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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...