This solo was improvised over “Third Degree” from Jody’s Let’s Jam! Blues Standards collection of jam tracks. “Third Degree” is a slow 12 Bar Blues in D that was co-written by guitarist Willie Dixon and pianist Eddie Boyd in 1953. The song was later covered by blues legends like Eric Clapton, Jeff Healey, and Johnny Winter. Jody’s improvised solo lasts 24 measures and combines melodic runs, tasty bends, and blazing licks. The tab covers the […]
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Sugar Style Improvisation
Sugar Style Improvisation by Guy Fenocchi will teach you several different approaches to soloing over this jazz standard. Guy will show you how to play through the changes by covering ideas (scales, arpeggios) for each measure of the song. The concepts covered in this lesson will enable you to start creating and improvising your own […] To access this page, you must purchase a Premium Lesson Plan or log in to your account and return […]
Bossa Nova Improvisation 2
Bossa Nova Improvisation 2 by Guy Fenocchi is our second lesson on improvising solos for the jazz standard Blue Bossa. In this lesson, we’ll focus on smaller sections of the song so we can use more specific soloing ideas. We’ll use a variety of scales and arpeggios to improvise over each different chord of the […] To access this page, you must purchase a Premium Lesson Plan or log in to your account and return […]
Bossa Nova Improvisation 1
Bossa Nova Improvisation 1 by Guy Fenocchi will teach you an entry level approach to soloing over Blue Bossa. Guy will take you measure by measure through the song demonstrating which scales work for improvising and why. We’ve also created audio loops of four measure sections from the song to help you practice specific soloing […] To access this page, you must purchase a Premium Lesson Plan or log in to your account and return […]
E Major
For our last lesson, we’ll try playing along with a chord progression in E Major. We’ll start by learning the basic chords and strum pattern that are used by Player 1. We’ll then add different accents, chord voices, and tone ideas to add to the music and not just fill space. Lesson Material: PDF of […] Gain access to the Playing Rhythm with Others course and over 500 more exclusive lessons (full list) by starting a […]