Play Better Jazz Guitar in 30 Days Series

[m78w]

This month on my site, instead of posting general lessons that aren't related to each other, at least in a row, I thought it would be fun to run a series of articles called "Play Better Jazz Guitar in 30 Days"

Each day's article will feature a different topic ranging from scales and modes, to chords and comping, to ear training, learning tunes and the dreaded topic of sight reading.

If you're interested you can follow each new article as it goes live at the following link:

Play Better Jazz Guitar in 30 Days | MattWarnockGuitar.com

And I'll post each new lesson in this thread so you can find them easily.

The first lesson went live this morning discussing ways to learn and practice the modes of the major scale

How to Practice Major Scale Modes for Jazz Guitar | MattWarnockGuitar.com

This was a fun project to put together so I hope you dig reading it as much as I did writing these 30 lessons!

[MGranada]

Going to check it out !!
Thx Matt !!
Miguel

[m78w]

Thanks Miguel, hope you dig it!

[JazzFanatik]

Originally Posted by m78w

This month on my site, instead of posting general lessons that aren't related to each other, at least in a row, I thought it would be fun to run a series of articles called "Play Better Jazz Guitar in 30 Days"

Each day's article will feature a different topic ranging from scales and modes, to chords and comping, to ear training, learning tunes and the dreaded topic of sight reading.

If you're interested you can follow each new article as it goes live at the following link:

Play Better Jazz Guitar in 30 Days | MattWarnockGuitar.com

And I'll post each new lesson in this thread so you can find them easily.

The first lesson went live this morning discussing ways to learn and practice the modes of the major scale

How to Practice Major Scale Modes for Jazz Guitar | MattWarnockGuitar.com

This was a fun project to put together so I hope you dig reading it as much as I did writing these 30 lessons!

This is great! Thanks I will definately be following thsi for the next 30 days!

[m78w]

Thanks man, hope you dig it, going to be a fun series!

[JazzFanatik]

Yeah man I had a few questions, I just posted them on the website though..bare with me, my vocabulary is not always up to par :/ So I may ask some pretty obvious (to everyone else) questions!

[Bflat]

Thanks for doing this. Looking forward to your articles.

Ps, are from brazil?

[m78w]

JazzFanatik: Saw the questions and answered them, hope that helped!

Bflat: I'm Canadian, lived in the US for 8 years and now live in Belo Horizonte Brazil.

[donojazz62220]

Thanks Matt!

I find that I am often wandering around in the doldrums. This will provide some direction.

[brwnhornet59]

Great job Matt!

[m78w]

Thanks Britt!

Dono, I cover a lot of different topics so hopefully it'll steer you into some cool directions and provide a lot of inspiration for the woodshed!

[bigdaddyguitar]

Thanks man , this is just what I need .

[m78w]

cool BDG, glad you dig it!

I've had people asking about getting the articles each day. here are some ways you can do that if you're curious.

if you commented on this thread, then when I post the new article each day you'll get an email alerting you

you can bookmark the main page for the 30 Day Project and just visit anytime after 9am EST when the new article will appear

you can subscribe to my RSS feed and have them delivered to your readers each day

or you can follow me on twitter or facebook and I'll send them out there as well

you can do any of those things, rss, fb or twitter, by clicking the links on the right side of any page on my site where it says "connect"

thanks for all the support everyone!

[m78w]

Here is day two's article, a lesson on learning and practicing dominant cycles. Something that is a great tool for any jazz guitarist, but that we often overlook in our practicing. Check it out!

Practicing Dominant Cycles to Become a Better Jazz Guitarist | MattWarnockGuitar.com

[Astronomer]

I'll definitely try this too!

[m78w]

Cool Astronomer, hope you dig it! Thanks for checking out the series.

[richard vandyne]

matt- just a clarification please. in your eecomendation for practice of the modes for the first day, should we be practicing all scales with all modes?? ascending and decending???

[m78w]

No no! lol that's way too much work, I recomended just spending a little time reviewing the major modes, or if you don't know them, pick one you don't know and learn it that day. You should always have a number of things going on in your practice routine, scales are just a part of that routine. So if you are unfamiliar with a mode learn that one, or review a mode you know with a new pattern, 3rds, triads etc, but don't spend more than 20-30 minutes on it before moving on to something else.

[wizard3739]

Matt: great website! It just keeps getting better & better.

wiz

[m78w]

thanks Wiz, appreciate the support!

[Atticus]

Definitely going to be following: your post on learning all the modes from slight modifications to the same fingerings was extremely helpful. I also really loved your post about analyzing Miles' solo on Kind of Blue.

[fep]

Originally Posted by m78w

The first lesson went live this morning discussing ways to learn and practice the modes of the major scale

How to Practice Major Scale Modes for Jazz Guitar | MattWarnockGuitar.com

This was a fun project to put together so I hope you dig reading it as much as I did writing these 30 lessons!

I opened up my Sibelius on my home PC desktop (because I finally got back home last weekend!), and wrote up some melodic sequences that I wanted to list for practicing the modes from Matt's first lesson. So let's call this a supplement to Matt's lesson.







Edit: That D note in measure 34 s/b an A note, I corrected it on the pdf below. I also reloaded the pdf as the previous one was reporting an error when you tried to open it. Seems there's a problem with the site? Anyways, I put it at Box.net if you want to download or print it:

Melodic Sequences.pdf - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

[brwnhornet59]

Hey Fep, that's great man. Thanx for taking the time to do this. And welcome home!

[m78w]

Originally Posted by Atticus

Definitely going to be following: your post on learning all the modes from slight modifications to the same fingerings was extremely helpful. I also really loved your post about analyzing Miles' solo on Kind of Blue.

Thanks man, glad you dug it, more to come!

[m78w]

Very cool man, thanks for sharing this with everyone!!

Originally Posted by fep

I opened up my Sibelius on my home PC desktop (because I finally got back home last weekend!), and wrote up some melodic sequences that I wanted to list for practicing the modes from Matt's first lesson. So let's call this a supplement to Matt's lesson.

[m78w]

Here is Day 3's lesson, a very cool technical exercise to help you develop finger dexterity and to get around those tricky 2 and 3 string barres with your 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers.

check it out!

The Rolle: Building Dexterity and Finger Control for Jazz Guitarists | MattWarnockGuitar.com

[barrymclark]

Very cool! I will go back and forth from the computer courses I do now to these! So that way it doesn't get stale.

Right now I am practicing playing majors, minors and doms (drop 2 and drop 3) in their first and subsequent inversions in all kinds of orders.

[m78w]

Very cool Barry, glad you dig it! If you're looking for a new chord voicing to check out, try Drop 2 and 4, very cool voicings and they add a nice mix to Drop 2 and Drop chords.

Drop 2 and 4 Chords | MattWarnockGuitar.com

[brwnhornet59]

Thanks for changing that Fep. It worked like a charm!!!

[m78w]

Here's day 4's article, talking about how you can use melodic accents to spice up your lines, check it out!

The Importance of Accents In Jazz Guitar Improvisation | MattWarnockGuitar.com