

Hector Manuel Quintana, Artist of the Week
Hector came to our attention via one of our JGT contributors – thanks John Stowell! Enjoy Artist of the Week,
In this episode of the Anderson Files, jazz guitarist Chuck Anderson provides a quick lesson on the Whole Tone Scale. Let’s talk about the whole tone...
Dominant 7th type chords – it’s fair to say that no other chord type has as much attention in jazz improvisation. Chuck Anderson provides a quick refresher....
JGT contributor Chuck Anderson provides information to develop superimposed arpeggios for improvisation. In the key of C major, that would be Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7...
Jazz guitarist Chuck Anderson offers some tips to simplify one of the most important topics of jazz, ‘soloing on changes’. There are many ways of approaching...
JGT contributor Chuck Anderson provides some advice and inspiration to help musicians find their voices. I have always felt that music should reflect the uniqueness of...
Jazz guitarist and educator, Chuck Anderson offers some ways to improve your picking. Most guitarists have the impression that alternate picking is the way to go...
In this lesson, Chuck Anderson looks at different ways to look at chords – his Jazz Guitar Improvisation Lesson Series continues. The obvious answer is when...
In this guitar lesson, Chuck Anderson focuses on two other well-known forms of Blues – the Lewis Changes and the Bird Blues. In the last lesson,...
Chuck Anderson recognizes blues to be a blues in this JGT lesson – his Jazz Guitar Improvisation Lesson Series continues. Blues Analysis There are many types...
Chuck Anderson provides examples with his Secondary Dominants lesson – his Jazz Guitar Improvisation Lesson Series continues. Secondary Dominant is a subset of Partial Diatonic There...
Chuck Anderson identifies key concepts for ‘Unresolved Modulation in Harmony’ – his Jazz Guitar Improvisation Lesson Series continues. Today’s harmonic topic is called Unresolved or Unresolved...
Chuck Anderson’s Jazz Guitar Improvisation Lesson Series continues with a look at ‘Linking Chords in Harmony’. Partial Diatonic refers to a chord whose root is in the...
In Part 2, Chuck Anderson provides more about the foundation of harmonics as the Jazz Guitar Improvisation Lesson Series continues. We have looked into Full Diatonic major...
In this video from 2010, jazz guitarist/educator Chuck Anderson shares insight into his solo performance of the song ‘Mystique’ – a Jazz Guitar Today exclusive. This...
Jazz Guitarist and Educator Chuck Anderson breaks down what you need to know about your Repertoire. Repertoire is simply the songs that you play. Whether you...