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Hector came to our attention via one of our JGT contributors – thanks John Stowell! Enjoy Artist of the Week,
In this Jazz Guitar Today lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez continues the help to expand your knowledge of the fretboard. Photo above by Roger Sadowsky We...
In this Jazz Guitar Today lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez provides a lesson that will help expand your knowledge of the fretboard. Photo above by Roger...
In part one of this Jazz Guitar Today lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez begins to explain ‘in position vertical cycles‘. “The beautiful thing about learning is...
In this Jazz Guitar Today lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez provides some additional ‘Fretboard Vision’. “A guitar is something you can hold and love and it’s...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez provides some ‘Fretboard Vision’ and explains natural half steps. When a keyboard player looks at his instrument, he sees the organized...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez explains a systematic way to help you move along the fretboard using triads. When we learned to harmonize a major...
In Part 2 of this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez continues to examine Drop-2 Voicing and why it’s important. In our last conversation, we converted a tertian...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez discusses why Drop-2 Voicing is important. Four-part harmony on the guitar requires tried and true methodology. Learning Drop-2 Voicing is a...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez discusses triad inversions and why it’s all about triads… In a taped conversation between two of my guitar heroes, George...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez discusses primary progression and why it’s the most used progression in all of music. In our last conversation we mentioned the primary...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez explains the cycle of 4ths by string set in triads We’ve seen how the notes of a 3-part harmony can...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez explains intervals and triads in this music theory lesson specifically for guitarists. What is a Triad? There are some that...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez explains unison vs. octave guidelines in this music theory lesson specifically for guitarists. Regardless of what we may decide to...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez explains harmony on the guitar in this music theory lesson specifically for guitarists. The interval pattern of a whole step, whole...
In this JGT lesson, jazz guitarist Leon Rodriguez explains the Second-String Shift in this music theory lesson specifically for guitarists. Notice that the octaves that stayed entirely within...