Jazz band directors and guitarists… I hope you got a lot out of the workshops this weekend. Here are links to my handout, some new videos, plus a great book you should check out.
You probably noticed the tabs on the homepage of the website. There’s one for directors, one for students, another for guitarist, plus a few more. Make sure you click on whichever one applies to you, and check out all the great info that’s there.
My handout for this weekend has info on getting a good jazz sound, comping ideas, essential chord positions, etc. Here’s the handout:
This is THE book on Latin Jazz guitar:
And, here are new videos on getting THE sound, and on comping:
Guitarists need to warm up, too. Here are some of the warmups I do.
Want to be able to play in any key? You’ll need to know the major scale fingerings up/and down the neck. Here are the positions I recommend. There’s a video as well (it’s Part 1… there’s a part 2 also!)