Playing ‘Out’
Playing 'out' is very common in jazz and fusion circles, as it adds tension-resolution to your phrasing. In the video I show a few examples of this and of how…
Intervals Explained pt 2: practical application on guitar.
We have seen in this post https://www.trueguitarist.com/intervals-explained/ what intervals are in theory and how the simplest and safest way to identify an interval is by calculating the number of semitones between…
The Importance of Repertoire
In this short post I want to spend a few words on the importance of knowing tunes, either written by other musicians or by yourself. 'Repertoire' is often a fancy…
A tool to improve your improvising skills.
It's not a secret that one of my all time favourite guitar instructional books is The Advancing Guitarist by Mick Goodrich. One the exercises explained in this great book is about…
Triads Pt 2 Spread Voicings
We have seen in the previous lesson al the major triads in close (or closed) position. As already stated if these notes of the triad (or ‘voices’) are contained within…
Triads
In this lesson I go through all inversions for the most popular major triad 'shapes' on guitar. The theory behind triads is quite simple: a major triad is basically the…
The Guitar Kit Pro – Blank Music Templates and Guitar Templates
If you enjoyed the free version of 'The guitar kit', 'THE GUITAR KIT PRO' is an even bigger collection of music and guitar templates, that I personally use to teach,…
Playing in Fourths
I really like this style of phrasing, take some great examples like McCoy Tyner, and a lot of the 'hard bop' jazz cats. The basic idea is this: take a scale, in…
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…