Producer/session player John March picks two Ted Greene Christmas song arrangements – and creates a Holiday Medley. Over the last few months, I have written pieces...
JGT contributor and educator Bill Farrish shares his special holiday guitar arrangement With the holidays approaching I gave my Harmony 2 Class at Five Towns College...
Mark Stefani’s holiday lesson based on the first four bars of his “Merry Christmas Baby” slow blues solo. Hey Everyone! This lesson is based on the...
Synth Pedals for Guitarists… Why should keyboardists have all the fun? Synth Pedals for Guitarists… From the latest issue of JGT’s sister publication – Synth and...
Producer/guitarist John March continues with his arrangement lesson series of the legendary Ted Greene. Last month I wrote a piece about having been a student of...
Henry Acker, a very special young guitarist, introduced by Frank Vignola. “I first met Henry Acker when he was 8. He was sitting in the front...
Dave Miller is something of an enigma. He is known in Chicago as a Jazz Guitarist, but if you look at his discography, it covers a lot of...
Jazz Guitar Today takes another look at the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival. This past September, Peter Henriksen coordinated the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival (RMAF) for the...
Pat Metheny’s ‘From This Place’ album due February 21, 2020, on Nonesuch Records. Pat Metheny’s first album of new material since 2014, ‘From This Place’ features...
This past September, Peter Henriksen coordinated a unique event for the ‘Jazz Guitar’ community in the small town of Arvada, Colorado. The first Rocky Mountain Archtop...
The Rocky Mountain Archtop Show in Arvada, Colorado was resplendent with amazing instruments. Bill Comins Guitar’s Zelig model caught my eye… For a guy like me,...
Bob Bakert, Editor: I saw and played so many great instruments at the recent Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival in Arvada, CO. One guitar that really caught...
OK – let’s discuss chord spelling. Simply asked, do know the notes in the chords you play or do you rely on shapes? The purpose of...
Bill Farrish addresses the age-old question of ‘what modes and scales’ to use…and when. If you follow the online forums you’ll find a question that always...
Bobby Broom remembers his friend and guitarist extraordinaire, Jef Lee Johnson A little over 5 years ago, I wrote a farewell piece entitled, “My Friend, Jef...