Artist of the Week
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,
Have you heard the term tritone substitute? Do you know what it is and how to use it? A tritone is a distance of 3 whole...
When I started playing guitar, I think like most of my generation it was by copying blues records. For me, it was Buddy Guy and B.B....
Don’t make stupid mistakes… I don’t care how talented you are, it truly only goes so far when you have professional considerations like writing emails, booking...
The Jazz Guitar Style is, to me, an art form – not a commercial form. That’s the good news and the bad news. The good news...
The word practice is often equated with long, tedious repetition. It doesn’t have to be… In fact, it shouldn’t be! There are two ways to work...
In these final three videos, John continues with the Gypsy Jazz Sonora Spring lesson. Compliments of TrueFire. Gypsy Jazz Journeys: Sonora Spring – Intro & Chorus...
In the next two videos, John continues with the Gypsy Jazz Sonora Spring lesson. You’ll start your Gypsy Jazz Journey by learning the melody and rhythm...
Gypsy Jazz Journeys: Sonora Spring Once again our good friends at TrueFire are providing exclusive video content for our Jazz Guitar Today cover artist. A total...
A good indicator in the favor of flat keys would be that some of the horns associated with jazz, trumpet and saxophone, are transposing instruments. Flat...
The majority of the questions I get after gigs and also from students have to do with how I voice chords. This lesson deals with where...
John Stowell provides an insight into his composition and style with video, music tab and helpful observations. Jazz Guitar Today invited me to provide a lesson...
So what are Jazz Chords? First, let’s start with what they are not… Jazz chords are not open chords, barre chords or power chords. The characteristics...
Martin Taylor analyzes a barre chord version of “Misty” – compliments of Artistworks The video lessons below come from Martin’s most recent visit to the ArtistWorks...
Chuck Anderson provides career tips for guitarists. So, can you make a living with the guitar? Well, after 55 years of working exclusively in the guitar...
Session guitar players are always in demand. So, what are the qualifications for this work? There is a surprisingly wide variety needed in the session world. ...
Hector came to our attention via one of our JGT contributors – thanks John Stowell! Enjoy Artist of the Week,
