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Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Welcome to my favorite part of this website : the jazz guitar lessons free videos!

You will find many embedded videos here that can help your playing. My ultimate goal is definitely to show you how to play jazz guitar (and/or to help you improve what you already have).

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Jazz Guitar Licks

Jazz Guitar Licks : Part One

The three jazz guitar licks in this video lays the foundation for the vast majority of jazz lines in history. (yes, that's right!)

Learn those easy II-V licks so you can create thousands of your own and... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Licks : Part Two

This one a follow-up where everything from the previous video is applied to the minor ii-V-i progression.

Learn them so you can create thousands of your own minor ii-V-i licks and... (watch video)

The Bebop Lick

A classic lick that's at the core of jazz vocabulary. It can be heard on almost every jazz solo (in one form or another).

Learn this one and try to incorportate it into your own style of improvisation. (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Scales

Jazz Guitar Scales : Bebop Scale Demystified

The bebop scales are derived from jazz rhythms. They simply help the melodic lines to be "aligned" properly with the bar lines.

Historically, jazz musicians used more and more chromaticism... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Scales : Bebop Modes

As a follow-up to my other "bebop scales" video here are the modes of C major played with a bebop passing note.

It will really open up new rhythmic possibilities and fingering... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Scales : Diagonal Playing Lesson

The technique employed by all master jazz guitarists : connecting positions with shifts!

Learn to play all over the guitar neck on any scale. Learn to phrase more smoothly and accurately by using... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Scales : Practicing Intervals

Here's how to REALLY learn scales in-and-out. This is a great musical tool ... and it's (almost too) obvious!

To me, working on intervals is better than learning licks, patterns or running scales up and down. All you have to do is... (watch video)

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Jazz Guitar Chords

Jazz Guitar Standards : Play Exquisite Chord Melody

How to play the best chord melody ?

You don't have to pluck a chord each time you hit a melody note!

Be creative. Use phrasing, articulation, counterpoint, etc... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Chords : Chords Found in Scales

Demonstration of chords derived from the major scale. Learn those and you'll be "master of your domain"... guitar wise, I mean!

Useful for comping, learning tunes and understanding theory. It's exactly the same as... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Chords : Great Modern Voicing

This is a great "major 13th" chord. Learn to move this one "through scales" and you'll be able to use it in any context!

It sounds "modern" and works everywhere. The fourth intervals make this one sound like a "master key"... (watch video)

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Jazz Guitar Improvisation

Jazz Guitar Lesson : Using the Metronome
and Working at Different Tempos

Rhythms are omnipresent in jazz music. African rhythms and European classical harmonies meet in this American art form.

Working with the metronome is the first step in time awareness for... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar : Using Major
and Minor Blues Scales

Many elements of the blues are present in traditional jazz improvisation.

Learn how to use the "major blues" scale along the infamous... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Lesson :
Improvising on Chord Tones

A simple and effective way to outline chord changes while improvising.

Most great solos are anchored in the harmony (chords) of the given tune. Learn "what changes" and... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Greats

Learning from Jazz Recordings

Jazz guitar is mostly learned in books and private lessons... but what about recordings?

I find that jazz recordings are the best source of inspiration and learning materials. Here's how to take full advantage of them ... (watch video)

My Top 3 Influences : Wes, Jim and Ed

As a jazz guitar teacher I'm often asked :

"What should I listen to?" and "What jazz guitarists should I transcribe?"

Here's my answer in a video.... (watch video)

Best Guitar Lessons

What to look for in
a private teacher

Looking for private guitar instruction? Make sure that you get the most out of it. A Good teacher should be :

In a good location, available, flexible, organized, experienced, interested etc. (watch video)

How To Practice Jazz

How to improve at jazz guitar ? (and practice jazz improvisation in general)

*Don't let yourself be discouraged!* Spend time with your instrument, plan your practice and think long-term... (watch video)

Jazz Guitar Music
(it's just playing...really!)

Solo Jazz Guitar :
Playing tunes by myself

Out of Nowhere

All the Things You Are

Stella By Starlight

Live Performances :
Quintet at Jazz Festival
Summer 2009

Truth, Justice and the Blues
(by James Williams)

M. E. D.
(by Marc-Andre Seguin)

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