- 23/04/2022This is a useful rhythm for simple licks and riffs, that appears in a few famous themes, too ... guess…
- 08/04/2022How to play the Chromatic scale using the most effective fingering, the same on each string wherever you start from.
- 01/04/2022Jazz scales need 8 notes, one more than normal. So we add a note. The Dominant chord scale has a…
- 10/03/2022What does 6, a 9 or maj7 mean on a Tonic chord symbol? I explain how it works.
- 06/03/2022This Dominant lick has a cool sound by adding another leading note, the flat '9' in the middle of the…
- 30/12/2021What do those numbers mean that you often find on a Dominant chord? The 9, the 11 and 13?
18/12/2021Using the minor third connection from the previous chapter, we can transpose our existing licks and ‘sub’ (substitute) them on…
18/12/2021Dominant (Dom) and Diminished (Dim) chords are nearly the same, only the root note is different: The Dim chord is…
18/12/2021Substitution is part of the language of jazz. We can ‘sub’ on Tonic chords, playing a Minor lick on a…- 01/12/2021Learn the proper fingerings and the logic of all 3 Diminished Arpeggios.