I really like this style of phrasing, take some great examples like McCoy Tyner, and a lot of the 'hard bop' jazz cats. The basic idea is this: take a scale, in…

This is a guest post by Mike Outram.  Mike is a London based guitarist, professor at Trinity College of Music and The Royal Academy of Music with performing credits including Tony Levin,…

I posted this diagram on a different blog page ages ago, but I had so many emails about it that I wanted to post an update and some new pictures…

I was lucky enough to study with Vic Juris in the early 90's. Today I stumbled into a couple of great lessons on youtube  and I wanted to share them…

Giant Steps has always been a challenging standard to play, in this video I give a few tips on how to approach this famous tune.

The Chords (from the fake book-as…