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Miles Davis “So What” Solo
This video lesson features Miles Davis' first chorus from his solo on "So What" off the album, "Kind of Blue". The download for this lesson is included with the "So What" Live version here. More Miles Davis Lessons: Miles for Jazz Guitar- Part 1 Miles for Jazz Guitar-...
Wes Montgomery’s Solo on Satin Doll
In this video lesson you will learn Wes Montgomery's solo on Satin Doll from the album: "A Dynamic New Sound". Richie's Notes: I transcribed this solo over 20 years ago before transcription software existed. Upon listening to it again and comparing it to the original...
Herbie Hancock for Jazz Guitar 2
This is the second in a series of lessons featuring transcriptions of phrases by Herbie Hancock adapted for guitar. This video demonstrates the second set of 6 phrases (in a 2 part series) extracted from his recording of "Four" with The Miles Davis Quintet off the...
Bill Evans – Autumn Leaves Solo
This is the first in a series of lessons featuring transcriptions of pianist Bill Evans adapted for guitar. This video features the entire 2nd chorus of Evans' solo on Autumn Leaves off his album "Portrait in Jazz".PDF & AUDIO DOWNLOAD: The "Bill Evans - Autumn...
Miles Davis for Jazz Guitar2
This is the 2nd in a series of lessons featuring transcriptions of phrases by Miles Davis adapted for guitar. This video demonstrates 4 phrases extracted from his recording of "Tune Up", off the "Blue Haze" album. Please download...
John Coltrane for Jazz Guitar 1
This is the first in a series of lessons featuring transcriptions of phrases by John Coltrane adapted for guitar. This video demonstrates a 16th note based II-V-I phrase extracted from his solo on "I Love You", off the album "Lush Life". [wlm_private "Jazz Guitarists...
Oleo-Miles Solo from Bags Groove
This is the first in a series of lessons featuring transcriptions of phrases by Miles Davis adapted for guitar. This video demonstrates the first chorus to Miles' solo on Oleo from the "Bag's Groove" album.. PDF & AUDIO DOWNLOAD: The "Oleo-Miles Davis Solo from...
Mike Stern Lesson 2
This is the second in a series of transcribed phrases by Mike Stern. This series of 3 turnarounds were transcribed from "Sunny Moon For Two" off the Harvey Swartz CD, "In a Different Light". Please download the accompanying pdf...
Mike Stern Lesson 1
This is the first in a series of phrases by Mike Stern. This first set of 6 II-V-I phrases was transcribed from "Giant Steps" off the Mike Stern CD, "Give and Take". Please download the accompanying pdf music/tab for this lesson...
How To Expand Your Improvisational Vocabulary Part 3
Part 3: "How to incorporate your transcribed phrases in a solo" Here you can download the examples demonstrated in Part 3 : Joe Pass 1 Joe Pass 1 with "diminuition" Joe Pass 1 with "truncation" Joe Pass 1 with "modal conversion" Joe Pass 1 with "mixed...
How To Expand Your Improvisational Vocabulary Part 2
Part 2: "Transcribing" versus "Writing" To Part 3: Procedure The following is a transcription of Part 2: I previously implied that learning a phrase and not playing it in the proper context within a piece of music, is not a good thing. Therefore I’d like to address...
How To Expand Your Improvisational Vocabulary Part 1
Below is the first of a 4-part video tutorial on “How to Expand Your Improvisational Vocabulary” using the Jazz Guitarist Signature Series. Part 1 is an introduction to the series and explains its goal and purpose. Part 2 is all about “transcribing” solos and also...
The Great Jazz Guitarists (book review)
The prolific Scott Yanow has outdone even himself with this book, the most comprehensive guide to jazz guitarists ever published. With hundreds of dossiers and discographies on every major (and not so major) jazz guitar player of note, arranged in encyclopedia...
Improvising Over Chord Changes
Overview Of Special Considerations... I- We must have a proper understanding of all the chord-scale relationships within the harmonic progression we wish to improvise over. In brief, this means we must understand the function of each note in a scale in relationship to...
The 3 Four Fret Zones
Here is something that I learned from guitarist Pat Martino during a private lesson with him back in the late 70's. At the time I was attending Berklee College of Music in Boston. Although the harmony and arranging classes were great, my half hour weekly guitar...
Major Scales for Dummies
Here is an easy system to learn all your major scales which is crucial if you want to understand music theory. I will assume that you already know that the music alphabet in English consists of the letters: A - B - C - D - E - F and G. These letters are sometimes...
Interview with Bill Moll
How and at what age did you decide you wanted to become a Luthier? Did you receive any formal training? I “customized” - (read butchered) - my first guitar, a Dwight Belmont, in 1970 when I was about 14. I apparently thought you could cut a new pocket for a...
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell was born on July 31, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan to a musical family. Although the youngster initially aspired to be a saxophone player, he finally settled for guitar and started playing at age 12. He is said to have learned technique from watching his...