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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...

What NO ONE Teaches About Playing Jazz

Are you tired of spending hours on online jazz lessons that never improve your playing? That’s because there’s one thing almost nobody teaches about playing jazz. In this video, I’...

Everyone Learns Jazz Guitar Wrong (Here’s What Actually Works)

Learning fewer scales actually makes you a better jazz guitarist. But Most players don’t realize and stay stuck, spending months or even years learning jazz the wrong way So in thi...

Everyone’s Jazz Chords Sound Bad Until They DO THIS!

Nobody wants to jam with a guitarist who can’t comp. And in the beginning, everyone sounds bad playing chords. But there are 3 simple rules that will make your comping flow like ja...

You Don’t Need 100 Jazz Chords. You Need This Simple System

Knowing more jazz chords won’t make you sound better. And yet most players are drowning in chords that they want to memorize but could never use in a song. So in this video, I’ll s...

Why Do Some Jazz Guitarists Get Better So Fast? (when most don’t)

Why Do Other Guitarists Get Better Fast? Do you look at other jazz guitarists and feel frustrated that they are getting better faster than you? The gap between them and you isn’t t...

Five Crowd-Pleasing Songs That Are Perfect for Beginner Guitarists

by Jack Shaw Discover five crowd-pleasing songs perfect for beginner guitarists, combining simple chords, catchy rhythms and timeless appeal to build confidence and sound great fas...

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

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This Boring Scale Exercise Will Save You Years (But Most Skip This)

Practicing arpeggio positions is a huge waste of time. This single “boring” scale exercise connects your chords, scales, and arpeggios — it’s really all you need. Once that clicked...

Jazz Blues Navigator

How To Play Authentic Jazz Blues In 10 Weeks Make years of progress in less than 3 months with a little-known pro method that teaches you how to nail the sound Check it out: 👉 T...

“It’s possible to play a great solo without many notes if the rhythm is interesting”: How to funk up your blues solos

Taking cues from John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix and Nile Rodgers, this lesson offers three examples of phrases that add rhythm and movement to blues

Jazz Guitar Today Lesson: Variations On Standard Jazz Blues Chord Changes – Part 2

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Just Practice Like THIS Every Day

Ever feel like you practice for hours, but you just don’t get any better? Well, the fix is just one simple tweak that will finally get you unstuck. In this video, I’m going to show...

“Reminiscent of Joni Mitchell’s jazzier moments… but no strings were retuned to create it!” 5 chords that sound like the...

Because sometimes retuning your guitar is, well, a pain in the backside – and there are workarounds

Jazz Guitar Today Lesson: “On Green Dolphin Street” – Part 1

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“Its popularity extends beyond jazz boundaries – notable players include Steve Howe, B.B. King and even John Frusciante”...

In production for seven decades, the hollow-bodied ES-175 was the perfect partner for jazzers of the 1950s – especially at its original $175 price point

Jazz Guitar Today Lesson: “On Green Dolphin Street” – Part 2

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“A lot of cats say you don’t have to play fast, but it can cause you to phrase better”: Why bebop master Wes Montgomery...

It became the jazz legend’s defining technique, but it wasn’t a decision made wholly by choice

Soloing Basics—How to Guide Your Solos with Chord Shapes

In this lesson we will explore how chord shapes are especially useful for soloing over songs that use chords from outside the key.

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“It’s rewarding to learn your favorite solos note for note, but studying the chord progression underneath will put your...

Looping these classic chord progressions will get you familiar with some fresh soloing concepts

“Resolving with a more conventional blues phrase sounds really cool and satisfying”: Corey Congilio on how to add harmon...

Congilio’s Blues Extensions column continues with a lesson in playing a five-minor-7 arpeggio over a dominant 7 chord

“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

“Even if it doesn’t survive, you can just get a screwdriver and screw it back together”: Bill Frisell on why the Telecas...

The Blue Note jazz legend checks in to pay tribute to the original mass produced electric guitar – the guitar that trends and airlines cannot kill