Guitar Great Vic Juris: A couple of great video lessons.
I was lucky enough to study with Vic Juris in the early 90's. Today I stumbled into a couple of great lessons on youtube and I wanted to share them…
Tips: play Giant Steps on guitar
Giant Steps has always been a challenging standard to play, in this video I give a few tips on how to approach this famous tune. The Chords (from the fake…
Easy standard jazz song analyzed
In this video I will show you how jazz standards are actually much easier that most people think. I bring as an example the famous standard 'Autumn leaves'. You'll notice…
2-5-1 minor
Like the 2-5-1 in major this is quite a reoccurring progression in many different styles. Its originates from the Harmonic Minor scale and the chords are IIm7(b5)-V7(b9)-Im(maj7). In the video…
2-5-1 Pt2:Examples
Just some examples on the 2-5-1 (to be 'proper' I should write II-V-I ) progression in C major, using only notes from the major scale. Remember the harmonic rhythm concept:…
2-5-1 Pt1:Explanation
The 2-5-1 Progression (or to be 'proper' I should write II-V-I) is quite a popular progression of chords that you will find in abundance in jazz standards and all kind…