Yamaha joined veteran’s group Guitars for Vets (G4V) Thursday afternoon and evening to hold a live music performance in observance of National PTSD Awareness Day. The...
Fifteen years ago, musician Wayne Krantz released an unconventionally entertaining music theory book, “An Improviser’s OS,” through his website, waynekrantz.com. Frustrated by traditional methods of learning and...
New JGT Series: Acoustic Guitar & Jazz Intro by Bob Bakert, JGT editor: Down through the years ‘jazz guitar’ has come to mean carved ‘archtops’, usually...
JGT contributor Bill Farrish provides a valuable lesson on diminished scales. More to come on Diminished Scales…
The concept of rhythm is simple. It’s the duration of a note, a chord or a pattern. Rhythm is integrated into every facet of music. A...
After Bill works with students on developing their initial technique, he starts to introduce lessons on Major Scales. This easy Major Scale lesson will hopefully encourage...
Jazz Guitar Today sits down with Austin’s David Grissom. Bob Bakert, Editor of Jazz Guitar Today: It was Austin City Limits well over a decade ago....
We live in ever-changing times. Times are always changing because society wants to evolve. Now, more than ever, we are seeing things change at light speed. ...
July 28-August 3 at UVM in Burlington, Vermont. Featuring Roni Ben-Hur, Helio Alves, Alexis Cole, Ralph Lalama, Harvie S and Sylvia Cuenca Now in it’s 19th...
Learn Frank’s ‘Don’t Get Around Much’ Arrangement – get started with his breakdown video. Once you have mastered this arrangement… try Frank’s 7 Day Free Trial...
Bob Bakert, editor of Jazz Guitar Today: We are very proud to present our interview with Robben Ford. Robben has always been at top of my...
Robben’s Modern Approaches for Blues Improvisation & Comping [Hint: You are going to want to Bookmark this page] Once again, our friends at TrueFire have provided...
Purple House, Robben’s latest studio album, co-produced by Casey Wasner, features nine powerhouse tracks and the album’s genesis, according to Ford, was simple and uncomplicated. “My...
Nashville luthier and renown ‘guitar tech’ Joe Glaser shares his thoughts on Robben Ford’s famous Telecaster. Robben Ford’s 1960 Telecaster is one of my very favorite...
PLAY IT LOUD at the MET Guitarist Andy Summers demonstrates his dual musical and visual artistic practices with a multimedia presentation titled A Certain Strangeness on Saturday,...