Start Soloing Through Blues Chord Changes: A Beginner's Breakthrough Lesson

Need help with moving from scales to soloing through chord changes on jazz guitar? This could be a pivotal lesson for you! In this video, I reveal and simplify the foundational skills you need to transition from improvising with scales to ultimately mastering chord changes in your solos. Perfect for beginners, or if like many others, you’re finding it hard to make this crucial leap, this tutorial guides you step-by-step through some very playable and practical exercises designed to build exactly the skills you need. Follow the steps, practice the skills, and you’ll probably make the breakthrough you’re looking for. As with all my videos, if you’re a jazz teacher – of any instrument – this lesson demonstrates a powerfully effective but accessible educational technique AND models how you might teach it. Thanks for looking. What you'll learn: • Understanding Guide Tones: Begin to discover the role of thirds and sevenths in jazz chords. • Exercise Overview: I'll walk you through my "Guide Tone Madness" exercise, which builds directly on the iconic riff from Sonny Rollins' "Tenor Madness." • Practical Play-Along: Practice the skills interactively as you play through exercises that help you internalize and practice these concepts in a musical context. • Incremental Skill Building: Develop your skills progressively, starting from simple guide tone identification to incorporating these into full-blown solos. Every step is practical. If you find this video helpful, please like, subscribe, and share it with other jazz students & teachers. Links: -------------------------------------------------------------------- • Downloadable PDFs 👉Major Blues Scale for guitar (notation & TAB): https://bit.ly/3xDaDCm 👉Major Blues Scale for bass (notation & TAB): https://bit.ly/3Q2DCpA 👉Treble clef & bass clef: https://bit.ly/4aCWweY 👉Major Blues in all 12 keys notation & guitar TAB 👉Tenor Madness for guitar (notation & TAB) https://jazzworkshopaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tenor-Madness-Full-Score.pdf 👉Tenor Madness for bass (notation & TAB) https://jazzworkshopaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tenor-Madness-bass-Full-Score.pdf 👉GUIDE TONE MADNESS - guitar - notation & TAB: https://jazzworkshopaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Guide-Tone-Madness-Guitar-notation-TAB.pdf • Backing Tracks 👉Bb Blues jazz/swing style 170 BPM- the main one in the video is from @guitareimprovisation at https://youtu.be/M46i3p5xBy8?si=2gWRJmtZNmxi6ddA • More Lessons 👉A good Tenor Madness lesson for guitar is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtTTlvGZI4E&t by @jazzguitar 👉Another helpful and enthusiastic Tenor Madness tutorial is by @Damianblf at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFyQiHcUCMw 👉The Major Blues Scale is assumed knowledge for this lesson. My lesson on Major Blues Scale is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=285eSBXuFow Subscribe for weekly jazz education videos 👉https://www.youtube.com/@TeachingJazz?sub_confirmation=1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #jazzguitar #jazzeducation #musiceducation #jazzguitarlessons #jazz #Saulrichardson #jazzimprovisation