About this Jam Track:
This minor guitar backing track, with a Latin feel, works well with G blues and minor pentatonic scales. The final chord of the progression is D7, so work in the G harmonic minor scale if you like.
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
