Interview: Carl Orr and His Lifelong Jazz Guitar Odyssey
In this episode of the FretDojo.com Podcast, I had the great pleasure of speaking with one of the world’s top guitarists Carl Orr, who shares the deep insights gained over his long career in music and important practice tips for any aspiring jazz guitarist.
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Podcast episode URL: https://www.fretdojo.com/podcast005/
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Building your GUITAR SPEED – Fast Tips
In this video, you’re going to learn the roadmap to building speed on guitar. When you want to build a fine motor skill like developing guitar speed you need to have a strategy and a consistent approach - and this video will show you how. You’ll find out the answers...
JAZZ GUITAR Improvisation Lesson – Lateral Melody Trick
In this video, you'll learn a very cool jazz guitar soloing approach that Jonathan Kreisberg plays over his version of Out Of Nowhere - The Lateral Melody Trick! This video is an excerpt of a course published in my FretDojo Jazz Guitar Academy, my online jazz guitar...
Interview: ANU Associate Lecturer Greg Stott on the Art of Jazz Guitar Comping, Practice Tips in The Woodshed and More
Today I want to share with you a fabulous conversation I had with Greg Stott, Associate Lecturer and Resident Jazz Guitarist at the Australian National University.
In this podcast, Greg delves into:
– The biggest mistakes jazz guitarists make when it comes to practicing
– Greg’s thoughts on jazz online education and how it compares to more traditional university based teaching
– A sneak peek of Greg’s brand new albums coming out soon
– and much more…
We also talk about the latest FretDojo Academy jazz guitar comping course that Greg Stott and I collaborated on, and the reasons for why mastering comping is an essential requirement for anyone wanting to call themselves a pro jazz player.
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Podcast episode URL: https://www.fretdojo.com/podcast004/
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Guide Tone Chord Voicings – Everything You Need To Know
Guide tone chord voicings (also known as '3-7 voicings') are the essential building blocks of chordal playing on jazz guitar. In this video you'll find out how guide tone chord voicings can made comping astonishingly easy in any comping situation you might find...
5 Reasons You Should Focus On Comping In The Practice Room
Comping, i.e. playing the chords in the rhythm section, often considered to be an afterthought for many a jazz student.
But here’s the thing:
Ironically, as a jazz guitarist it’s the MOST important skill you will probably ever acquire.
5 reasons why…
Learning Jazz Guitar Scale Patterns – Tips for Success
If you haven’t been playing your jazz guitar lately, and finding it hard to get back into a practice routine, then today’s post is for you…
How to Kickstart Your Jazz Guitar Practice Routine After a Lull
If you haven’t been playing your jazz guitar lately, and finding it hard to get back into a practice routine, then today’s post is for you…
Video: After You’ve Gone
I thought it would be nice to play you a chord melody arrangement of After You've Gone, a beautiful jazz standard that works really well for solo guitar.Now the exciting bit: If you're keen to have a structured, step-by-step approach to learning jazz guitar, it...
Jazz Guitar Comping Lesson – 4 Cool Steps To Sound Like Ed Bickert
Want to learn how to do jazz guitar comping like Ed Bickert? In this deep dive video lesson, I share with you the 4 essential things you need to do to sound like him, which will supercharge your rhythm section chops…