wrong: Jazz guitar isn’t nearly as complicated as people make it. It’s misunderstood, and the real issue is how it’s taught. Most lessons overload you wit...

“The new vibrato only adds to the appeal – it’s easy to see how this guitar could do the business equally well for metal...

A new vibrato design, on a guitar we loved already – will we be tickled pink?

Watch: Al Di Meola Tests Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” Guitar, Dickey Betts’ Fillmore Played 1958 Les Paul and Trey Anastasio’s...

Photo Credit: Screenshot via Al Di Meola on Facebook Artful six-string innovator Al Di Meola has been testing out some famous axes. In a series of posts shared on social media, the...