About this Jam Track:
Use A natural minor/Aeolian or Am pentatonic to solo over this smooth jazzy R&B guitar backing track. Watch out for the occasional E chord; for this you will need A harmonic minor - simply raise all those G notes to G#.
Track details:
- Key: Am
- Tempo: Slow
- Suggested Scales: Minor Scale, Minor Pentatonic, Aeolian, Harmonic Minor Scale
Effortless Guitar - Jazz Soloing Techniques
This jazz guitar soloing lesson DVD will introduce you to the world of octave guitar playing in the style of Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Joe Pass and Pat Metheny. Learn how to dramatically, musically and effortlessly expand your jazz guitar soloing using the all of the touch, taste, tone, time, and above all tude, as in attitude. Using octaves, guitarists can kick-up the melodic possibilities of their jazz guitar soloing, far beyond scales, standard jazz guitar licks and chords - and give the player powerful new tools for jazz guitar improvisation. Learn about octaves by learning easy to play contemporary jazz guitar pieces, in an effortless progression from the basics to some of the most advanced and expressive octave jazz guitar playing all In the course of one video! Sections include: Octave basics around the guitar neck using the thumb, fingers and pick for maximum versatility, jazz chord solo concepts using octaves blues guitar licks, scales and chromatic jazz guitar riffs in octaves, play jazz melodies expressively with octaves developing an awesome touch using right hand tonal guitar techniques, developing a naturally expressive style using jazz guitar soloing techniques such as expressive dynamic contouring plus expressive devices such as slurs, tremolo, slides, additional harmony beyond octaves Lots of jazz guitar solo ideas to develop and adapt into your own playing style.
