Recently, a visitor to my site asked me the following question: “My Instructor wants me to sit in with a group of guys at small gig. I don’t think i’m ready for this because I still make too many mistakes. I respect your wisdom so what do you think?” I’ve decided to answer this question […]
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I’m a real big fan of Latin jazz and it’s great to hear awesome jazz guitarists like George Benson play in this style. Here are a few videos showing him play 3 Latin tunes in a smooth jazz guitar style: Brazilian Stomp, Affirmation and El Mar. 1. Brazilian Stomp, a tune he recorded with Earl
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Some of you have asked that I produce a transcription of the solo that I played in this video here: http://learnjazzguitar.com/2008/02/27/just-friends/ I’m happy to report that I have completed the PDF chart for you to download. Here’s what you get: Standard Notation – An accurate transcription of all the notes that I played in that
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I just created a section called “Jam Tracks”. See the link at the top of the page. Here, I will periodically post backing tracks of popular jazz standards. I may also post some of my own jam tracks there. I have already posted one jazz standard. Check it out. Leon
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The first video in this lesson demonstrates how to play a 2-5-1 phrase in the key of F. Gm7-C7-FMaj7. The concept that I used to create this phrase is the same as with the phrase that we learned last time. I’m basically using a Gm7 arpeggio and then transitioning to a diminished substitution to the
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In the following video, I show how to play a nice 2-5-1 phrase in the key of C. Dm7-G7-Cmaj7. The ii-V-I progression is the most popular chord progression in all of jazz. It’s critical that you learn how to play over this progression. Take you time with this lick. Rhythmically, it might be a little
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Below is a short video clip of me playing the song, “Just Friends” when I was testing my video setup. [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDRgC5vSMoo&w=480&h=390]
I decided to create a video presentation giving more of a detailed overview of the structure of the Norman Brown lesson series. It will give you more of an idea of what to expect. Let me know if you have any questions. Part 1 of the series should hopefully be posted this weekend if I
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In one of my previous posts, I made an important point that jazz is in fact a language and it’s important to learn that language from master jazz musicians by listening to them regularly. So, going forward I’m going to be focusing on some of the language of these musicians. We’ll take some of their
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A while back, I sent out an email to my newsletter readers asking if they had any questions that they would like answered on my site. Some people had questions, some people didn’t . I stated in the email that those asking good questions would receive a free “gift” from me. Unfortunately, I haven’t really got
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