The Improv Style of Sonny Stitt for Guitar

In this lesson, Mike takes 12 different licks from a variety of Sonny Stitt solos and he breaks down and analyzes each lick one at a time and explains what sorts of intervallic and harmonic devices are being utilized in each lick. In addition to the theory explanations, these licks also offer a lot of insight into how to take saxophone lines and how to articulate them the most effectively when translating them over to the guitar and a variety of these licks utilize interesting slurs and sweep picking patterns which help to achieve a more saxophone like sound. If you are looking to get more Sonny Stitt sounds into your soloing, this is the lesson video for you!

Sub Topics

• ii V I licks
• chord substitutions
• sweep picking

Categories:

• Harmony
• Jazz Blues
• Practicing
• Soloing
• Standards
• Technique
• Theory

Course Details:

• Title: The Improv Style of Cannonball Adderley for Guitar
• Instructor: Mike Godette
• Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
• Running time: 52 minutes
• 5 Pages of PDF Included