Jazz Guitar Melody – Melody Can Be Your Best Teacher
Jazz Guitar Melody – Melody Can Be Your Best Teacher It’s great to know scales and arpeggios. It’s useful to have some cool jazz …
Learning Jazz Standards: Live With the Tune
Learning Jazz Standards: Live With the Tune There is a certain pressure in jazz to know a lot of tunes. And to be fair, that pressure is …
Your Touch Says as Much as Your Notes: Finding Your Jazz Guitar Tone
Your Touch Says as Much as Your Notes: Finding Your Jazz Guitar Tone When we talk about Jazz Guitar Tone, the conversation often turns …
Solo Jazz Phrasing: Taste is Knowing What to Leave Out
Solo Jazz Phrasing: Taste Is Knowing What to Leave Out One of the most important lessons in jazz solo phrasing is also one of the …
Creating Space In Music: The Art of Playing with Other Musicians
Creating Space In Music: The Art of Playing with Other Musicians Playing with other musicians is one of the great joys of learning …
Musical Feel: When the Time Feels Good
Musical Feel: When the Time Feels Good Why Musical Feel Is More Than Keeping Time When my son was learning to play drums, I only gave …
Jazz Guitar Improvisation: Playing the Song, Not Just the Chords
Jazz Guitar Improvisation: Playing the Song, Not Just the Chords Jazz Guitar Improvisation Starts With the Song One of the big …
Music as Your Creative Partner
Music as Your Creative Partner What If Music Is Listening Back? There’s a beautiful idea in Victor Wooten’s book The Music Lesson that …
Overthinking Kills Creativity
Overthinking Kills Creativity Overthinking Kills Jazz. In Fact, Overthinking Kills Creativity. I’ve had many conversations over the …