JGT Contributor Chuck Anderson offers his views on talent and how to make the best of it! In Lesson #1, Chuck explores anxiety and frustration, as...
Chuck Anderson addresses one of the most common complaints jazz guitar players have about their playing…Why do their solos sound the “same”? This “sameness” can be...
Intervals are the distances between notes. There are 2 types: Diatonic inside the major scale and Chromatic outside the major scale. Diatonic Intervals Notes from a...
A Pentatonic scale is simply a scale containing 5 notes. Traditional scales such as major scales or modal scales contain 7 notes. When you use a...
JGT Artist of the Week, Chuck Anderson » A LITTLE ABOUT Chuck Anderson has devoted his long career to the guitar with a specialization in the...
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...
In the last week of August 2018, jazz guitarist extraordinaire Chuck Anderson suffered two massive heart attacks along with other ailments too numerous to mention. For...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jazz Guitar Today welcomes Chuck Anderson as a JGT contributor! As a guitarist and composer, Chuck has recorded 10 CDs. As an educator, Chuck lectures at colleges in...
Cut time is a source of confusion for many musicians. What exactly does it mean and how do you apply it? Too often cut time is...