Howard Alden

ダウンビート誌「もっとも偉大なギタリスト75」の1人に選ばれ、「現代のマエストロ」と称されるハワード・アルデンが、典型的な4音のジャズギターコードではなく、3音による ストリングトリオ・アプローチ を解説するレッスンの日本語字幕版。シンプルな3音コードだからこそ可能になる、内声に動きを加える方法や運指を、コードソロや伴奏への応用例、ジャズスタンダード曲のデモ演奏を交えて詳しく紹介する。…

Howard Alden and Sid Jacobs play together for the first time in this intimate house concert recorded in Tucson in March 2019 — a full ninety-minute duo set of jazz standards plus a rare Jimmy…

Howard Alden teaches gypsy style arpeggio picking — rolling the pick across the strings with rest strokes to get more variety from your chordal playing. Though most often associated with Django…

Howard Alden dissects his personal approach to guide tone lines — the key to making the chord changes audible when you play solo, unaccompanied guitar. His simple, straightforward take centers on…

Master jazz guitarist Howard Alden teaches how to play 4/4 rhythm guitar and an independent melody at the same time, using his solo guitar arrangement of the Hoagy Carmichael standard "Georgia on My…

Howard Alden teaches his solo guitar arrangement of Irving Berlin's White Christmas — a seasonal, chorale-like setting for the three-note voicings from his earlier class " The String Trio Approach…

Howard Alden shows how to breathe life into common jazz chord voicings by treating the fretboard like a little string trio — adding inner motion to staple chord grips instead of playing blocked…

Howard Alden breaks down his process for harmonizing melodies in thirds — the sound that sits between single-note lines, octaves, and full chord melody. Adding just one note below a melody can…

Howard Alden sits down with Mike for a live Q&A session recorded in April 2018, sharing stories from his career and practical advice on learning tunes and getting into jazz. Alden, named one of…