Maurice Arenas

Maurice Arenas shows you how to navigate the changes of the jazz classic Take the A Train in a systematic, chord-by-chord way — with a fusion twist. This isn't a lick collection: you learn practical…

Maurice Arenas opens his fusion guitar series for Mike's Master Classes by breaking down a complete fusion solo over his tune AB City Groove — a study piece he wrote to combine elements of jazz…

In the second installment of his fusion guitar series, Maurice Arenas presents a complete syllabus of arpeggios — from triads all the way up to 13th chords — formulated for sweep picking and hybrid…

Maurice Arenas covers the foundations of jazz improvisation over the most common progression in jazz: the 2-5-1 , in both major and minor. Working in C major and A minor for clarity, he walks…

Maurice Arenas covers a broad library of scales and their modes, alongside proper left- and right-hand technique and a "game plan" for developing speed — so you learn to play the guitar rather than…

Maurice Arenas covers a wide range of jazz and fusion chords through the lens of the CAGED system — the idea that the five basic open shapes (C, A, G, E, D) repeat in a circle up the fingerboard, so…

Maurice Arenas continues his fusion guitar series with three chapters: the "Little Sunflower" chord progression, soloing concepts , and an Em7 vamp — showing how to build solos that hold a…