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Jazz Guitar Patterns & Phrases Volume 1

Jazz Guitar Patterns & Phrases Volume 1
All The Things You Are
Jazz Guitar Patterns
Jazz Guitar Phrases
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Online course + printable PDF eBook (319 pages) | Tabs, notation, audio & backing tracks | Instant access | Works on all devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, Apple, Linux, and Android

Have you noticed your guitar solos often sound the same, even after hours of practicing scales and arpeggios? Do your improvised solos still miss that authentic jazz feel, and do you keep playing the same things over and over?

I created this course by transcribing solos from jazz legends like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Charlie Parker, and many others.

I noticed that many of their solos use the same patterns over and over, and these patterns are the foundation of the jazz language.

In this course, you’ll learn these simple and finger-friendly patterns.

They are building blocks that are easy to remember and use in your own improvisation, based on melodic and rhythmic ideas found in real jazz solos.

Have you noticed your guitar solos often sound the same, even after hours of practicing scales and arpeggios? Do your improvised solos still miss that authentic jazz feel, and do you keep playing the same things over and over?

I created this course by transcribing solos from jazz legends like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Charlie Parker, and many others.

I noticed that many of their solos use the same patterns over and over, and these patterns are the foundation of the jazz language.

In this course, you’ll learn these simple and finger-friendly patterns.

They are building blocks that are easy to remember and use in your own improvisation, based on melodic and rhythmic ideas found in real jazz solos.

Why learn patterns?

I think you’ll agree that practicing scales and arpeggios is an important part of mastering jazz guitar. These tools are an essential ingredient of the jazz guitar solo, but you need more than just scales and arpeggios to make your solos truly sound like jazz.

To really speak the language of jazz, you need to build your jazz vocabulary. This is why players practice licks and learn solos from the masters.
Learning licks is helpful, but they can be tough to use in your own solos without sounding forced. This is because licks taken out of context don’t always fit your personal style.
This is where patterns help. Jazz patterns are short musical ideas (melodic cells) that connect your technical skills (scales and arpeggios) to your vocabulary and improve your jazz improvisation.
 
Think of scales and arpeggios as the alphabet of jazz. Patterns are the words you form, and licks are the sentences you create. Using them together helps you turn your solos into stories that people want to hear.
 
Many of the greatest jazz patterns of all time are surprisingly simple, but incredibly effective when used in the right context.
Jazz Guitar Patterns
Jazz Guitar Patterns

What will you learn in this course?

  • You'll learn 87 classic jazz guitar patterns (+ variations) that are easy to remember and use in your solos.
  • We’ll cover all the guitar-friendly positions for each pattern, so you won’t get stuck on the fretboard.
  • You’ll get 8 video studies based on jazz standards, showing you how to use these patterns in real music. Songs include Blues for Alice, The Days of Wine and Roses, There Will Never Be Another You, All The Things You Are, Solar, Autumn Leaves, and Groovin' High.
  • There are also 14 shorter studies that show how you can use a single pattern throughout a jazz standard, like The Shadow of Your Smile, Blues for Alice, All The Things You Are, All of Me, F blues, Bb blues, and more.
  • You’ll find 75 jazz guitar licks that show how to use these patterns in your own phrases.
  • We’ll go over common chord substitutions to help you add more harmonic variety to your solos.
  • You’ll learn how to use jazz scales like the altered scale, the bebop scale, and the harmonic minor scale.
  • We’ll explore the 1235 pattern, also known as the Coltrane pattern, along with some of its most useful variations.
  • You’ll discover the Cry Me a River motif and learn how to use it over different chords.
  • We’ll cover the Honeysuckle Rose motif and other classic bebop patterns.
  • And there’s much more to explore!

What you get with Jazz Guitar Patterns & Phrases Volume 1

  • Get lifetime access to the online course, where you can ask questions, add bookmarks, and play both video and audio.
  • Download a printable PDF (319 pages).
  • 8 videos (online player and downloadable) with adjustable tempo to suit your practice.
  • 233 audio examples (online player and downloadable) with adjustable tempo.
  • Practice with 28 backing tracks, available online or for download, and change the tempo as needed.
  • Follow along with standard notation and guitar tabs, complete with helpful annotations.
  • Access Guitar Pro 7 files for in-depth study and practice.
  • Use Band in a Box files to enhance your practice sessions.
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34 reviews for Jazz Guitar Patterns & Phrases Volume 1

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Christopher Mpofu (verified owner) –

    This is a great course Dirk, I agree with the student who was “still stuck in scale and arpeggio land.” I’m there too. Those are helpful for finding appropriate notes, but this course hones in on the language of jazz.

  2. Rated 4 out of 5

    Daniel Jandac –

    Díky, mohu doporučit, pěkně jsem se vyblbnul než jsem se některé pasáže naučil hrát 🙂

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bruno Bricambert (verified owner) –

    Super Génial ! Bien structuré ! Hyper pédagogique

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    John Pritchard (verified owner) –

    I’ve had this course for 1 day and LOVE it. The concept is brilliant and just what I needed. Many other courses I’ve tried give arpeggios, scales etc and suggest that you make up phrases based on what sounds good to you. It’s like trying to learn a language, you need words rather than just an alphabet. Then you need some understanding of how the words connect and some idiomatic examples. I’m so glad I found this course. Thank you so much. I’m working through the Blues For Alice example at the beginning and have learned so much already. It’s really good fun.

  5. Rated 5 out of 5

    David Swanepoel (verified owner) –

    Dirk, your courses are the best as far as I am concerned. Well organized and orchestrated. Thanks for loving Jazz and Jazz musicians!

  6. Rated 5 out of 5

    Xin Jazzier (verified owner) –

    Find those patterns really interesting. It’s good to practice those from time to time.

  7. Rated 5 out of 5

    james goodman (verified owner) –

    Excellent source of real jazz vocabulary. Waiting on volume 2.

  8. Rated 5 out of 5

    Manuel JIMENEZ (verified owner) –

    Llevo un 26 % de curso, voy lento porque quiero sentar una buena base para afrontar correctamente los siguientes capítulos de forma efectiva. Esta manera de enfocar el estudio se debe a que después de haber visto por encima todas las lecciones y comprobar que los contenidos están muy bien organizados, conectados entre sí y explicados, entiendo que, ante un material didáctico de calidad, es necesario dedicarle el tiempo suficiente para poder disfrutarlo y sacar un buen provecho. Enhorabuena Dirk, espero que sigas ofreciendo cursos!!!

  9. Rated 5 out of 5

    Martin Davis (verified owner) –

    I have looked at many resources for learning jazz. If I could choose only one, this would be it. With this course, you can learn to improvise or to improve your improvisational skills relatively quickly. There is a wealth of usable information in this course. It is like “one-stop shopping” for learning jazz improvisation.

  10. Rated 5 out of 5

    Eric Lalumiere (verified owner) –

    Jazz soloing always felt inaccessible to me. Like some sort of alien language spoken only by those with musical college degrees. That was until now. This course is very well structured and helps to demystify how to construct effective jazz phrasing. I finally feel like I’m learning how to speak that language instead of trying to regurgitate phrases from others who have said them before me.
    I can’t thank Dirk enough for creating this. This is amazing work!

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