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Is it possible to play free jazz

or modern jazz on the guitar? Question: I’ve always been a huge fan of Grant Green and George Benson, but it seems that the current modern jazz guys ( Joshua Redman, Wynton, Christian McBride, Chick Corea) don’t feature any guitar players in their bands. It’s mostly quartet or quintet settings with horn(s), piano, bass, and [...]

Can anyone help me work on my jazz guitar soloing?

Question: I’m looking for mainly web-sites that can help and books (preferably all this stuff be free or relatively inexpensive). My problem is I solo with scales (blues and minor pentatonic mainly). This GETS REALLY BORING!!!! I’d like to study soloing through chords as well as other types but mainly that type. Any help would [...]

Which guitar methods with you recommened to

start learning jazz? Question: i know how to play some blues, basic pentatonic scale stuff mainly but i’d like to learn jazz guitar in the style of charlie christian, bb king (someone told me he uses ‘arpreggios’) and mundell lowe. i’d also like to learn how to improvise like miles davis/john coltrane but on the [...]

How to earn more money as a private music teacher

Private instrumental tutors are not the most wealthy people in the world Its a sad fact of life that the person who teaches piano probably doesn’t earn as much as the person who empties the bins in the office or delivers the mail. Why is it so? ’m sure that at least in part music [...]

A few ideas on learning Blues Guitar

Learning blues guitar is a bit complicated task for someone doing it for the first time in their music education. If you are trying to follow all the instructions and opinions given about it then it may be quite harmful for you. But you should follow some of them to help you learn your favorite [...]

Minor Lick – Dm7

www.learnjazzguitar.com Download a free chart for this lick and get more jazz guitar info at www.learnjazzguitar.com/free. Learn to play jazz …

Ways to find a good blues guitar book

A good blues guitar book is a necessary guide for you in case you are planning to learn blues guitar. But most of the people are confused as to where to search for good books. A beginner can be misled by many of the contradictory reports and reviews about a particular book therefore he should [...]

Blues Guitars And Tips For Improvisation

For some one learning blues guitar, learning its improvisation is the learner’s aim. It is not tough task for anyone who knows or doesn’t know about the blues guitar. You can have some awesome blues guitar improvisation without knowing about the blues guitar. For good improvisation you need to have good knowledge about the scales [...]

Bluegrass Guitar – Tips To Play It Carefully

No matter whether the occasion was joyous, or solemn, vocal singing and instrument accompaniment music has always played a great role in man’s life. In olden times bluegrass guitar was played for pleasure. It was primarily used by people as a stringed instrument for relaxation after a tiring day. As a tradition it successfully continues [...]