You may have heard that jazz guitar players artfully play ‘wrong’ notes. However, if you just play at random frets you’ll probably sound more like a crashed train than Coltrane. A better way to think ...

Guitar skills: Major and minor chords (called ‘triads’) are made of three major scale notes. Triads are made of stacked 3rd intervals - simply play a note, miss the next note, then play the following ...

What’s included with this deal This bundle includes courses on fundamental techniques, soloing, improvisation, jazz, blues, bluegrass, Christmas songs and more. Designed for electric, acoustic or ...

Like the major chords, minor chords are used throughout every style of music. They’re also some of the easiest shapes to play. The chances are you learned a few minor chords in your first lessons. And ...

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites. Credit..

Wondering how Marty Schwartz became the one-man brand known as Marty Music, responsible for teaching countless people how to play the guitar over the last 15 years or so via lessons on his YouTube ...

Prior to the advent of electrical amplification, the role of the guitar in jazz was strictly that of a chorded rhythm instrument, chugging along with the bass and drums and helping to propel whatever ...