Question 1

What is the difference between the soloing and improvisation courses?

Accepted Answer

They overlap, and many players study both. Soloing courses tend to focus on the raw material a solo is built from — scales, modes, arpeggios, bebop lines and licks over specific progressions. Improvisation courses lean toward the decisions you make in real time: shaping phrases, connecting chords melodically, and developing ideas spontaneously rather than reciting patterns. Together they cover both the vocabulary and the spontaneous use of it.

Question 2

What level do I need to be to start?

Accepted Answer

The collection spans complete beginners through advanced players. Because each course is a separate purchase rather than one fixed program, you choose your entry point: a newer player might begin with scale and mode fundamentals, while an intermediate or advanced player can go straight to bebop lines, arpeggio approaches, or improvising over ii–V–I progressions. Individual course pages describe the assumed starting point so you can match a course to your playing.

Question 3

How do I get access to a course after I buy it?

Accepted Answer

Each course is a set of on-camera video lessons with downloadable materials. You can purchase a course outright as a one-time payment, or redeem membership credits if you hold an active subscription. Once you own a course it stays in your library to revisit at your own pace — there is no fixed schedule or expiry, so you can work through the lessons and return to them as your playing develops.

Question 4

What topics do the soloing and improvisation courses cover?

Accepted Answer

Across the Soloing and Improvisation catalog you will find scales and modes, the harmonic major scale, bebop scales and lines, arpeggios, pentatonic approaches, walking-bass-informed lines, modal improvisation, and phrasing over standard jazz progressions such as ii–V–I. Rather than one syllabus, it is a library of focused courses, each concentrating on a specific concept so you can build the exact areas of your soloing you want to strengthen.

Jazz Guitar Improvisation & Soloing

Courses

Bebop Flow: Connecting Harmonic Concepts with the Family of 4

Blues: A Modern Jazz Guitar Approach - Part I

Modern Jazz Guitar - Part II

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

Modern Jazz Guitar - Part I

Lenny Breau Style: How to Comp While Soloing

Live Q&A 1/15/18 | Tom Lippincott [Free for Members]

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

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

Howard Alden Live Q&A April 2018 [FREE WITH MEMBERSHIP]

Randy Johnston Live Q&A 3/1/18 at 8pm EST [Free for Members]

Paul Bollenback Live Q&A 4/5/18 at 8pm EST [Free for Members]

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