About this Jam Track:

G blues and minor pentatonic scales are going to help you capture the mood when soloing over this smooth R&B guitar jam track. Chord number 2 in the progression requires G harmonic minor, so raise all those F notes up one fret to F#.

Track details:

  • Key: Gm
  • Tempo: Slow
  • Suggested Scales: Blues Scale, Minor Pentatonic, Harmonic Minor Scale

Effortless Guitar - Smooth Jazz Techniques

From a guitarist's perspective, Smooth Jazz is more like instrumental rhythm and blues guitar, funk and pop music! It is a vibrant playground of great jazz guitar grooves, sophisticated blues-based harmonies, and lush orchestration - in the tradition of James Brown, Tower of Power, Earth, Wind and Fire and Carlos Santana. It is where jazz, rock, pop, funk, r&b, and Latin guitar styles all come together on the guitar. This smooth jazz guitar lesson DVD will help you to master this jazz guitar style, extending your knowledge of jazz guitar harmony, blues guitar techniques, funk rhythm guitar skills and a keen, lyrical sense of melody in a variety of jazz guitar tone and amp settings. Richard Smith is a session player and recording artist who lives in Los Angeles, California. He is also a Senior Professor and Chair of the Studio/Jazz Guitar department at the University of Southern California