Master the Art of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar
In this exercise I’ve taken the developed blues chord progression from my previous blog post, fingerstyle blues progression 2, and added a guide-tone line. For an explanation of guide-tone lines go to my original blog on the subject, guide-tone lines.
The first time around I play the guide-tone line with accompanying chords. The second time around I’m only playing the chords leaving space for you to have a go at the guide-tone line. The TAB is given beneath the video.
In my previous blog on improvising on the blues I discussed using guide-tones as a route into improvisation. The guide-tones come from the chord progression so a nice way of varying the guide-tone line is to vary the chord progression. The progression below is based on the progression in my previous blog on the subject but I’ve added some extra chords to add more colour. Have a go at playing the progression. In my next blog I’ll look at creating a new guide-tone line from it. Scroll to below the video for the TAB and notation
One of the most satisfying feelings when playing live is to have the awareness of the sound filling the room. In a quiet room it’s almost like a meditative experience. With that in mind, when I wrote this song “Tibo” I was trying to evoke that experience. It’s named after an establishment where I do a regular gig, “Cafe Tibo”