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Jazz Guitar Essentials
With Mike Salow, Martin Miller and Jody Mac
Drop 2 chords, voice leading and a warm jazz tone, then comp and solo over jazz blues and rhythm changes.
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7 Tutorials
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Tutorial · 4 lessons · 9m
7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings
Mike Salow
Hello again! In this tutorial you will be learning the four drop 2 voicings for strings 5-4-3-2 (a-d-g-b). For those of you unfamiliar with the term "drop 2", it describes the theoretical action that takes...
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Tutorial · 4 lessons · 12m
Voice Leading
Mike Salow
Hello once again! In this tutorial we will be covering voice leading. In our example we will take a look at a common jazz standard and how we can approach the changes using drop 2 chord voicings with the...
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Tutorial · 4 lessons · 7m
Finger Tone
Jody Mac
One of the most important, and often overlooked elements of the guitar is the tone created by your fingers. It is the first point of contact that you have with the guitar, and possibly one of the most crucial...
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Tutorial · 3 lessons · 5m
Jazz Blues Etude
Martin Miller
Hey IG, Welcome to the final chapter of my little Blues series. Be ready to dig into some Charlie Parker style jazz blues playing. Once again form, rhythm, melody and harmony are quite a bit more sophisticated...
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Tutorial · 3 lessons · 7m
Comping Jazz Blues with a Walking Bass Line
Mike Salow
Hello again and Happy New Year! I hope all of you spent your holidays with good company! Why not make your new year’s resolution to learn something different than usual? Maybe some jazz blues comping! ;) In...
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Tutorial · 6 lessons · 11m
Approaching Rhythm Changes Part I
Martin Miller
Hello and welcome to my first IG tutorial! I'm really excited to share some of my knowledge and experience with you guys. So let's dig right in, shall we? So this tutorial is about Rhythm Changes. No, that has...
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Tutorial · 5 lessons · 11m
Soloing in the Style of Mike Stern
Mike Salow
Hi Guys! For this tutorial I've done something a little different and gone with a bebop solo transcription. The backing track you hear is actually a minor 24 bar blues: i(1) Am - Am - Am - Am Am...
