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Bebop Flow: Connecting Harmonic Concepts with the Family of 4

Learn how to play in any harmonic situation and create long, fluid lines with this concept of applying the Dom7 Be-bop Scale with a group of chord substitutions called "The Family of 4". "Sheryl Bailey shares her approach to practicing and developing strong sounding bebop lines and gives spec...

Blues: A Modern Jazz Guitar Approach - Part I

The Blues: A Modern Jazz Guitar Approach - Part I The twelve-bar blues progression has been a mainstay of the repertoire of every jazz musician since the birth of jazz in the early twentieth century.  Over the years, as jazz evolved and sub-styles emerged, the blues form proved itself to be both...

Modern Jazz Guitar - Part II

Modern Jazz Guitar Complete Series "Well-structured, detailed course with many inspiring examples. Lots of material to chew on, including many concepts I hadn’t seen covered in any other guitar instructional videos. I recommend it!" "These classes are loaded with useful concepts that can open ...

Bebop Flow Part 2: Combining Families for Altered II V's

Sheryl Bailey continues her series on Bebop Flow, where she teaches how to play in any harmonic situation and create long, fluid lines with this concept of applying the Dom7 Be-bop Scale with a group of chord substitutions called "The Family of 4".  In this class, she shows how to combine fami...

Modern Jazz Guitar - Part I

Modern Jazz Guitar Complete Series The twenty-first century has, so far, been an exciting time for jazz with a flurry of creativity and innovation energized by the newest generation of jazz musicians.  The guitar has become a more important instrument in jazz than ever before, and jazz groups fe...

Lenny Breau Style: How to Comp While Soloing

Breau's use of 2 and 3 note comping chords while he played melodies was a big leap forward for guitarists. Learn the techniques Lenny used to achieve this swinging jazz piano sound and play some of his favorite phrases and comping chords. "I was aware of the idea of voicing partial chords on ...

Rhythm Changes - Modern Jazz Guitar Approach - Part I

After the blues, probably the most played and most essential chord progression/song form in jazz is the famous “rhythm changes.” This chord progression, originally derived from George and Ira Gershwin’s classic “I Got Rhythm,” written in 1930, has been performed or recorded by countles...

Tools for Improvising - "Autumn Leaves": 3-part Lecture Series

Fundamentals Checkpoint

We all know how important fundamentals are. But are they mastered to the point that they can be called upon at any instant during performance? For instance when a guitarist comps, he/she must be able to put any note of their choosing on the top of their voicing quickly and accurately. Without kn...

Jamie Taylor Live Q&A 4/8/18 at 10am EST [Free for Members]

Jamie Taylor is a jazz guitarist based in the North of England. He maintains a busy performing schedule, having been privileged to work along the way with some wonderful musicians across a range of styles, such as Baptiste Herbin, Roni Ben-Hur, Tori Freestone, Steve Fishwick, Laura Jurd, Sebast...

Lorne Lofsky Live Q&A 2/21/18 at 8pm EST [Free for Members]

Over the years, Lorne has taught many clinics on jazz guitar and improvisation.   He has been an Instructor at York University in Toronto since the late 70's, and has taught for several years at the University of Toronto.  Canadian guitarist Lorne Lofsky is a mainstay of the jazz scene in th...