Some Thoughts on Learning Tunes
This topic seems to come up a lot, so I thought it would be worth a good post. This is more-or-less the procedure I’ve settled into. I feel that it helps immensely with the lea
June 26, 2012
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Some Important Concepts for Learning the Modes
This article assumes that you already know what modes are, so today I’d like to discuss two important concepts for learning and studying modes; Derivative Modes and Parallel Modes. Derivat
June 19, 2012
Rick Stone Interviews on Guitarkadia
A couple years back, I spoke with Emon for his blog Guitarkadia. I gave what I felt was a rather long (and possibly rambling) interview, but he did a fantastic job of editing and distilling it d
January 03, 2012
Pat Martino – Both Sides Now
I just watched this video this morning and wanted to share it with you. I’ve been a fan of Pat Martino’s music for many years and more recently have several times had the amazing goo
January 03, 2012
Some Useful Ear-Training Tools on the Web
Greetings Faithful Readers! Every once in a while, I stumble upon some great tools on the web, so it would be selfish of me not to share them with you here. Today we’ll take a look at some grea
December 19, 2011
Learning to Sight-Read Chords on the Guitar
This question came up on the rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz newsgroup and I realized as I was answering it, that it would be a valuable post for many guitar students. Here’s how I’ve taugh
June 06, 2011
Joe Diorio Intervallic Lick
Here’s a nice intervallic lick that I think you’ll enjoy. I transcribed it from an album by Joe Dioro called “Bonita.” It’s from the song “Talla Sunshine –
October 21, 2010
Learning from the Masters
I receive a lot of questions from students about how to make their solos sound more like “jazz” and usually it emerges that they either haven’t listened to enough music, or aren̵
September 18, 2010
McCoy Tyner Style Dominant 7th Phrase
Here’s a lick I learned from my friend, pianist Burt Eckoff. I heard him play phrases like this often when we worked together in the 1990s. I’m pretty sure that he picked it up from liste
May 04, 2010
Dizzy Gillespie Whole-Tone Lick with Chromatics
Here’s a great lick that I heard Dizzy Gillespie play over “A Night in Tunisia” years ago. It’s based on a whole-tone scale in descending thirds with chromatics filling in bet
April 18, 2010
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