Hailing from Los Angeles via Sydney, Australia, Texas-based guitarist Noel Johnston teaches jazz guitar and improvisation at the University of North Texas. Along with albums under his own name, he has ...

Jazz guitar…. There is no other pairing of words that strike fear into the hearts of guitar players more than those two. The world of jazz guitar is vast. When we think of the leading players from all ...

While 'no 5' isn't an official theoretical term, there are a couple of reasons why we might choose to omit the 5th interval of a chord. The first is that on the guitar we can often run out of fingers ...

Prior to the advent of electrical amplification, the role of the guitar in jazz was strictly that of a chorded rhythm instrument, chugging along with the bass and drums and helping to propel whatever ...

Three Chord Monte from New York-based guitarist Tony Romano offers thirteen selections with an expansive range of grooves, textures, and intensities. Throughout the session, he and his fine players ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker ...

While ‘no 5’ isn’t an official theoretical term, there are a couple of reasons why we might choose to omit the 5th interval of a chord. The first is that on the guitar we can often run out of fingers ...