Jazz Guitar Lessons
Here is the list of jazz guitar lessons available on this site. Lessons are added regularly, subscribe to our newsletter to be notified of new guitar lessons.
All guitar lessons here are organized into 9 categories: scales, arpeggios and patterns, jazz styles, guitar technique, how to improvise over..., jazz standards, music theory, beginner guitar lessons and miscellaneous lessons.
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Guitar Scales
The Modes
What are modes, how do you play them on guitar and how can they help you to improvise over a chord progression?
Part 1: Guitar Modes
Part 2: Guitar Scale Charts
The Bebop Scale
The bebop scale, a technique first used by Charlie Parker and other pioneer bebop musicians, is a good first step to a jazz sound. In this lesson you'll learn the theory and application of the bebop scale + examples with guitar tabs.
The Lydian Dominant Scale
Tritone substitution is a common substitution for dominant chords. The lydian dominant scale is the scale you can use to improvise over such chords. Learn how in this guitar lesson + examples.
The Pentatonic Scale for Jazz Guitar
The pentatonic scale (or blues scale) is usually the first scale you learn on the guitar. Pentatonic scales are often used to do a guitar solo in blues, rock and pop music, but they are also very useful in jazz, although in a less common way.
The Altered Scale
The altered scale is used to improvise over dominant chords with altered extensions. You will learn how and when to use the altered scale + examples (with guitar tablature).
Chromatics
Put some jazz into your guitar scales. In this lesson you'll learn how to add chromatic notes to your improvisations.
Chromatic Scale Exercise
Here's a powerful exercise that combines scales and chromatic notes. This results in an instant jazz flavor.
Melodic Minor Modes
Scale charts for the modes of the melodic minor scale + the chords on which you can use them.
Minor Blues Guitar Scales
In this guitar lesson you'll learn which scales you can use to improvise over a basic minor blues...
Exotic Guitar Scales
Add some colors to your sound by learning some exotic scales from all over the world: Arabian, Japanese, Oriental, Jewish, Indian, Gypsy, ...
Guitar Scales: Playing Horizontally
Another way of playing guitar scales that adds new perspectives: the horizontal approach
Dissononace, Resolution & Note Enclosure
How to use dissonance and resolution to bring life into your guitar solos...
Guitar Scales: the Suspended Sound
Sometimes less is more: bring some variety to the way you play pentatonic scales by omitting notes.
Guitar Arpeggios & Jazz Patterns
Jazz Guitar 101: Arpeggios
The Never Ending Jazz Guitar Lick
This guitar lick is a good exercise to get some common chromatic patterns into your fingers. Learn the never ending jazz guitar lick and amaze your friends :-)
Voice Leading for Guitar
Use voice leading to give your solos meaning and structure. Let your chords and phrases flow smoothly into each other.
Jazz Guitar Patterns
Patterns are small melodic or rhythmic building blocks for your guitar solos and phrases.
Triads Over Minor Chords
Create interesting melodic phrases on minor chords by alternating triads.
Jazz Styles
Latin Guitar
An introduction to guitar techniques used in Latin music: bossa nova chord patterns, montunos, the clave.
Jazz Blues Guitar
In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to play blues the jazzy way: blues scales and the blue note, blues chords and chord progressions, double stops.
Bebop
Every jazz musician should be familiar with the bebop language. In this lesson you'll learn some classic bebop techniques.
Rhythm Changes
A guide to rhythm changes on the guitar: chord progressions, techniques and examples.
Guitar Technique
Guitar Technique & Warm Up Exercises
Doing these exercises daily are a guaranteed way to gain fluency, speed and accuracy on your guitar.
Finger Stretching Exercises
These technique exercises will increase the reach and fluidity of your fingers.
Bach Classical Guitar
Bach for guitar: a good and fun way to improve you jazz guitar technique is to play Bach compositions. This is Bach's sonata for solo violin no.1 in G minor (with guitar tabs).
Timing Drills
These timing exercises are a guaranteed way to improve your timing: fun with a metronome.
How To Improvise Over...
Major Chords
14 ways to play over major chords.
Minor Chords
13 ways to play over minor chords.
Half Diminished Chords
13 ways to play over half diminished chords (m7b5).
Jazz Guitar Chords
All about jazz guitar chords, from beginner to advanced players...
Playing Jazz Standards
Stella By Starlight
In this video guitar lesson you will learn how to play the melody of Stella by Starlight in a guitar trio, chord/melody style.
There Will Never Be Another You
Learn how to do jazz guitar comping over the standard There Will Never Be Another You (video lesson).
All The Things You Are
The harmonic analysis of the ever popular standard All The Things You Are + guitar examples (w guitar tabs).
Autumn Leaves in 5/4
An arrangement of the classic jazz standard Autumn Leaves in an odd meter: 5/4.
Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
In this guitar lesson you will learn how to improvise over Giant Steps' chord changes.
Jazz Guitar Sheet Music
Sheet music for jazz standards and originals can be found here.
Jazz Guitar Endings
How to end a song is just as important as how to begin one. Here are 10 classic ways to end a song.
Music Theory Lessons
Jazz Guitar Chords Theory
Upper Structure Triads
A music theory lesson about upper structure triads + a list of the ones that work best.
Beginner Guitar & Theory Lessons
How To Read Guitar Tabs
In this guitar lesson for beginners you'll learn how to read guitar tabs.
The Major Scale
The first in a series of basic music theory lessons: you'll learn how to construct major scales.
Guitar Improvisation
Learn how to improvise over the most common jazz chord progression: the 2 5 1. In this lesson we use the Ionian mode.
Miscellaneous Guitar Lessons
Jazz Guitar Tips
A list of miscellaneous short jazz guitar tips...
How to Get a Jazz Guitar Tone
Besides your fingers and ears you also need the gear: guitars, guitar amps and other musical equipment that help shape your jazz guitar sound.
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