http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:45:26 -0400 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt DokuWiki http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/lib/images/favicon.ico http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/a_night_in_tunisia?rev=1204358387 “A Night in Tunisia” (or Night in Tunisia, or “Interlude“) is a jazz standard in D minor composed by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli in 1942. It was the signature pieces of Gillespie’s bebop big band. A Night in Tunisia is the title of a jazz album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released in 1960. Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:59:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/acoustic?rev=1175674921 Acoustic guitar is a guitar with a body that works as a resonating chamber or echo chamber that amplifies the sound acoustically, so that it doesn’t need external amplification. Types of acoustic guitar * Steel-string acoustic guitar * Folk guitar Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/acoustic_guitar?rev=1196385157 Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary Online - Acoustic Guitar. Click the image to read a short explanation of each term: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:12:37 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/action?rev=1183252064 Action or string height on a guitar, is the distance from the frets to the underside of the strings, or the height that a string must be depressed before it meets the fret. It’s an important adjustment for optimal playability. The adjustment of string height at the first fret is done by filling in or deepening the nut slots. The height at the 12th fret is adjusted by raising or lowering the saddle. Because the different diameters that the strings vibrate the action need to increases from the… Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:07:44 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/add_guitar_site_to_guitaroogle?rev=1215265415 URLGuitaroogleURL Guitaroogle Custom Google Search Add your guitarsite og music site to Guitaroogle Custom Guitar Search. Do you know of guitar og music related web site(s), usenetgroup(s), blog(s) or forum(s) that you think would be very useful to learning guitarists, and that you want added for indexing on Guitaroogle. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:43:35 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/aint_misbehavin?rev=1221043628 Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a song composed by Fats Waller and Harry Brooks in 1929. It is recorder by artists like Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Tatum... In 2001, it was one of 365 Songs of the Century selected by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:47:08 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/al_di_meola?rev=1187772036 Al Di Meola (born Al Laurence Dimeola in 1954) is an American jazz fusion and latin jazz guitarist, a four time winner as Best Jazz Guitarist in Guitar Player Magazine’s Reader Poll. He was educated at Berklee College of Music, and in 1974 he joined Chick Corea‘s band Return to Forever, and instantly became world famous for his fantastic technical mastery and extremely fast and complex guitar solos and for his latin inspired fusion jazz guitar playing. The fast skalar runs of his early recor… Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:40:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/alex_machacek?rev=1216227476 Alex Machacek (1972, Tulln, Austria) is a brilliant and truly original fusion jazz guitarist. Alex Machacek established himself as on of the greatest jazz and fusion jazz guitarist on this planet with his album [SIC] in 2006, bringing the mystery of fusion jazz guitar to a new level. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:57:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/all_the_things_you_are?rev=1191872261 “All the Things You Are” is a often played jazz standard composed by Jerome Kern in 1939. Time sig: 4/4 Joe Pass - All the Things You Are Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb7 | AbM7 | DbM7 | Dm7 G7 | CM7 | CM7 | Cm7 | Fm7 | Bb7 | EbM7 | AbM7 | Am7 D7 | GM7 | E7alt | Am7 | D7 | GM7 | GM7 | F#m7 | B7 | EM7 | C7alt | Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb7 | AbM7 | DbM7 | Dbm7 | Cm7 | Bm7 | Bbm7 | Eb7 | AbM7 | Gm7 C7alt | All The Things You Are - Reharmonization All The Things You Are - Reharmonization. by the Australian j… Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:37:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/allan_holdsworth?rev=1191648984 Allan Holdsworth (1946), pioner fusion jazz guitarist and composer born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, often counted as one of the most prominent and innovative rock and fusion jazz guitarists of the 20th century. Holdsworth has had a great influence on guitarist. He is admired for his complex comnpositions and astounding improvisations, his technical skill, the fluidity of his playing, his chord voicings, and the synthesizer-, piano- and clarinet-like character of his guitar setups. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:36:24 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/alnico?rev=1175674923 Alnico is an alloy particularly suited in making strong permanent magnets, and is used as magnets in electric guitar pickups. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:03 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/alone_together?rev=1214183756 Dutch jazz guitarist Dick Onstenk performing Alone Together Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:15:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/alternate_tuning?rev=1181296489 Alternate tuning for the guitar are tunings with an open note arrangement other than that of standard tuning (EADGBA). Check out different alternate tunings with our online GuitarCodex fretboard applet. Alternate Tuning Table Alternate Tuning Table Name Notes Description Dropped D D-A-D-G-B-E’ Makes it easier to play power chords, with a single finger on the lowest three strings Dropped C♯ or D♭ C♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯’ same as dropped D, one semitone lower … Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:54:49 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/alto_guitar?rev=1191667194 Alto guitar as a particular classical guitar tuning is at tuning a 5th down from standard: B - E - A - D - F# - B. Jazz guitarists like Joe Beck and Kevin Van Sant uses a tuning called alto tuning (similar to the classical treble guitar tuning A D G C E A): A - D - G 8va - C 8va - E - A. The 8va means that the G and the C strings are tunes an octave higher. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:39:54 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/andreas_oeberg?rev=1219128749 Andreas Öberg (Andreas Oberg) (Stockholm, August 6, 1978) is a Swedish jazz guitarist, and gypsy jazz guitarist with the most impressive technique. He studied jazz guitar at the Stockholm Royal Music Academy. Inspired by: George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino and Toninho Horta, Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale. His favorite guitarist is George Benson. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:52:29 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/andres_segovia?rev=1191590955 Andres Segovia: J.S.Bach-Adagio and Gavotte en Rondeau Violin Sonata BWV 1001-Adagio & Violin Partita BWV 1006 -Gavotte_en_Rondeau Sarabande and Gavotte en Rondeau Gavotte I & II -BWV 1012 | JS Bach Gavotte I & II - Suite For Violoncello Solo No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 : J.S. Bach ANDRES SEGOVIA Festival of Music, Dec 10th 1956 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:29:15 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/andy_summers?rev=1187734036 Andy Summers Jazz guitarist and formerly lead guitarist of Police Video Solo Albums * 1982 - “I Advance Masked” with Robert Fripp * 1984 - “Bewitched” with Robert Fripp * 1986 - “XYZ” *1987 - “Mysterious Barricades” * 1989 - “The Golden Wire” * 1990 - “Charming Snakes” * 1991 - “World Gone Strange” * 1994 - “Invisible Threads” with John Etheridge * 1995 - “Synathestesia” * 1997 - “The Last Dance Of Mr X” * 1998 - “Retrospec… Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:07:16 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/archtop?rev=1175674924 Guitar * Gibson Guitars * Epiphone Guitars * Eastman Guitars * Benedetto Guitars, Inc. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:04 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/arpeggio?rev=1214995115 ’“” To arpeggio [from italian arpeggiare - “to play the harp”] is to play the tones of a chord one by one, in rapid succession, not simultaneously. E Major |---|------------------------- |---|------------------------- |---|------------------------- |---|------------------------- |---|------------------------- |---|------------------------- p thumb i index m middle a annular (ring) finger Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:38:35 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/arranging?rev=1205609586 Literature * Willmott, Bret: Mel Bay's Complete Book of Harmony, Theory & Voicing. Mel Bay Publications Inc. USA. 1994. Comprehensive text that combines theory, harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading. Primary focus is harmonies based on four-note drop 2 chord. Voicings on the middle strings of the guitar. Topics: Tensions, Voice Leading Chord Scales, Enharmonic Chordal Substitutions, Fourth Voicings, Chromatic Guide Lines, Triad Over Bass Voicings... Bret Willmott i… Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:33:06 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/asio?rev=1278772803 * Go to Windows Start menu, select “Control Panels” * There, start “System” * In the window “System Properties” select the tab “Advanced” * Click on “Settings” in the section “Performance” * In the window “Performance Options” select the tab “Advanced” * There you find the “Processor scheduling” options, set it to “Background services”. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:40:03 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/attila_zoller?rev=1191610188 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:49:48 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/augmented_chord?rev=1187723797 augmented chordchordaugmentedintervalaugmented sixth chordaugmented chordmajor thirdaugmented fifthrootmajor chordaugmented triad equal temperedsemitone dissonanttonalsymmetricallyoctave C+, C+5 1 3 #5 Cmaj7+5 1 3 #5 7 C7+5, C7aug5 1 3 #5 b7 C7+5(b9), C7aug5(b9) 1 3 #5 b7 b9 C9+5, C9aug5 1 3 #5 b7 9 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:16:37 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/augmented_sixth_chord?rev=1175674926 An augmented chord is a chord with a major third and a raised fifth, derived from the whole-tone scale. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:06 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/autumn_leaves?rev=1265924102 “Autumn Leaves” is a song composed by Joseph Kosma in 1947. It has become one of the most popular jazz standards. It is based on a V-I circle progressions, backcycling - moving through the circle of fifths counterclockwise: Cm7, F7, BbM7, EbM7 ... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:35:02 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/avi_rothbard?rev=1230618460 Israeli born jazz guitarist based in New York. Jam session with Avi Rothbard, Richard Bornman, and Dan Adler: * Biography allaboutjazz.com * JazzGuitarLife.com interview with Avi Rothbard on April, 2006. * Avi Rothbard Band @myspace.com Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:27:40 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/backdoor_progression?rev=1175674927 jazzmusic theorycadentialchord progression77‘backdoor progression‘7authentic cadencejazz standards“”“There Will Never Be Another You“BeatlesIn My Life“”minorplagal cadence 7pivot chordparallel minordominant seventh7 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:07 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/backing_tracks?rev=1266716408 Onsite jukebox * Backing track - jazz standards * Swing * Ballads * Latin jazz Off site Play alongs * Hal Crook Play-Alongs Fabulous free online play-along collection of over 40 tunes written by professor Hal Crook with leadsheets (concert, Bb, and Eb instruments and bass clef, guide tones), and a multitrack mixer. With the mixer each song’s instrumental tracks can be played separately or together as the full backup band instrumentation, and users may follow along wit… Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:40:08 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/backing_tracks_ballads_jazz?rev=1201838249 BACKING TRACKS JUKEBOX STANDARDLÅTER, JAZZ - BALLADER * Other “backing tracks” * Swing * Latin jazz Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:57:29 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/backing_tracks_latin_jazz?rev=1201838585 * backing tracks”, standards, jazz * Ballads * Swing External links Youtube video of Antonio Carlos Jobim performing Wave at the 1986 Montreal Jazz Festival. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:03:05 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/backing_tracks_swing_jazz?rev=1201838139 * Other “backing tracks” * Ballads * Latin jazz Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:55:39 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/band-in-a-box?rev=1224307677 PG Music’s Band-in-a-Box (BIAB, BiaB) is the brainchild of Oliver Gannon‘s youngest brother Peter Gannon. Oliver Gannon, one of the premier jazz guitarists in Canada . Useful Band-in-a-box lesson videos from YouTube External links BiaB files * Band-In-A-Box Group is a BiaB user group devoted to build and maintain a file repository of BIAB Files. * MidiStudio.com BAND-IN-A-BOX Files - over 1 000 free BiaB files. * Phillips Music Real Book. A free collection of over 500 Real Book… Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:27:57 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/barney_kessel?rev=1253671717 Barney Kessel (1923 – 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. He was rated the best guitarist in Down Beat magazine polls between 1947 and 1960. Influenced by: Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt Gear: Gibson ES-350 custom built with a single coil Charlie Christian pickup; Kay Barney Kessel archtop. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:08:37 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/barre_chords?rev=1175674929 Barre chords (or bar chords) are “movable chord shapes” using one finger to fret multiple strings. The ones that are made by placing the left hand index finger over two to six strings in the fingering of a chord, are made from open chords that are barred. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:09 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/barry_greene?rev=1221530069 Barry Greene is an American jazz guitarist and jazz educator based in Jacksonville, Florida. He is an Associate Professor in jazz guitar at the University of North Florida. Influenced by: Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, George Benson and Pat Martino. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:54:29 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/basic_jazz_chords?rev=1242151757 The easiest way to learn jazz chords is to start with the cut-down “shell” versions of the chords, that is, disregard unessential notes (the 5th, or even the root note). Then practice some tunes with these chords, then start to (and rearrange the shell notes) and add extensions to the shell, by learning where you’ll find the intervals from a root on each string. Tue, 12 May 2009 14:09:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bass_guitar?rev=1196384895 Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary Online - Bass Guitar. Click the image to read a short explanation of each term: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:08:15 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bass_guitarists?rev=1175674930 * Jaco Pastorius * Marcus Miller * Victor Wooten * Hellmut Hattler * Flea Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:10 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bb_king?rev=1182938344 B. B. King blues guitarist. Video B.B. King Live in Africa 1974 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:59:04 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/beginners_lessons?rev=1175674930 Learn the guitar and play some songs - “The Ultimate Beginners Guitar Lessons DVD ... over 4 hours of Lessons.” Really good beginners guitar lessons. The instructor, John Astor. “has been a professional guitarist and teacher for 30 years”. Here’s a sample lesson from a previous photo/audio series for the beginner, that will give you a hint of what the new DVD has to offer. In this lesson you will learn ‘3 Little Birds’ by Bob Marley. 11 min 41 sec. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:10 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ben_monder?rev=1193541616 Ben Monder (1962 -) is an american jazz guitarist and composer. Studied music at the University of Miami and Queens College Has developed his own modern jazz sound marked by free improvisation, expressive power, and an exeptional right hand technique. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:20:16 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ben_sher?rev=1204474643 Ben Sher is a jazz guitarist in the classic jazz tradition of Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, and George Benson, Ben also draws from the rich Brazilian guitar tradition of Baden Powell, Raphael Rabello and João Gilberto Guitar. Ben combines standard jazz plectrum technique, with classical fingerstyle, to create a wide range of sounds and textures. Ben’s unique blend of American jazz and Brazilian styles has made him one of the leading educators and performers in jazz guitar today. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:17:23 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bill_evans?rev=1193612918 Bill Evans (1929-1980), had a subtle lyrical improvisational style that has influenced artists such as Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, John Abercrombie, Joe Zawinul, Philip Catherine ... “I always like people who have developed long and hard, particularly through introspection and a lot of dedication. I think that what they arrive at is usually...deeper and more beautiful...than the person who seems to have that ability and fluidity from the beginning. I say thi… Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:08:38 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/billy_rogers?rev=1250535778 Billy Rogers (1950-1987) was an American bebop Jazz Guitarist from Omaha, Nebraska. He replaced Larry Carlton after Carlton left the jazz fusion band “The Crusaders” in the late 1970s. Billy played on two of their albums, “Images” and “Streetlife”. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:02:58 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/billy_sheehan?rev=1181144527 Billy Sheehan, the van Halen of bass guitar, has changed the way bass guitar is played, with his “lead bass” playing style, his use of chording, two-handed tapping and controlled feedback. He has worked with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:42:07 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/billy_strayhorn?rev=1175674932 Billy Strayhorn (William Thomas Strayhorn) was an American composer, arranger, and pianist. He joined Duke Ellington’s band in 1939, and became Ellingtons “alter ego”. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:12 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bireli_lagrene?rev=1182452633 French hot club and jazz fusion guitarist Biréli Lagrène [1966 - ] is said to have started learning Django Reinhardt‘s solos at the age of four, and that he at the age of eight covered Django’s repertoire. At 14, he did record his first album, “Routes to Django”. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:03:53 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/blackbird?rev=1175674933 Blackbird John Lennon and Paul McCartney The Beatles TAB by: Robb Anagnostis The existing TABs are close but some miss the timing, others leave out notes. The TAB by Douglas French from 1995 (which this tab is greatly based on) is very good but misses the very important chromatic bass line through the verses (only 3 notes...but important). Others that have the bass line show a really wierd fingering for it. Try this one out. It’s really pretty easy. Check out measure #5 where the chromatic… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:13 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/blue_bossa?rev=1221048453 Blue Bossa is a tune composed by the trumpeter Kenny Dorham in 1963. Cm7 | | Fm7 | | Dm7b5 | G7 | Cm11 | Cm9 | Ebm9 | Ab7 | Db6 | | Dm7b5 | G7 | Cm | Dm7 G7#5 | Cm9 | Cm9 | Fm9 | | Dm7b5 | G7#5| Cm9 | Cm9 | Ebm9 | Ab7 | Db6 | | Dm7b5 | G7 | Cm7 | Dm7 G7#5 :| Cm9 | Cm9 | Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:07:33 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/blue_moon?rev=1220955665 Blue Moon is a jazz standard, swing. Melody: Backing track of Blue Moon in Eb, tempo 120 with a 4 bar intro and tag. This track is copyrighted by PlayalongStudio.com. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:21:05 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/blues_guitarists?rev=1175674933 List of blues guitarists Duke Robillard Kid Ramos Lurrie Bell Nick Moss Guitar Shorty Hubert Sumlin Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:13 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/blues_scale?rev=1224294857 Blues scale can refer to any scale with added blue notes - flat third (b3), the augmented fourth (#4) or flat five (b5) , and minor seventh (b7), but usually refers to the six note minor pentatonic scale with an added flat 5. The flat five rarely occured in interval earlier and classical music, and never in early church music, as it was deeed the diabulus in musica, a note that unresolved, sounded scary and would invoke the Devil. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:54:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bm7b5?rev=1175686912 Chord Bm7b5 Midi file - 120 BPM Bm7b5 Midi file - 160 BPM Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:41:52 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bobby_broom?rev=1219853169 Bobby Broom is an American jazz guitarist, band leader and jazz educator. Since 2005 Bobby Broom has been the guitarist in saxophonist Sonny Rollins‘s group. External links * BoobyBroom.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:06:09 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/body_and_soul?rev=1242454367 Jazz standard in Db major and AABA form. Originally a song by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and Johnny Green, written in 1930. The most famous version of it, the recording by tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra from 1939 - with Gene Rodgers on the piano - is counted as one of the first popular straight jazz tunes. Sat, 16 May 2009 02:12:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/bossa_nova?rev=1205558418 Bossa Nova music style created by Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim), Vinicius de Moraes, and João Gilberto. It is characterizes by sophisticated use of seventh and extended chords, rhythm based on samba with an emphasis on the first beat and not not swinging, and often soft vibratoless singing. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:20:18 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/c_major_scale?rev=1205617112 C major scale is the white keys on the piano (the black keys is a pentatonic major scale) The white keys on the piano on the guitar E|--A---|-------|---B---|---C---| B|--E---|---F---|-------|---G---| G|--C---|-------|---D---|-------| D|------|-------|-------|-------| A|------|-------|-------|-------| E|------|-------|-------|-------| 5 6 7 8 The black keys on the piano on the guitar - Gb Pentatonic Major. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:38:32 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/call_and_response?rev=1181391332 Call & response (call-and-response) - as a spontaneous interaction between a choir leader and a chorus - is a characteristic trait of all popular music and improvisation - stemming from the blues. It adds tension and drama to a tune. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:15:32 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/canadian_jazz_guitarists?rev=1221688096 * Ed Bickert * Lenny Breau * Oliver Gannon * Sonny Greenwich * Nelson Symonds Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:48:16 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/capo?rev=1175674934 Capo (capotasto) External links * G7th capo * Kyser * Shubb * Dunlop Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:14 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/caravan?rev=1222977665 Wes Montgomery version of Caravan: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:01:05 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/charleston_rhythm?rev=1175674935 Rhythm and guitar comping tecqnique used in 12 bar blues. You’re playing on the one and in the end of two. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:15 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/charlie_christian?rev=1201832464 Charlie Christian (1916-1942) changed the role of the guitarist in the jazz band, from an almost unheard part of the rhytm section to a solo performer. An importan part of that change is that he was one of the first guitarists to use an amplified “spanish” -i.e. electric - guitar. Gibson ES-150. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:21:04 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/charlie_parker?rev=1266792475 Bird, or Charlie “Yardbird” Parker Jr [1920 - 1955], saxophonist is maybe the first person you would think of when you hear the word “bebop“. His influence on the history of jazz is so strong that some divide it into jazz before and after Charlie Parker. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:47:55 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chet_atkins?rev=1191609706 Chet Atkins Fingerstyle guitarist External links * Chet Atkins fans2 Yahoo! Group. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:41:46 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chord_arpeggios?rev=1175674936 Click on a note and a chord quality and see the shape appear on this virtual guitar. You can click on the chord charts to hear the notes individually and build arpeggios. A tip from Steve Morse: “[T]ry practicing playing arpeggios across all six strings with alternate picking - one note per string. The idea is that it’s easy to play alternate picking on one string, but much harder to switch from one string to another, so we should practice that hard part, not the easy part. Stay with the … Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:16 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chord_decoder?rev=1270791964 Reverse chord decoding from note names. For reverse decoding chords from the fretboard, see Guitarcodex. Chord Decoder is an applet that attempts to derive possible chord name for your entered notes names. Enter your notes in the checkboxes with your mouse, and then click the “Find Chord” button. Or click on a root note and a chord type, to use the applet as a quick reference for finding the intervals and notes that define a chord. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:46:04 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chord_finder?rev=1182565244 See also - other online guitar apps * chord_arpeggios * scales_finder Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:20:44 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chord_melody?rev=1203468019 Chord melody or “guitar chord melody” is a demanding style of jazz guitar playing pioneered by George Van Eps. Chord melody playing is playing the jazz-chord harmony, the melody line, and rhythm on the guitar at the same time. Often with a walking bass. A chord melody player must be able to think like an arranger. Some define chord melody playing as the ability to making up an arrangement on the fly to a given melody. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:40:19 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chord_progression?rev=1195961867 Chord progressions or chord sequences - combinations of chords that forms an harmonic interval. Chord harmonization Major triad chord harmonization in the major keys -i.e. what chords are diatonic to each of the twelve major keys? Key I ii iii IV V vi viiº C major C Dm Em F G Am Bdim F major F Gm Am Bb C Dm Edim Bb major Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Adim Eb major Eb Fm Gm Ab Bb Cm Ddim Ab major Ab Bbm Cm Db Eb Fm Gdim Db major Db Ebm Fm Gb Ab Bbm Cdi… Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:37:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chords?rev=1206087070 Chords are groups of three or more tones that blend harmoniously when sounded together. The basic building blocks of chords are triads. A triad consist of a root, its third and fifth. In common harmony chords are built from stacks of thirds -i.e. superimposed intervals of major and minor triads. Now, because every other note in a (diatonic) scale is an interval of thirds, chords can be view as generated from scales. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:11:10 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chords_scales?rev=1175837423 May need a minute to load! This chords & scales application. It a gadget developed by Fred Salles. It displays Chords and Scales on a Guitar Fretboard. The notes are displayed on a Piano Keyboard and as well as in Musical Notation too. Notes, Chords, Scales, Positions, Capo and Keys can be dynamically configured... Enjoy! Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:30:23 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chris_standring?rev=1201759934 Chris Standring (b. 1960) is a british jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He has had a number of smooth jazz radio hits like “Cool Shades” and “Hip Sway”. Standring started playing guitar at the age of six, and took classical guitar lessons on and off into his teens, before he finally decided to study solo classical guitar at London College of Music. He then had ten years of experience as a freelance session player in London, and wrote music for the BBC as well as a number of the… Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:12:14 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chromatic_scale?rev=1175674941 A, B♭, B, C, D♭, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G, A♭ Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/chuck_loeb?rev=1193544169 “’” Chuck Loeb’“”“”Jim HallPat MethenyJoe Puma Hubert LawsChico HamiltonJoe FarrellStan Getz‘Donald HarrisonNelson RangellLarry CoryellGeorge GarzoneWarren Bernhardt Petite BlondeBill EvansMitchel FormanGary BurtonDave Samuels Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:02:49 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/circle_of_fifths?rev=1191601181 Am Dm Em C F G Gm Bm Bb D Cm Eb A F#m Ab E Fm C#m Db Gb B F# Bbm G#m Ebm D#m Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:19:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/classical_guitar?rev=1175674942 Classical guitar (classic guitar (US english), spanish guitar, or prime guitar, modern guitar). Features * scale length of 650mm (25.6”), usually. * The top 3 strings are monofilament nylon. The bottom 3 are wound. External links Tabs * Classical Guitar Tablature - 950 classical guitar tabs in plain text format, posted on usenet groups like rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature, alt.guitar.tab, and rec.music.folk.tablature * Guitar Tabs Archive - 39864 guitar tabs. * TIP-UOUCGC - Th… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:22 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/clay_moore?rev=1206627887 Clay Moore (1956) is an American jazz guitarist and co-leader of the Frontera Jazz Quartet. See claymoore.com. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:24:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/clint_strong?rev=1216227126 [Jazz guitarist Clint Strong]Clint Strong is an american jazz guitarist based in Arlington, Texas. Short bio: Considered by many to be one of jazz guitar’s greatest living bebop players, Clint Strong’s seamingly endless improvisations are rooted in the sounds of jazz’s rich tradition, mixing in newer, fresh harmonic approaches with copious amounts of his rich sense of humur. Clint has performed or recorded with a host of top-tier jazz and country artists such as country legends: Merle Ha… Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:52:06 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/cool_jazz?rev=1191707886 Cool Jazz, or West Coast jazz. Cool jazz tunes: Miles Davis: “Bag's Groove“, “All Blues“, “Bye Bye, Blackbird“, and “Jeru“. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:58:06 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/dan_adler?rev=1230620209 Dan Adler is born i Tel-Aviv, Israel in jazz guitarist based in New York. Studied and played with: Peter Sprague, Jack Wilkins, Vic Juris, Rick Stone, Joshua Breakstone, Satoshi Inoue, Peter Bernstein, Richard Boukas, Paul Bollenback Check out Dan Adler's Website, danadler.com, to find lots of stuff, such as Jazz Music Articles like “The ‘Giant Steps’ Progression and Cycle Diagrams”, and free Jazz Music Transcriptions with video, many in Finale Music file format! (PS: with the fre… Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:56:49 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/dancing_in_the_dark?rev=1175674942 Dancing in the Dark Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 17:35:51 EST From: GWasko <GWasko@aol.com> Subject: CRD: s/standards/dancinginthedark.crd Dancing in the Dark By Howard Deitz and Arthur Schwartz As figgered out by Garry Wasko GWasko@aol (This is just how I play it. Your mileage may vary) Cmaj7 | |D#dim | | Dm7 | | Dancing in the dark Till the tune ends we're dancing in the dark Fm6 | Gm7| C |Cm … Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:22 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/dave_stryker?rev=1250533636 Dave Stryker (3/30/1957) is an American Jazz Guitarist, composer and produceer based in New York. He voted “Rising Star on guitar” in the 2006 and 2007 Downbeat Critics Poll. He recorded his first CD in 1988, and has released about 20 albums as a leader or co-leader. Before that he was a sideman on recordings with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, Kevin Mahogany, Steve Slagle and others. His latest CD “The Scene” with The Stryker / Slagle Band got great airplay and reviews and came on … Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:27:16 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/david_powers?rev=1175674943 David Powers guitarist from Brewster, New York. David Powers - Guitar Hero 2006 Second Runner-Up Check out David “Superman” Powers’ exciting performance from the Guitar Hero 2006 Finals! The 10 Finalists for The Guitar Hero 2006 Competition * Trey Alexander - winner of the Guitar Player Magazine‘s title of Guitar Hero for 2006 * Patrick Woods - Second place * David Powers - Second runner-up * Sergei Roudzinski * Joe Cefalu * Ed DeGenaro * Josh Karickhoff * Anton Ts… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:23 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/dennis_sandole?rev=1193542274 Dennis Sandole (1913 - 2000) was a jazz guitarist, composer and a legendary jazz educator. Several of the greates jazz greats has studied with him. Among his students you’ll find jazz giant John Coltrane, guitarist Jim Hall, James Moody, Benny Golson, Joe Diorio, and even Pat Martino took some classes with him. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:31:14 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/desafinado?rev=1221677364 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:49:24 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/diatonic?rev=1205732656 In jazz, diatonic tones is often used as a synonym for scale tones - tones within a scale. The tones outside the scale is similarly often referred to as the “chromatic tones” - the non diatonic tones - tones added to the scale, (to avoid getting to a note a beat too early, so as to make it flow a little nicer). Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:44:16 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/dick_morrissey?rev=1175674944 Saxophonist Dick Morrissey (Richard Edwin Morrissey) (1940-2000) was a British fusion jazz musician and composer. He played tenor sax, soprano sax and flute. He was the co-founder with guitarist Jim Mullen, of the Morrissey Mullen jazz rock band. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:24 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/diminished_seventh_chord?rev=1206276536 Chord notation: Cdim7, C°7, Co7, or in jazz just Cdim, C°, or Co. Diminished chords are always used as passing chords, not as a resolution chord. And they are often used instead of a dominant seventh chord, because the top four notes in a dominant seventh flat nine chord (7b9), is a diminished chord. So here there is an interesting parallelism operating in minor thirds. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:48:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/dissonance?rev=1175674944 dissonance E ||--0--| B ||--4--| G ||--7--| D ||-----| A ||-----| E ||-----| Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:24 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/distortion?rev=1190716023 Distortion, or harmonic distortion, is a sonic effect with extra harmonics, especially created on an electric guitar by an overdriven amplifier, or a guitar distortion devices, electronic processors, such a fuzz box. Power chords is used to reduce dissonance on a distorting setup. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:27:03 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/django_reinhardt?rev=1205640112 Jean-Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt (1910 - 1953), was a Belgian gipsy jazz guitarist and compose. His unique style had something to do with a fire that broke out in the caravan of him and his wife Bella, in 1928. Djangos hand was severely injured. The fire left him with only three remaining useful fingers on the left hand. His third and fourth fingers remained partially paralyzed. Up until then Django had been a banjo player. His brother Joseph Reinhardt, an accomplished guitarist himself, b… Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:01:52 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/don_price?rev=1175674945 Don Price, guitarist and jazz educator, that has performed and educated with eminent musicians like Joe Diorio, Joe Pass, Frank Gambale, Al DiMeola, and Tal Farlow. Inspired by: Larry Coryell As an educator, Don has taken part in instructional clinics with Frank Gambale, Al DiMeola, and Tal Farlow. He was a faculty member of the Guitar Activity Center (a vocational school originally started by the late M.I.T guitarist and senior faculty member Vic Trigger), and was added to the Guitar Teac… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:25 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/drop_2_voicings?rev=1221674007 Drop 2 voicings is the most common chords form on the guitar for ordinary seventh chords or sixth chords. Drop 2 chords are created on adjacent strings by taking the second note from the top in any inversions of a chord, and drop it down one octave to the bass. Impassable if your don’t have the hands of Johnny Smith or Allan Holdsworth. Drop 2 chords are used when arranging melodies in block chords. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:53:27 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/dropped_d?rev=1181296045 Drop D is a alternate tuning on a guitar in which the 6th string (lowest) is “dropped” down from E to D (DADGBe). See also * Tuning * Alternate Tuning * Standard tuning. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:47:25 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/duke_robillard?rev=1201863745 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:02:25 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ear_training?rev=1277758524 Ear Training Software * Absolute Pitch Trainer 1.2 for Windows® 98SE/2000/XP * <http://www.earmaster.com/> * <http://www.aruffo.com/eartraining/software.htm> * Jimmy Ruska's Free Online Ear Training ---------- Related: Music Theory | Jazz Theory Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:55:24 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ed_bickert?rev=1221681341 Ed Bickert, Edward Isaac Bickert, (b. 29 Nov 1932) is a canadian_jazz_guitarists Video Ed Bickert Interview & Embraceable You An early 1990s TV profile of Canadian jazz guitar legend Ed Bickert in conversation and in performance with his trio at the “Top of the Senator” jazz club. Ed is heard performing a magnificent solo interpretation of the Gershwin tune “Embraceable You” and then the Ahmad Jamal tune “Night Mist Blues“. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:55:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/electric_guitar?rev=1196385114 Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary Online - Electric Guitar. Click the image to read a short explanation of each term: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:11:54 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/electronic_tuners?rev=1175674947 External links - Electronic Tuners * Korg * Boss * Intellitouch Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:27 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/eliane_elias?rev=1221678697 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:11:37 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/embellishment?rev=1204011788 Chord embellishment is ornamenting chords with extended voicings (intervals of b9, 9, #9, b11, 11, #11, b13, or 13). In Jazz it is often used to be able to play a melody. Illustration of where to find the extended and other intervals from a root (R) from the 5th and 6th string. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:43:08 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/embraceable_you?rev=1176231221 Embraceable You is a standard jazz tune by George Gershwin. Chords FM7 | Abo7 | Gm7 | C7 | BbM7 | Bbm7 | FM7 Bb7 | F A7 | Dm | Bm7b5 E7 | Am | / G7 | CM7 C#o7 | Dm7 G7 | Gm7 | C7 | FM7 | Abo7 | Gm7 | C7 | BbM7 | Bbm7 | FM7 | F7 | BbM7 | A7 | Dm | G7 | FM7 | Gm7b5 C7 | FM7 | Gm7 C7 | Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:53:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/emily?rev=1181486866 Jazz ballad Emily Video Paul Desmond Quartet The great late alto sax player Paul Desmond (1924-1977), easily the most lyrical alto in jazz along with Johnny Hodges, plays his beautiful ballad “Emily”, Monterey Jazz Festival 1975. External links Paul Desmond's solo on "Emily" transcribed and analyzed by Steve Khan as it appeared on Paul Desmond’s recording “Summertime”. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:47:46 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/emily_remler?rev=1193643756 Emily Remler (1957 – 1990) is an american jazz guitarist and composer. She began to play the guitar at the age of ten, and studied at Berklee School of Music from 1976 to 1979. She has performed with: Monty Alexander, Larry Coryell, Astrud Gilberto, John Abercrombie, John Scofield... Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:42:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/erik_mongrain?rev=1175674948 Erik Mongrain, canadian composer and guitarist is famous for his amazing lap tapping and slapping tecnique. He plays the acoustic guitar on his lap buy pressing, slapping and tapping the strings. Video External links *Official webpage *Mongrains page at YouTube Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:28 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fake_book?rev=1175674948 A fake book is an anthology of lead-sheets - simplified (jazz) charts with melody and chord progression - for standard tunes. Fake books originally infringed copyrights, and their circulation was primarily underground. Today, legal versions of fake books can be found as Real Books. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:28 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fender_hm_strat?rev=1191648907 The Fender HM Strat (heavy metal strat) is one of several superstrat model guitars produced by Fender Musical Instruments from 1988 until 1992. Originally it was produced in Japan and then from 1990, in the United States. It had medium jumbo frets, a flat fretboard, floyd rose licensed double locking Kahler “Spyder” tremolos, and black hardware. For more info see Strat Central - FMI Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:35:07 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fender_showmaster?rev=1175674949 <http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?section=guitars&cat=showmaster> Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:29 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fingerstyle?rev=1175674949 Fingerstyle guitar, or fingerpicking, is a right-hand technique on guitar, of playing with the fingers - plucking the strings directly with the fingernails, fingertips or with fingerpicks - but not with a flatpick (plectrum). This approach is associated with all classical guitar styles, and some other acoustic styles, and with some schools of blues and jazz guitar playing. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:29 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/flea?rev=1175674950 Flea (Michael Balzary) rock bassists. punk and funk-style bass. Original slap bass technique. Born: October 16, 1962 in Melbourne, Australia. Groups: Red Hot Chili Peppers <http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/flea.htm> Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:30 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/folk_guitar?rev=1175674950 A folk guitar is an a steel string acoustic guitar with a enlarged body size. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:30 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/frank_dibussolo?rev=1181484756 [Frank DiBussolo and Jimmy Bruno at the Macungie Institute] Dr. Frank Dibussolo is an outstanding jazz guitarist and composer from Emmaus, Pennsylvania. He has been nominated for a Grammy 8 times. He is doctor of Musical Arts in composition (Combs College of Music in Philadelphia, PA), and has studied theory and compositon under Dennis Sandole, Albert Stauffer, Ana Kotserenko, David Finko and Dr. Romeo Cascarino. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:12:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/frank_gambale?rev=1193518311 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:51:51 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fred_hamilton?rev=1182934501 Fred Hamilton is a professor of jazz studies and director of jazz guitar at the University of North Texas. Blues Dues The Jam featuring Fred Hamilton and the Earl Harvin Trio that Fred Hamilton has been with since 1993. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:55:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/freddy_green?rev=1205600161 Freddy Green (-1987), “Mr. Rhythm”, the steady and sophisticated big band rhythm guitarist of Count Basie Orchestra for nearly 50 years. Famous for his four-to-the-bar beat accompaniment, playing a full block chord on each beat, and with clockwork precision. The pulsating sound of his comping was a defining characteristic of the Count Basie Band. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:56:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fret_buzz?rev=1175674951 Video How to Get Rid of Guitar Fret Buzz FPE-TV’s Eric teaches how to get rid of annoying FRET BUZZ! Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:31 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fretboard?rev=1175674952 The Fretboard or fingerboard on a guitar, is the playing surface that holds the frets. It is made of a hard type of wood. The most usual wood types is rosewood, ebony, maple and mahogany. Other fretboard woods are cedar. ton, flamed maple, birdseye maple, yew, and koa. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:32 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/fretless_guitar?rev=1205703633 Fretless Guitar Ned Evett plays John Frusciante's new fretless strat ---------- External links * Lesson in four parts on how to make a fretless guitar: Unfretting an electric guitar by Emre Meydan from Unfretted.com. * Tellef Øgrim, Norwegian fretless jazz guitarist. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:40:33 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/funtwo?rev=1175674952 FunTwo performs Pachelbel’s Canon on YouTube. It has had over 7 million views for his rendition of Jerry C’s “Canon Rock” on YouTube. External Links * The REAL Real Funtwo Comes Forward: By His Pinky You Will Know Him * Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:32 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/g_l_guitars?rev=1175674953 G&L Musical Instruments is a guitar and Bass manufacturer established by Leo Fender. Guitarists using G&L Guitar * Guitar Shorty * Jerry Cantrell * Peter Frampton * Jinx Jones External Links G&L Musical Instruments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:33 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/genil_castro?rev=1205648674 Genil Castro is a Brasilean jazz guitarist See more Videos of Genil Castro External links * Genil Castro Myspace page Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:24:34 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/george_beauchamp?rev=1175674953 George Beauchamp is a lap steel guitarist and inventor of musical instruments like the Frying pan electric guitar, electric lap steel guitar, single-cone dobro guitar, and “electro violins”. He was a co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:33 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/george_benson?rev=1193521187 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:39:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/george_harrison?rev=1175674953 The SRV of ukulele Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro performs George Harrison’s all time favourite “While My Guitar Gently Weeps“. Amazing strumming technique. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:33 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/george_van_eps?rev=1205601517 George Van Eps (1913 - 1998), american jazz guitarist and arranger, considered the father of modern pick guitar with his virtuose pick playing in the early 1930s. Influenced by piano players he pioneered the chord melody style, with more complex harmonies and reharmonized arrangements. In the late 30s he started to call his guitar a “lap-piano”, and started using fingerpicking to realize the harmonic potential of the guitar. At that time he pioneered the use of the 7-string guitar, and is s… Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:18:37 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/giant_steps?rev=1266607578 A bebop jazz standard written by John Coltrane in 1959. It’s characterized by an uncommon, complex and rapidly changing chord progression, with the tone center constantly shifting between B, G, and Eb. making improvising over it a real challenge. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:26:18 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/grant_green?rev=1202662329 Grant Green (1935-1979) is a jazz guitarist and composer that has been said to have been too soulful to rank among the jazz greats during his liftetime. Styles: hard bop, soul jazz, bebop and latin jazz Influences: Charlie Christian, Jimmy Raney, and Charlie Parker. Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:52:09 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/greg_howe?rev=1187706566 Mike Varney‘“”Marty FriedmanJason BeckerPaul GilbertRichie KotzenTony MacAlpineVinnie Moore jazz fusionAllan Holdsworth Video Greg Howe "Giant Steps". NAMM 2007 Fusion jazz guitarist Greg Howe and his band - Jon Reshard, Billy Ashbaugh, and Dave Cook - performs “Giant Steps” during the 2007 NAMM show. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:29:26 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar?rev=1196385199 A guitar is a plucked string instrument - played with the fingers - with a fingerboard which has frets on it, although there are fretless guitars, A guitar usually has six strings, but there are a number of varieties like the 11-stringed alto guitar, or the 8-stringed electric guitar called the Chapman Stick, espesially made for tapping. Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:13:19 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_associations?rev=1175674956 A list of Guitar Associations on the planet earth (is science fiction yet). * The Guitar Foundation of America * European Guitar Teachers Association (EGTA.org) National Guitar Associations * Canadian Guitar Players Association - community for guitarists, Guitar Museum. * GANZ - The Guitar Association of New Zealand Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_books?rev=1244263524 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:45:24 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_cases?rev=1175674956 External links - Guitar Cases & Gig Bags * Calton Cases * SKB Cases * TKL Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_education?rev=1175674957 Mike's Master Classes by Mike Gellar * Berkleemusic - Online Courses in Guitar, Music Business, Songwriting, Music Production, Music Theory * Online Courses Guitar * Professional Certificate in Guitar at Berklee College of Music. * Harmony Ear Training Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:37 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_gadgets?rev=1225266617 Online web applications for guitarists This is an overview of the web applications (music calculators) for guitarists on this site. Click on an image to start an application. GuitarCodex [Array] Reverse Chord Decoder [Array] Chords & Scales Finder [Array] Chord Arpeggios [Array] Scale finder [Array] Chord finder [Array] Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:50:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_hardware?rev=1175674957 Latency Audio Interfaces native ASIO drivers or Asio4All Getting guitar software - like Guitar Rig, Amplitube, ReValver Mk II, or GuitarFX 3 - to work on your machine, you may need a new soundcard with ASIO support (i.e. low latency) with native ASIO drivers. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:37 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_magazines?rev=1175674958 Online Guitar Magazines * Down Beat * Fingerstyle Guitar * Frets * Guitar * Guitar Club * Guitar One * Guitar Player - guitarplayer.com * Guitar Sessions - guitarsessions.com - Online mag from Mel Bay Publications * Guitar Techniques * Guitarist * Modern Guitars Magazine - News and information about electric and acoustic guitars. Modern Guitars Magazine * Total Guitar * Young Guitar Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:38 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_shorty?rev=1175674958 Guitar Shorty (born David Kearney in Houston, Texas in 1939), is a blues guitarist raised in Kissimee, Florida. He has played with Ray Charles, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, Sam Cooke and T-Bone Walker. Gear * Guitar: G&L Legacy Special with Hotrails pickups * Amp: Two Fender Twin. * BBE Sonic Maximizer rack systems, Morley Wah pedal; Dunlop Hendrix Octave Fuzz; Boss Compression/Sustainer; Nady Wireless 201. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:38 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitar_software?rev=1270915265 Audio recording and editing software Audacity - The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Main features: Record live audio; convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files; cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together; change the speed or pitch of a recording... See list of Audacity features Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:01:05 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitarcodex?rev=1225267350 GuitarCodex is a useful tool with many uses. Basicly it generates guitar fretboard maps of scales, modes, chord and arpeggios in any key. It allows you to see the fretboard layout of chords and scales in your favorite tuning. Very simple but useful tool to practise imrpovising scales and arpeggios. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:02:30 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitarists?rev=1250535921 Directory of jazz gutarist with artist links. Eventually this is intendend to become a sortable database of jazz guitarist. Jazz Guitarist - by first name * Al Di Meola | Al Di Meola videos * Alex Machacek | Alex Machacek videos * Allan Holdsworth | Allan Holdsworth videos * Andreas Öberg | Andreas Öberg videos * Andrew Cheshire | Andrew Cheshire videos * Attila Zoller | Attila Zoller videos * Avi Rothbard | Avi Rothbard videos * Barry Greene | Barry Greene videos * Ben… Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:05:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/guitaroogle?rev=1205829829 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:43:49 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/harmonics?rev=1205649183 Tommy Emmanuel - Harmonics Lesson Tommy Emmanuel shows you how he achieves those Lenny Breau type of “false” harmonics. Guitar Lesson - Pinch Harmonics (Squealies) Heavy Metal Guitar Lesson : Tapped Harmonics Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:33:03 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/hellmut_hattler?rev=1191644034 Hellmut Hattler german bass guitarist External links * Official website Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:13:54 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/herb_ellis?rev=1216227190 Mitchell Herbert (Herb) Ellis (1921, Farmersville, Texas), is an American bop and swing jazz guitarist based in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas. Herb Ellis Music. He has over 30 solo recordings, and has recorded and toured with the biggest names in jazz like Jimmy Dorsey, Oscar Petterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Howkins, Roy Eldridge, Joe Pass, and Barney Kessel. He was part of the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1953. Toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:53:10 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/howard_alden?rev=1205647090 Howard Alden is an American jazz guitarist. He has studying jazz guitar with Howard Roberts, at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California. Among his many albums, he has recorded with jazz guitar greats like Jimmy Bruno, Bucky Pizzarelli, not to mention a series of recordings with legendary George Van Eps, and other great jazz musicians like Red Norvo, Joe Williams, Woody Herman, and Dick Hyman. He is married with the jazz singer Terrie Richards Alden. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:58:10 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/howard_roberts?rev=1205647873 * Video * Mike Evans' Howard Roberts site Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:11:13 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/html?rev=1175674960 Martha Masters - Mesmerizing acoustic guitar Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:40 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/hybrid_picking?rev=1175674961 A right-hand technique on guitar with flat-pick and fingers. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/improvisation?rev=1205611397 * Sabatella, Marc: A Jazz Improvisation Primer, Outside Shore Music. This is the online version of hist text, A Jazz Improvisation Primer. Here you can find information on almost every topic relating to jazz improvisation, from jazz history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group. The E-BOOK is translated and can be read in several languages: Italian, German, Hungarian, and Portuguese. * Miller, Michael: Complete Idiot's Guide to Solos and Improvisation. “...Gives Intermedi… Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:03:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/intervals?rev=1215265048 An interval is the space between two pitches. Semitones: The smallest interval in western music is the semitone, or half step. On the guitar, an inteval of a semitone is of one fret - that is, the distance between two adjacent frets. The next building block is the tone, or whole step, two frets. In other words, each of the notes in the chromatic scale is separated by a half step. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:37:28 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/intonation?rev=1183140783 Intonation is the process of adjusting the string lenght so as to make a string in tune at every fret. The optimal string length for a string is dependent of strings material and thickness. * Action * Truss rod External links * Intonation - Ultimate Guitar column by sillybuuger12. * Fretwave tuning solution Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:13:03 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/inversion?rev=1175674962 Inverted chords An inverted chord is a chord which has a note other than its root note as the bass note. To invert a chord you move the lowest pitched note to the highest pitched position. When the root note in a chord is the lowest pitched note, then the chord is said to be in the root position, or in its normal form. Otherwise the chord is inverted. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:42 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ionian?rev=1175674963 The ionian mode, or the major scale, has 7 notes and is defined by the following sequence of intervals - sequence of tones and semitones, whole (W) and half (H) steps between the notes: W W H W W W H. The notes of the major scale is separated by two frets except between note 3 and 4, and note 7 and 8, Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:43 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jack_wilkins?rev=1221676939 Jack Wilkins is an American jazz guitarist and educator based in New York. He teaches at The New School, N.Y.U., Long Island University, and Manhattan School of Music and conducts seminars and guitar clinics, both in New York and abroad. Played with: Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan, Bob Brookmeyer, Buddy Rich Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:42:19 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jaco_pastorius?rev=1175674963 Jaco Pastorius is the bass guitarist of Weather Report, the great jazz fusion band that sounded so innovative and new in the 1970s. Video Here is a video ca. 1978 of Weather Report performing “Black Market” and “//Scarlet Woman/”. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:43 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jake_langley?rev=1220949381 Jake Langley, New York based Canadian jazz guitarist. He is part of the world renowned Joey Defrancesco Trio. He won the Canadian National Jazz Awards Winner i 2004. Video: <http://jazzguitarpro.com/jazz_guitar_videos/tag/jake+langley> Style: Jazz, bebop, R&B, Pop, Blues Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:36:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jam_software?rev=1202126900 JAM is an automatic accompaniment program. Enter the changes for a tune, select the playback tempo, toggle the loop button, hit play, and start playing along. [Illustration of th JAM accompaniment program. While you play the chord played is highligted. You have to go to www.jimmybruninstitute.com to find the shapes used ]Jam is only 100Kb and it’s free! It does not have the more advanced features of other similar software. It does not support styles as do BIAB or Improvisor. But it has t… Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:08:20 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jay_umble?rev=1216052155 Jay Umble is an American master jazz guitar and an excellent jazz guitar educator and author. He has studied under Pat Martino and Joe Diorio. He has released recordings which incorporate straight ahead / modern jazz and contemporary styles. He teaches guitar mechanics, harmony/theory and fretboard integration in addition to general guitar playing at Bucknell University and Susquehanna University. Jay Umble has authored several educational jazz guitar books published through Mel Bay Publications… Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:15:55 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jazz?rev=1264918458 Jazz Jazz Standards The nature of jazz * Synchopated rhythm * Eighth note feel * Improvisation, personal expression External links * jazz — The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Infoplease.com Music Theory * Tonal Resources for the Creative Musician - cyber text for the theory of American music by Joseph A. Craig Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:14:18 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jazz_blues?rev=1221438790 Jazz blues Wolfgang Kulawik demonstrates jazz blues in F7 in the style of Wes Montgomery with octave fills. His very useful jazz guitar book - Guitar-Training lite and Guitar-Training XL (same book) contains a lot of tabs for jazz blues like this: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:33:10 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jazz_guitar_books?rev=1254194490 Before you buy, browse these jazz guitar books via Google Book Search. Manualy selected by relevance for aspiring jazz guitarists. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:21:30 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jazz_guitarists?rev=1175674964 Sortet by first name * A Adrian Ingram | Al Casey | Al Di Meola | Allan Holdsworth | Arto Lindsay * B Barney Kessel | Barry Galbraith | Bill Frisell | Billy Bauer | Brian Setzer | Bruce Forman | Bucky Pizzarelli * C Carl Kress | Charlie Byrd | Charlie Christian | Charlie Hunter | Chet Atkins | Chris Standring | Chuck Wayne | Derek Bailey * D Dick McDonough | Django Reinhardt | Don Price | Duke Robillard * E Ed Bickert | Eddie Durham | Egberto Gismonti | Emily Remler * F… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:44 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jazz_standards?rev=1221047299 Standard repertoire of tunes performed by Jazz musicians. HOT TIPS: Buying yourself a Realbook is the way to learn a lot of standards. But automatic accompaniment software like Band-in-a box and Impro-Visor comes with a lot of standard. Impro-Visor comes with chords changes for about 2500 tunes. For Band-in-a-box you’ll find a lot of songs with melodies. For links see below. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:48:19 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jazz_theory?rev=1277828736 Getting into the jazz vocabulary * Saxophonist Matt Otto, author of “Modern Jazz Vocab. Vol.1” has posted an great series of free online jazz vocabulary lessons on his Matt Otto music blog. * Saxophonist Evan Tate’s book “250 Jazz Patterns” beginner to mid-level in all keys, plus Improv Etudes over several known jazz standards, transcribed solos from Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Cannonball Adderley, technical exercises over symmetrical scales and suggestions for improvisation.… Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:25:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jeff_beck?rev=1175674965 Jeff Beck External links * Official hompage * Jeff Beck Fansite * Epic Records Jeff Beck site * Steven Rosen article on Jeff Beck Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:45 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jeff_linsky?rev=1175674965 Jeff Linsky, jazz guitarist. External Links Official Website Jeff Linsky Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:45 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jerry_c?rev=1175674966 Jerry C performs Canon Rock on YouTube Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last See also Funtwo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:46 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jim_hall?rev=1204109576 Jim Hall is a jazz guitarist, a composer, an arranger and an educator. He was a sideman for Bill Evans and for Stan Getz. He is one of the most versatile of the jazz guitar giants. He has been an educator at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York. He is the autor of a book titled “Exploring Jazz Guitar”. In 1997 he was won the New York Jazz Critics Circle Award for Best Jazz Composer/Arranger. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:52:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jim_hershman?rev=1221163483 [Jim Hershman]Jim Hershman (1961, Sacramento, CA) is a critically acclaimed American jazz guitarist, composer and band leader of his Jim Hershman Trio. He is based in New York. Jim Hershman began to study guitar at age twelve. After living in Berkeley for two years, Hershman relocated to Los Angeles and received his Bachelors Degree from Cal State University at Northridge, where he studied both jazz and classical guitar. He received his Masters Degree from Manhattan School Of Music. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:04:43 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jim_mullen?rev=1193544982 Jim Mullen (b. 1945) is a prominent British jazz guitarist that has been a nominee and a winner of many British jazz awards. Jim formed the acclaimed British jazz funk band Morrissey Mullen (aka. “M&M”) together with saxophonist Dick Morrissey in 1975. The band has been hailed as the premier exponents of the British jazz-rock movement of the 1970s. Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:16:22 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jimmy_bruno?rev=1202820045 ’“”--Joe Finn Jimmy Bruno [1953] is an American jazz guitarist, jazz guitar educator, and band leader. He is one of the leading jazz guitarists of our day. He is the leader of the Jimmy Bruno Trio. He teaches jazz guitar at the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute (JBGI). Jimmy Bruno came to prominence as a jazz musician in the 1990’s, after a successful twenty-year career as a sought-after commercial guitarist and session musician. His latest “Maplewood Avenue” recording marks his 13t… Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:40:45 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jinx_jones?rev=1175674967 Jinx Jones is a rockabilly, jazz and country guitarist. External links * Jinx Jones website * Jinx Jones MySpace Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/joe_beck?rev=1196762679 “--’”--Mark Egan Joe Beck (1945) is a jazz guitarist, composer and conductor. He has been composing music for TV and film for thirty years and The National Academy of Recording Arts And Sciences has honored him five times with their Most Valuable Player Award. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:04:39 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/joe_cefalu?rev=1175674968 Joe Cefalu - Guitar Hero 2006 Finalist Joe delivered a soulful, melodic rendition of Mariah Carey‘s “Vision Of Love“. The 10 Finalists for The Guitar Hero 2006 Competition * Trey Alexander - winner of the Guitar Player Magazine‘s title of Guitar Hero for 2006 * Patrick Woods - Second place * David Powers - Second runner-up * Sergei Roudzinski * Joe Cefalu * Ed DeGenaro * Josh Karickhoff * Anton Tsygankov * Ron LoCurto * Nathan Hahn Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:48 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/joe_diorio?rev=1193542476 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:34:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/joe_finn?rev=1202816086 Joe Finn (born January 29, 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American jazz guitarist, vocalist and jazz guitar educator based in Upstate, New York. His album “Straight Ahead” (1992) received critical acclaim an extensive national airplay. His The Joe Finn Quartet won the BET network Jazz Discovery Showcase Award in the jazz instrumental category, in 1998. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:34:46 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/joe_pass?rev=1253672101 Video Joe Pass - The Blue Side of Jazz DVD "A Meeting of Masters - Roy Clark and Joe Pass plays Hank Williams" 55 minute video of country legende Roy Clark and jazz legend Joe Pass, from the recording of their versions of some great Hank Williams songs. Including the great rhythm guitarist John Pisano, Jim Hughart on bass, and Colin Bailey on drums. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:15:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/joe_satriani?rev=1175674968 External links * Joe Satriani guitar lesson on video Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:48 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/john_abercrombie?rev=1219782244 [Photo: hansspeekenbrink - Bimhuis Amsterdam 2006 - Review on Jazzpodium.nl] John Abercrombie (1944 - ) is a contemporary jazz guitarist and jazz great with a distinctive, lyrical, and intervalic improvisational style, moving in spontaneous harmonic steps, rather than tied to patterns, or along scales, modes or arpeggios. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:24:04 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/john_basile?rev=1175674969 John Basile, a New York jazz guitarist and educator associated with musicians like the jazz guitar legend John Abercrombie. He considers himself a “huge fan of Pat [Martino] for many years especially his ballad playing – great phrasing and feel” Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:49 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/john_collins?rev=1221041876 John Collins (1913 - 2001) was an American jazz guitarist and educator. He played with the Nat King Cole Trio (1951-1965), pianist Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, Lester Young. Inspired: Russell Malone Slam Stewart Slam Stewart Trio (1947): “Oh Me, Oh My, Oh Gosh”. Slam Stewart - Bass & Vocal; Beryl Booker - Piano & Vocal; John Collins - Guitar: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:17:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/john_coltrane?rev=1175674970 John Coltrane has left behind jazz standards like Giant steps Impressions and Naima External links John Coltrane Foundation - listen to some of his greatest tunes. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:50 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/john_pisano?rev=1182936669 John Pisano is a jazz guitarist and leader. He was a founding member of Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass. John Pisano has performed perform and record with Joe Pass (he and pass released more than a dozen albums before Pass died in 1994), Lee Ritenour, Phil Upchurch, Ron Affif, Dori Caymmi, Ted Greene, Buddy DeFranco, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Burt Bacharach, Frank Sinatra, Michael Franks, Clare Fischer, Julie London, Bobby Troup, and Barbra Streisand, Sergio Mendes, Natalie Cole ..… Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:31:09 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/john_scofield?rev=1175674970 John Scofield (1951 - ) is an american fusion jazz guitarist and composer, He has recorded with Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Charles Mingus, and toured and recorded with Miles Davis. Guitar: A 1981 Ibanez AS200 is his stage and recording guitar. His signature guitar, the Ibanez JSM100, is based on it. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:50 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/johnny_st._cyr?rev=1191132881 Johnny St. Cyr, or Johnny Alexander St. Cyr [1890 - 1966] was an early American blues-jazz banjoist and guitarist. He recorded with King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. From 1917 to 19 he played his Gibson and banjo together with Louis Armstrong on Mississippi River steamboat in Fate Marable’s bigband. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:14:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jon_damian?rev=1175674970 Professor Jon Damian, is a jazz guitarist, composer, and educator, originally from Brooklyn, New York. He is currently a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Jon Damian has performed with Boston Symphony Orchestra, American Repertory Theater, Boston Opera Company, Boston Pops Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Howard McGee, Jimmy Giuffre, Gunther Schuller, Bill Frisell, Luciano Pavarotti, Johnny Cash, and Sheila Jordan. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:50 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/jonathan_kreisberg?rev=1175674971 Jonathan Kreisberg, jazz guitarist and composer from Brooklyn, New York. External links * Official website * Jonathan Kreisberg page at Myspace - listen to a couple of recording by. Also, listen to sound clips on his website. * Jonathan-Kreisberg interview in Jazz Guitar Life who discusses his musical background, his latest recordings and his philosophy on teaching. Here’s a litte taste “When I was young (like before high school), I loved listening to Jazz. My father had some Coltra… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:51 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/kenny_burell?rev=1196772251 Kenny Burrell, Kenneth Earl Burrell (1931), is a fingerstyle jazz guitarist, composer, band leader , and educator. He has recorded nearly 100 albums! He is the author of two books, Jazz Guitar and Jazz Guitar Solos. He is said to have been Duke Ellington’s favorite improviser on the guitar. And surely Duke Ellington is Kenny Burrells heroes. After having developed a college course in jazz, named “Ellingtonia”, he became professor in the Departments of Music and Ethnomusicology UCLA. Sin… Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:44:11 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/key_signature?rev=1175674971 Key signature is the sharps or flat signs found at the beginning of a piece of music, immediately after the clef, and before the time signature. The key signatures (together with the clef) are usually written on every stave; the time-signature (measure sign) only at the start of the first line and where changes occur. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:51 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/kurt_rosenwinkel?rev=1280067107 Kurt Rosenwinkel (1970 - ) kurtrosenwinkel.com | The Kurt Rosenwinkel Forum Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:11:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/latency?rev=1187704615 Latency is the delay inside a computer between the arrival of an input (e.g. playing a string) and the output of the sound. On a regular consumer soundcard the delay between playing something (line in) and hearing it (line out), playing and processing an instrument throught a computer in real-time is quite impossible. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:56:55 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/lee_ritenour?rev=1181917296 Video World renowned jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour performs his classic masterpiece “Captain Fingers” - with Anthony Jackson on bass, Patrice Rushen on keys, Harvey Mason on drums, Ernie Watts on sax. Before a live studio audience in LA, California. From the 2005 “Overtime” DVD. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:21:36 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/legato?rev=1181291718 hammer-onpull-offshredders“” In musical notation, legato is to articulate in a joined or tied together manner - i.e., notes are articulated smoothly and connected, so that there’s no intervening silence in the transition from note to note. Other kinds of articulation: Staccato, accent (as in syncopation). Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:35:18 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/lemon_jefferson?rev=1202820621 Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929), or “Blind” Lemon Jefferson was an popular blues guitarist and singer from Texas. Listen to Lemon Jefferson at Here is Jazz Old Time on line. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:50:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/lenny_breau?rev=1221681343 Lenny Breau (1941–1984) was a canadian_jazz_guitarists who merged country, flamenco, classical and jazz guitar techniques (Chet Atkins finger-picking; chord voicings of pianist Bill Evans) into his own personal style. Video Lenny Breau documentary One More Take A documentary about Lenny Breau from 1968 as he was recoding his first album “Guitar Sounds of Lenny Breau” (with Chet Atkins as the producer). Includes an interview with Lenny and some footage of his performances. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:55:43 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/leo_kottke?rev=1191129348 Leo Kottke is American fingerstyle roots guitarist. Links * Official website of Leo Kottke * [<http://www.guitarmusic.org/>|Fansite] * Interview: Blowing the saddletank by Anil Prasad, March 5, 1994. * Interview: Getting to mouth off by Anil Prasad, June 26, 1999. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:15:48 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/les_paul?rev=1175674973 Les Paul Video Les Paul & Mary Ford on a tv show early 50s Performs “I Cant Give You Anything But Love” and “Exactly Like You”. The Log Les Paul playing “Log” on “the Teenagers” tv show in the 1950’s - knocking your socks off with his swing guitar. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:53 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/links?rev=1249506235 For a list of jazz guitarists and jazz guitarists web sites, go to the Guitarists article. For a list of useful web applications for guitarists, see the Guitar gadgets article. Online Guitar Lessons & online jazz guitar education * Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute (JBGI) - is possibly the best interactive and practical jazz guitar education online. Your teacher and guide as you progress will be the world renowned jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno himself! Students submit a videos of their assignm… Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:03:55 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/lonnie_johnson?rev=1202819981 Lonnie Johnson (1889-1970) was an American blues and jazz singer and guitarist and songwriter. He is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos. Listen to Lonnie Johnson at Here is Jazz Old Time on line Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:39:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/lorne_lofsky?rev=1182450367 Lorne Lofsky is a Canadian jazz guitarist Calendula by Lorne Lofsky and Kirk MacDonald Two of Canada’s best and brightest, tenor player Kirk MacDonald and guitarist Lorne Lofsky perform MacDonald’s original ballad “Calendula”. Both Kirk and Lorne have developed unique and individual voices on their respective instruments while remaining firmly in the tradition of the music. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:26:07 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/luthier?rev=1175674974 A luthier is a craftsman that makes and repairs bowed or plucked stringed instruments like lutes, violins, and especially acoustic guitars. External links * Thames Classical Guitars - Classical Guitars and Lutes Builder Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:54 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/lydian_augmented_scale?rev=1205737277 Lydian Augmented scale C Lydian Augmented on the guitar fretboard 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 E ||————|—F#—|————|—G#—|——A—|————|——B—|——C—|————|——D—|————| B ||——C—|————|——D—|————|——E—|————|—F#—|————|—G#—|——A—|————| ||—G#—|——A—|————|——B—|——C—|————|——D—|————|—E… Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:01:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/magnetic_pickups?rev=1175674975 Magnetic pickups for accoustic guitar * Fishman Transducers * L, R, Baggs Pickups * Dean Markley Magnetic Pickups Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:55 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/major_scale?rev=1175674975 The major scale is one of the diatonic scales a seven-note scale, with different pitches built on the sequence of an ascending pattern of two whole steps, one half step, three whole steps, and one half step: W W H W W W H The majors scale is sometimes considered to be made up of eight notes (seven plus the octave), Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:55 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/marcus_miller?rev=1204358555 Marcus Miller (1959 - ) is a bass guitarist, composer and producer. He has been the bass guitarist with giants like Miles Davis and David Sanborn. Video Bass clinic in London July 2005 Marcus talks about his practice routine and how Jaco Pastorius influenced him Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:02:35 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/martin_taylor?rev=1191115360 Martin Taylor [1956 - ] is a british solo fingerstyle jazz guitar player and composer voted Best Guitarist in the British Jazz Awards eleventh times. To his mind the guitar should be a complete instrument able to provide bass, harmony and melody. Martin was appointed for his “services to jazz” in 2002. In 2007 Martin won the The BBC Radio 2’s “Heart of Jazz” Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award for his “Contribution to Jazz Guitar Worldwide” from the North Wales International … Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:22:40 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/martinos_dim7_insights?rev=1215006195 It’s a given that this is just scratching the surface of pat_martinos insights into the diminished_seventh_chord on the guitar fretboard. It’s more like an introduction to it, focusing on its usefulness for visualizing drop 2 voicings on the guitar, using the dim7 chords for finding your way on the fretboard. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:43:15 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/matt_otten?rev=1279998371 Matt Otten is a Dutch jazz guitarist, composer and jazz guitar educator, connected with people like Maria Harp, an world world-famous jazz bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, fusion jazz bass player Gary Willis (from Scott Hendersons Tribal Tech). Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:06:11 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/mezzoforte?rev=1183009902 Mezzoforte is a funky instrumental rock and fusion jazz band from Iceland, that became very popular in the early eighties with its big hit Garden Party (1983). The funk-fusion band was started in Reykjavík in 1977 by Eyþóri Gunnarssyni (Eyþór Gunnarsson) (piano/keyboard), Friðriki Karlssyni (Friðrik “Frissi” Karlsson) (guitar), Jóhanni Ásmundssyni (Jóhann Ásmundsson) (bass) og Gunnlaugi Briem (Gunnlaugur „Gulli“ Briem) (drums). Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:51:42 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/michael_powers?rev=1228744457 Michael Powers (1960) is jazz guitarist based in Seattle. Education: Cornish College of the Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Composition and Performance (1982). Powers studied under composers Gil Evans and Sam Rivers, bassist Gary Peacock, pianist Art Lande, and trombonist Julian Priester. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:54:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/mimi_fox?rev=1192628526 “” “’” “” Mimi Fox is an american jazz guitarist, composer and educator, and one of today’s top elite jazz guitarists. She was winner in five consecutive Down Beat Magazine International Critics Polls (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007). Down Beat said She’s The Woman was “everything guitar jazz is supposed to be,” while Guitar Player cited Mimi as “a prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms, but has managed to reinvigorate them.” In Cadence maga… Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:42:06 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/minor_scale?rev=1204465078 Minor scales are scales with a b3. * Natural minor or Aeolian mode: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7. C natural minor: C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C. Compared to melodic minor it contains a b6, and a b7. * Harmonic minor: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7. C harmonic minor contains these notes: C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - B - C * Melodic minor (ascending), as used in jazz: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Like a major scale with a flat third. C Melodic Minor: C - D - Eb - F - G - A - B. * Melodic minor (descendi… Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:37:58 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/mixolydian_b13?rev=1254152426 Mixolydian b13 or Mixolydian b6 - is the 5th mode of the Melodic Minor Scale. C Mixolydian b13 fits with C7(b13). Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:40:26 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/modes?rev=1224208796 Modes is an ordered series of musical intervals, which, along with the key or tonic, define the pitches. However, mode is usually used in the sense of scale applied only to the specific diatonic scales C Ionian Mode Notes C D E F G A B C \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / Intervals W W H W W W H The Intevals of the modes minor/major Chords Locrian mode BhCwDwEhFwGwAwB Half-diminished Min7b5, Min7b5b9 Locrian intervals* 1 b2… Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:59:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/moog?rev=1175674977 A Moog is an analog synthesizers designed by Robert Moog (1934 - 2005). Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:57 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/movable_chords?rev=1175674978 Barre chords and Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:58 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/mr._sandman?rev=1175674978 Mr. Sandman is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954. The song has an interesting music theoretical aspect, as the chord progression follows the circle of fifths for 6 chords in a row in the chorus. Chet Atkins covered this song for his first hit. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:58 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/mundell_lowe?rev=1193545952 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:32:32 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/music?rev=1221378325 ---------- Music theory, Musical instrument, Popular music, The Schillinger System of Musical Composition Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:45:25 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/music_theory?rev=1277758422 LEARN FREE MUSIC THEORY Andrew Furmanczyk from howtoplaypiano.ca has created a great free series of music theory lessons: “This is a full, indepth music theory course, completely for free. Designed to start from the very basics of music theory and continue forward. There is homework assigned at the end of each lesson so you can follow along and learn music theory for yourself! I also try to make it as fun and upbeat as possible so that you won’t fall asleep or get board!” Visit his youtub… Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:53:42 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/musical_instrument?rev=1221377498 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:31:38 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/nathan_hahn?rev=1175674979 Nathan Hahn - rock blues, and fingerstyle guitarist from Houston, Texas. He was one of the 10 finalists for Guitar Player Magazine‘s Guitar Hero for 2006 Competition. Main influences: Andy Timmons, Paul Gilbert, Greg Howe, Phil Keaggy, and Goncalo Pereira. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:22:59 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/natural_minor_scale?rev=1182019130 The natural minor scale is identical to the the aeolean mode, the fifth mode of the major scale. That is, if you play a major scale pattern, and starts with the fifth note of that scale. On the guitar it can be easily found if you play this pattern of intervals from the root of the fifth string: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:38:50 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/no_idle_frets?rev=1216129342 The Nick Carver Show “No Idle Frets”: Listen to new releases in all different genres of jazz guitar music. Go to the homepage of his show noidlefrets.blogspot.com. Or select a podcast from the list below, and click start to listen: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:42:22 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/octave?rev=1175674980 An octave * Doubles the frequency (number of cycles per second). * Consists of 12 half tone steps. * On the evenly-tempered scale the frequency increases equally for each half tone step. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:00 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/oliver_gannon?rev=1221688952 Oliver Gannon (b. 1943) is a Canadian jazz guitarist, composer, and an eminent jazz guitar instructor based in Vancouver, BC. In 2002 he received the National Jazz Award in Canada, for Guitarist of the Year. In 1982 he won the Juno Award (the Canadian Grammy) for Best Jazz Album together with Fraser MacPherson. He currently performes with with several groups: The Oliver Gannon Quartet, The Oliver Gannon/Patty Hervey Quartet, and The Ian McDougall Sextet. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:02:32 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/pat_martino?rev=1221676405 Pat Martino is one of the grandmasters of jazz guitar, often compared to Wes Montgomery. It is said that nobody knows so more about the guitar and has such a mastery of the guitar as Pat Martino. See martinos_dim7_insights Pat Martino & John Scofield - “Sunny” Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:33:25 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/pat_metheny?rev=1175674981 External links * Official website * VIDEO: Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland live in Brecon (Wales), performing “Vera Cruz”, a great tune by Milton Nascimento. This is on of several tunes from a mono VHS tv-rip. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/pentatonic_scale?rev=1228282490 Pentatonic Scale is a 5 tone scale. Pentatonic Minor Scale Pentatonic Minor Formula 1b345b7 Pentatonic Minor Fretboard Patterns |-1--|----|----|-b3-|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-5--|----|----|-b7-|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-b3-|----|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-b7-|----|-1--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-4--|----|-5--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-1--|----|----|-b3-|----|… Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:34:50 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/perfect_pitch?rev=1175674981 Absolute or Perfect Pitch is the skill of being able to distinguish the individuality or color, or the degree of twangyness, of each pitch. Absolute and relative pitch Relative pitch is much easier and a more common skill. Because this doesn’t involve the necessity to know each pitch personally so to speak. You just have to be able to distinguish different piches from each other. With relative pitch you don’t need the hear the “C-ness” of the C, the “G-ness” of the G ans so on. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/peter_sprague?rev=1230625012 Peter Sprague (1955) is an American jazz guitarist born in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1963 his parents moved to Del Mar, California. Peter Sprague Plays in His Living Room: Jobim’s “Passarim”, a “Take The A Train” Etude in the key of G, and a couple of his own compositions, “Secret Code” and “Maya” Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:16:52 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/philip_catherine?rev=1193464634 "I fall in love too easily" on his es175 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:57:14 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/pickup?rev=1191592890 External links * Pickup FAQ. Part 1 | Part 2 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:01:30 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/plectrum?rev=1175674982 guitar pick Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:02 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/popular_music?rev=1221378385 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:46:25 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/power_chords?rev=1175674983 Power chords are movable two note “chords” played on two or more strings on a guitar. On an distorted electric guitar, power chords creates a strong sonic effect. An power chords are used because the allows for a much higher levels of distortion without causing dissonance. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:03 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/prelude_to_a_kiss?rev=1281961329 Jazz standard, ballad, composed by Duke Ellington in 1938. Sources: Analysis of Prelude to a Kiss (1938) - jazzstandards.com | Changes with functional analysis - realbook.us | Bare Bones Changes - Ralph Patt's Vanilla Book chord changes DUKE ELLINGTON: PRELUDE TO A KISS Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:22:09 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ralph_towner?rev=1191125111 Ralph Towner [1940 - ] is an American acoustic jazz guitarist. He is the lead composer, guitarist, and keyboardist for the acoustic jazz ensemble “Oregon“. He is to diversified in his music to fit nicely into the jazz guitarist label, with his notable recordings of classical music, folk music, and world music. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:05:11 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/revalver_mk_ii?rev=1278773336 the ReValver MkII produkt home page or download a demo from the homepage of ReValver Mk IINew Peavey Electronics ReValver MkIII produkt home page ReValver Mk III is is a follow up of ReValver (Direct X) which was on of the first decent guitar amp modeler for the PC. It models several amps and effects. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:48:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/rhythm_and_blues?rev=1221377276 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:27:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/rhythm_changes?rev=1182674162 Rhythm changes is a standard 32-bar song form (A-A-B-A) that has a bridge (B section) that - like in the B section of “I Got Rhythm” composed by George Gershwin in 1930 - back-cycles back to the original key of the final A section. [ahem...] Allen's Alley (AKA Wee) Denzil Best Almost David Baker Anthropology (AKA Thrivin' From a Riff) Parker/Gillespie Apple Honey Woody H… Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:36:02 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/rhytm?rev=1175674984 See * 12 bar blues * Four to the bar, or Four-in-the-bar, or the Freddy Green comping style. * Charleston rhythm Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:04 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/rickenbacker?rev=1175674984 Rickenbacker - Rickenbacker International Corporation (RIC) - is a guitar manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California. Founded in 1931 by Adolph Rickenbacker and steel guitarist George Beauchamp. The Rickenbacker guitar company was origninally established to develop and manufacture what was then called “electro instruments”, that is electric steel or hawaii guitars and amplifiers. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:04 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/right-hand_technique?rev=1175674985 Right-hand techniques include hybrid picking, flat-pick only, thumb-pick, and fingerstyle techniques. External links * Pick & Fingerstyle Techniques by guitarist Tuck Andress. Booklet on advantages and dissadvatages of the different right-hand techniques. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:05 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/robert_conti?rev=1238421292 Robert Conti is an American jazz guitarist and jazz guitar educator. The Conti Method External links * RobertConti.com * The Robert Conti Myspace Page Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:54:52 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ron_locurto?rev=1175674985 Ron LoCurto Ron LoCurto - Guitar Hero 2006 Finalist Here’s Ron’s electrifying performance from Guitar Hero 2006! ... (more) The 10 Finalists for The Guitar Hero 2006 Competition * Trey Alexander - winner of the Guitar Player Magazine‘s title of Guitar Hero for 2006 * Patrick Woods - Second place * David Powers - Second runner-up * Sergei Roudzinski * Joe Cefalu * Ed DeGenaro * Josh Karickhoff * Anton Tsygankov * Ron LoCurto * Nathan Hahn Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:05 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/root_note?rev=1175674986 A roote note or starting note, is the note in a chord, a key, or a scale that defines the chord, the key, or the scale. When the root note is the lowest note (the bass note) in a chord, the chord is said to be in root position. When the root is not the lowest pitched note, then the chord is inverted. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:06 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/russell_malone?rev=1221022127 Russell Malone is Recorded with: Diana Krall (The “All for You” CD), for Harry Connick Jr. Inspired by: B.B. King, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, John Collins Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:48:47 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/scale?rev=1205737714 Scale [Fr. gamme; Germ. Tonleiter; It. scala]. “Ladder” of rising pitches defined by the intervals that particular scales consist of. diatonic scales Lydian Augmented Scale Blues Scale C Major Scale Chords Scales Chromatic Scale Major Scale Minor Scale Natural Minor Scale Pentatonic Scale Scales Finder Whole-Tone Scale Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:08:34 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/scales?rev=1182401777 Minor scale See Scale Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:56:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/scales_finder?rev=1204464967 Click on a note and a scale type and see the shape appear on this virtual guitar. You can click on ‘play scale’ to hear the whole scale or audition the notes individually. See also - other online guitar apps * Chord arpeggios * Chord finder Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:36:07 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/scott_henderson?rev=1216230645 Scott Henderson (1954) is an American blues and fusion jazz guitarist and lead guitarist in the band Tribal Tech. See also: Videos by Scott Henderson, and his brilliant jazz guitar lessons Scott Henderson Steve Bailey & Greg Bissonette - Fusion Jam Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:50:45 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/sergei_roudzinski?rev=1175674987 Sergei Roudzinski is a versatile jazz-rock guitarist and composer from St.Petersburg, Sergei Roudzinski - Guitar Hero 2006 Finalist Sergei and his interpreter came all the way from Russia to rock Guitar Hero 2006. The 10 Finalists for The Guitar Hero 2006 Competition * Trey Alexander - winner of the Guitar Player Magazine‘s title of Guitar Hero for 2006 * Patrick Woods - Second place * David Powers - Second runner-up * Sergei Roudzinski * Joe Cefalu * Ed DeGenaro * Josh K… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:07 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/setup?rev=1175674988 See also * Truss rod * Intonation * Action Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:08 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/sheryl_bailey?rev=1228833101 -- Sheryl Bailey is an harmonically ingenious American jazz guitarist, composer, band leader, and educator. She is Assistant Professor of Guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She is the leader of the modern jazz organ-based The Sheryl Bailey Three. Her book “The Chord Rules” can be ordered from her website. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:31:41 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/shredding_parody?rev=1175674988 Fastest guitar shredding solo ever This rare footage of the Colombian guitarist known simply as Axel documents record-breaking guitar shredding speeds of nearly 10,000 notes per second. Current technology lacks the sophistication to fully duplicate the rapidity of the finger motion or articulation of every note, as does human sensory perception, but the soaring spiritual essence of the music is still captured in these few seconds of film.. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:08 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/sidebar?rev=1254194205 * JGP Wiki Home * Guitar gadgets * Guitarcodex * Scales finder * Chords & Scales * Chord decoder * Chord arpeggios * Chord finder * Pat Martino's dim7 insights * Guitaroogle * Backing tracks * Jazz Guitar Books NEW! * Jazz Guitar Videos * Guitarists * Guitar software * VST Host Applications * VST plugins Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:16:45 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/slash_chords?rev=1206085060 A slash chord is a chord notation that specify a bass note after a forward slash, such as C/B, which is a C major triad, with a B in the bass. The slash chord notation can be used to express inversions of triads: C major consist of the tones C E G. The inversions can be expressed like C/E, and C/G. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:37:40 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/sonny_greenwich?rev=1221681346 Sonny Greenwich is a canadian_jazz_guitarists. External links * Encyclopedia of Music in Canada - Biographies - Composers - Greenwich, Sonny * Sonny Greenwich on Kleo Records! - Kleo Records is an independant jazz label, founded by Katherine Klassen-Greenwich to promote the music of legendary Canadian jazz guitarist/composer Sonny Greenwich. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:55:46 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/spanish_guitar?rev=1221377660 University Musical Encyclopedia - A history Of Music “” ’“”’“”’’“’”’“” Universal Digital Library ---------- See Musical instrument, classical guitar, flamenco guitar External links * Make Your Own Spanish Guitar by A.P. Sharpe. A free illustrated book from 1957, of interesting to those who would want to build or know more about the art of building a spanish guitar. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:34:20 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/standard_tuning?rev=1181296316 Standard tuning is the most common tuning for the guitar: E A D g b e’. For bass guitar: E, A, D, g. e'|----- 1st String (thin, highest tone) e' --- 329.6 Hz b|-------- 2nd String b ---------------------- 246.92 Hz g|---------- 3rd String g -------------------- 196.0 Hz D|----------- 4th String D ------------------- 146.8 Hz A|------------- 5th String A ----------------- 110 Hz E|---------------- 6th String(thick) E ------- 82.4 Hz Standard tuning for some other stringe… Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:51:56 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/start?rev=1271425014 Submit your site to Guitaroogle The Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute Jazz Guitar Pro (JGP) is a wiki for aspiring jazz guitarists - anyone can edit - and add to the usefulness of JGP. You’ll find the content on the JGP Wiki - Guitar gadgets, list of jazz guitarist, Jazz Guitar Videos and articles in the menu and Index og Pages on the right. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:36:54 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/steve_giordano?rev=1224211801 Steve Giordano is an American Jazz Guitarist and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. His main band is Spacetet - with Bob Meashey (trumpet/flugle horn) Peter Cobb (alto sax), Brian Howell (bass) John Mosemann (drums/percussion) - playing original compositions and harmonically expanded jazz standards, impressionistic jazz. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:50:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/steve_khan?rev=1219126848 Risto Toppola is a Finnish jazz guitarist, composer and guitarteacher at the Sibelius Academy and Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory, and he is a lecturer in jazz at the Pohjois-Savo Polytechnic. He has his own trio, the Risto Toppola Trio with Timo Hirvonen on bass, and Jussi Lehtonen (drums). He is the lad guitarist in the Finnish jazz band LUME. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:20:48 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/steve_morse?rev=1175674991 Steve Morse, (born July 28, 1954, Hamilton, Ohio, USA) is an American rock and fusion jazz guitarist. He was the lead guitarist of Deep Purple since 1994. for five years in a row, between 1982 and 1986, he was voted the ‘Best Guitarist’ by readers of ‘Guitar Player’ magazine. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:11 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/stomping_at_the_savoy?rev=1176238325 “Stomping at the Savoy” is a jazz standard in C Major composed by Edgar Sampson in 1936. Time sig: 4/4. Form: AABA. Video Ella Fitzgerald sings "Stomping at the Savoy", UK 1961 Great clip of Ella Fitzgerald singing “Stomping at the Savoy”, in UK 1961 - Oscar Peterson Trio Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:52:05 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/string_height?rev=1175674991 String height or action on a guitar, is the height of the strings from top of the frets to the bottom of the strings. See Action Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:11 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/stringed_instrument?rev=1182400738 Stringed instrument Stringed instruments (or chordophones) are instruments in which the sound is produced by vibrating strings. Stringed instruments include among other the guitar, the lute, the violin family, harp, the piano and so on. They can be subdivided according to the manner the sound is generated: bowed, plucked, hammered (or striked). Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:38:58 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/sustain?rev=1175674992 Sustain er et musikkuttrykk for hvor lang tid tonen klinger på et musikkinstrument -dvs, tiden fra tonen begynner å klinge til den ikke lenger er hørbar. På en gitar fra en streng settes i bevegelse, slås an, klimpres, til tonen ikke lenger er hørbar. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:12 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/sweep_picking?rev=1175674992 Sweep Picking Video Sweep Picking Guitar Lesson with Howie Simon Guitarist Howie Simon teaches how to Sweep Pick Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:12 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tablature?rev=1175674993 A Tablature (tabs) or Guitar tab, or sometimes tabulature, is a form of musical notation for guitar and other fretted stringed instruments, which shows fingeringing, rather than notes (staff notation of ordinary sheet music) - i.e. guitar tabs tells players where to place their fingers on the fretboard rather than what pitches to play. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:13 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/take_the_a_train?rev=1175674993 “Take the a train” is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1941, and was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington. Form: AABA Key: C External links * Smithsonian Jazz Class - Duke's Music Class - Listen to Take the A Train in RealAudio. * Jam Central Station - Take the A Train - Free jam track from Vision Music. * The Guitarguy's Golden Classics * SongTrellis - Listen to the chord changes of Take the a train in MIDI sound format, and view the score as a GIF imag… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:13 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tal_farlow?rev=1201863158 Video Tal Farlow performs “Body and Soul“ ---------- Tal Farlow performs “Autumn In New York” (solo) ---------- The Tal Farlow Trio performing “I Hear a Rhapsody“ Excerpt from the film “Talmage Farlow” by Lorenzo DeStefano, featuring Tal Farlow, Tommy Flanagan, and Red Mitchell. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:52:38 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tapping?rev=1176321128 Guitarists tappers * Erik Mongrain * Stanley Jordan * Enver Izmalov * Eddie Van Halen * Joe Satriani * Steve Vai Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:52:08 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ted_greene?rev=1191667374 Ted Green (1946 - 2005) is a legendary jazz guitarist, teatcher. Books by Ted Green * Chord Chemistry * Modern Chord Progressions * Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Volumes 1 & 2 Video Ted Greene - Playing the Blues - December 2003 Ted improvising the blues. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:42:54 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/test?rev=1221531926 01:23 “Chat with Pat” by Barry Greene from the CD: “At Home”. 4) “Sojourner” by Barry Greene from the CD: “Sojourner”. [Image Description] Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:25:26 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/the_schillinger_system_of_musical_composition?rev=1175674994 The Schillinger System of Musical Composition External Links * Joseph Schillinger System of Musical Composition * The Schillinger Community Forum Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:14 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/there_will_never_be_another_you?rev=1216227191 Jazz standard ---------- Comping lesson on “There Will Never Be Another You”. Go to that site to find guitar chord charts, tabs and backing track for that lesson: jazzguitar.be ---------- herb_ellis accompanied by Eldon Shamblin performs “There’ll Never Be Another You”: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:53:11 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/things_ain_t_what_they_used_to_be?rev=1205657118 Things Ain’t What They Used To Be by Duke Ellington Doug McKenzie Website | WMA | midi | Lead Sheet Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:45:18 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tim_berens?rev=1221556162 Tim Berens is an American orchestral guitarist, jazz guitarist, and arranger. He is the guitarist for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Tim performs on the mandolin, banjo, and bouzouki in addition to the electric, classical, and steel string acoustic guitars. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:09:22 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tips?rev=1262351297 Tips for beginning jazz guitarists Never skip your warmup routine Learn the “jazz language” * Listen to recordings * Run through Real Book jazz charts while listening to the recordings. (Ralph Patt Vanilla Book online, realbook.us The Fake Book Index) * Transcribe (Seventh String Software Transcribe!) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:08:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tommy_emmanuel?rev=1175674995 * Official homepage Tommy Emmanuel Early History Interview Tommy Emmanuel early history interview, clips of his childhood and his present songs. Includes full version of Tommy’s tune “Mombasa” at the end of the interview Video Source: <http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/promoters-media/multimedia.asp> Direct Download: <http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/promoters-media/multimedia/TE_Early_History_Interviews.mpg> Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:15 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/transcription?rev=1195939303 The act and art of notating - notes, beat and tempo from - a recorded piece of music. Eksternal links Her is a list of helpful articles, tools and sites featuring jazz transcriptions. Changes * The Vanilla Book chord changes for jazz standards. Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:21:43 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/triad?rev=1175674995 See triads Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:15 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/triads?rev=1214222341 A triad is a three-voice chord with a root, the 3rd and the 5h (from the root). A triad is the basis of all chords. although in many chords the fifth is not played. Doubling: On the guitar. thriads often occur with more than three notes. Often one or more of the notes in the triad is doubled. In a doubled triad, the root, the third, or the fifth is doubled. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:59:01 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tritone?rev=1176022940 A tritone (a.k.a. augmented fourth, diminished fifth,) is a flat 5 above a root. It consist of an interval of 3 whole steps -i.e. 6 semitones (frets) above a root note. As the diatonic scale consist in 6 whole steps, at tritone is also called a half octave. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:02:20 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/truss_rod?rev=1175674997 Truss Rod is a rod inside the neck of the guitar that is used for adjusting and stabilizing the neck. Truss rods are needed to to insure that the neck has a profile or bend that allows for optimum playability. The neck is exposed to mechanical stress. Change in air humidity (local climate) or different string gauges can adds or remove tension to the neck. To counteract that you adjust the truss rod. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tube_amp?rev=1175674997 tube amp External Links FAQ: R.G. Keen's tube amp FAQ. Most recent revision level is Version 1.10, appx. 3/29/96 Tubes Versus Transistors - Is There An Audible Difference? by Russell O. Hamm, Journal of The Audio Engineering Society, Presented September 14, 1972. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:17 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tuck_andress?rev=1215338715 Tuck Andress, guitarist Tuck is well known for his perfected finger-style technique. Read his booklet on right-hand techniques, Pick & Fingerstyle Techniques. Video Tuck Andress Unleashed! “This is a promotional Hot Licks video for a teaching video that Tuck Andress did some years ago. He’s the closest thing we have to the late Joe Pass, other than Mimi Fox.” Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:05:15 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/tuning?rev=1215019651 Tuning the guitar basicly means to prepare the pitches of the strings so that they are in certain interval relations to one another, so as to be in tune. When strings are out of tune - pitch are either too high or too low, corresponding to sharp or flat, respectively. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:27:31 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/twangyness?rev=1175674999 Twangyness or twanging of pitches is the individual colour that each individual pitch has. Twangynes of pitches is on of the things that makes tuning the guitar difficult. The color is the individuality of tone that people that has absolute or perfect pitch talk about. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:19 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/ulf_wakenius?rev=1181486291 Ulf Wakenius is a Swedish jazz guitarist Video Ulf Wakenius with the late jazz bass Ray Brown, the Danish pianist Niels Lan Doky, Michael Brecker on tenor sax, and Terri Lyne Carrington on drums. You Are So Beautiful "Blues In The Bassment" Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:38:11 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/vic_juris?rev=1221599354 [Image from the Mel Bay CD with Vic Juris, Jimmy Bruno, and Corey Christiansen that reached the top slot on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart for January 15, 2007. The JazzWeek chart measures radio airplay in North America.] Vic Juris (1953), born Victor E. Jurusz Jr., is a jazz guitarist, composer, educator and band leader. He is part of the David Liebman Group. He currently teaches at The New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, and Lehigh University. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:09:14 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/victor_saumarez?rev=1202028031 Victor Saumarez (1956) is a british mainstream-gypsy-latin style jazz guitarist born in Suffolk, UK. He now lives in L.A. Gear: Manson Bluebird Acoustic guitar. Albums: Swing Strings; Melange; Binding Time; Turning Back; Going Solo External links * JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS: Victor Saumarez is the author of several jazz guitar e-books, that you can see samples from on Victor Saumarez website. * Victor Saumarez YouTube page Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:40:31 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/victor_wooten?rev=1175674999 Victor Lemonte Wooten is an American virtuoso electric bass guitar player and is regarded by many of his peers as one of the finest players to emerge in the 1990s. He is sometimes referred to as “the Michael Jordan of bass”. Video See also Billy Sheehan Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:19 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/videolessons?rev=1182927592 Browse or search for whatevers on the Youtube database. If you find a good video that you want to share with other users of JazzGuitarPro.com (JGP) - add it to the wiki, so that others can find it too (see below). Conveniently browse & search for youtube videos right here at jazzguitarpro.com. The default search is Jazz Guitar Videos. Search for jazz tunes, jazz guitarist and stuff like that in the complete youtube video database. And, if you find some really good videos, include the youtub… Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:59:52 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/videos?rev=1207197054 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:30:54 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/voice_leading?rev=1175675000 music‘voice leading’succesivepitchessimultaneousvoicesroot positiontriadchord“”“”“”“”homophonicpolyphonicstepdiatonic functionality counterpoint “”common tone“” ‘auditory stream’melodicpsychoacousticcontrapuntal“timbretempo”melodic Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:20 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/vst?rev=1175675000 Virtual Studio Technology You need a plugin host -- i.e. a VST Host Application -- to be able to use your VST Effects Plugins (and VST Instruments Plugins). For free VST effects and instruments plugins, and even news and reviews of commercial VST effects, instruments and hosts, see KVR VST Audio Plug-in Resources. KVR VST lists hundreds of freeware instrument and effect plug-ins that can be downloaded on the web. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:20 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/vst_application?rev=1205560158 See VST Host Applications and VST plugins Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:49:18 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/vst_host_applications?rev=1224312120 VST Host applications, or VST hosts are audio applications with support for VST plugins. Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and recording systems. Thousands of plugins exist, both commercial and freeware, and VST is supported by a large number of audio applications (Digital Audio Workstation for recording, editing, mixing and play back of digital audio) like REAPER, Steinberg Cubase, Sony Vegas, Samplit… Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:42:00 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/vst_plugins?rev=1224308322 You need a VST Host Application to be able to use VST plugins. Some plugins come as standalone applications. VST plugins * AudioMastermind - free VST instruments and free VST effects. * KVR Audio - News and Resource site for open-standard audio plug-ins - Virtual Instruments, Hosts and Effects * Blue Cat's Freeware Effects Plugins Bundle Pack (Win & Mac) - Chorus, Peak Meter, Flanger, FreqAnalyst, Gain Suite, Phaser, Stereo Chorus, Stereo Flanger, Triple EQ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:38:42 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/walking_bass?rev=1182881059 Lessons Jazz guitar - walking bass lesson in C, by Kevin Van Sant. A short 2-5-1 lesson on chords and walking bass accompaniment, explaining how to play chords and walking bass lines simultaneously for jazz guitarists. Kevin Van Sant is a jazz guitarist and guitar instructor based in Durham, North Carolina. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:04:19 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/weather_report?rev=1182205403 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:23:23 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/wes_montgomery?rev=1175675001 [Wes Montgomery] John ‘Wes’ Montgomery Recommended Albums * 1963 - “Boss Guitar” New York, Wes Montgomery Trio. * 1965 - “Smokin’ at the Half Note“, vol 1 and 2, recorded live in New York. with Wynton Kelly’s trio. * 1962 - “Full House” - Wes Montgomery Quintet Live. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/whole-tone_scale?rev=1216047021 Wayne Shorter‘“JuJu”John Coltrane‘One Down, One UpImpressions Art TatumThelonious Monk A whole-tone scale is a symmetrical scale comprised of whole-step intervals only, i.e. each note in the scale is separated by two semitones. Thus there’s six notes to the octave in a whole-tone scale, Really an inspiration to try, creating an dreamy augmented sound. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:50:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/whole_tone?rev=1175675001 A whole tone is equal to two semitones. The octave consist of six whole tones. Not seven. Also see Whole tone scale Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/whole_tone_scale?rev=1175675001 See Whole-tone scale Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:23:21 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/zakk_wylde?rev=1187733284 Zakk Wylde, black metal, Gear: Gibsen Les Paul Bullseye, “The Grail”, with EMG pickups Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:54:44 -0400 http://www.jazzguitarpro.com/zz_top?rev=1182207568 ZZ Top is a cool blues rock trio from Huston, Texas, with quite a distinct tone and style both musically and as to their “cheap sunglasses”, “Texas goatees” (chest-length beard) and matching clothing. ZZ Top has been around for ages. It was formed in 1969 by Billy Gibbons (guitar, classic 1959 Gibson Les Paul using a quarter as a pick), Dusty Hill (bass), and Frank Beard (drums). They have remain together and are still touring: zztop.com - official home page. Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:59:28 -0400