21/04/2014
Jazz Guitar Shed: Got a Motive?
Continuing last issue's theme of music as a language, this time lets consider an improvised solo as being like a short story. ...
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Jazz Guitar Shed: ‘Tis The Season After All
It's that time of year again, so I thought I'd arrange a Christmas song for solo jazz guitar. I've put the arrangement ...
READ MORE >15/11/2013
Jazz Guitar Shed: The ‘Two Five’ Progression
In celebrating NZ Musician magazine's 25 years of publication, let's look at one of the fundamental progressions ...
READ MORE >28/08/2013
Jazz Guitar Shed: Danger – Melody Ahead
This article is about soloing from the melody. As guitar players there can be a tendency to know the chords to a song, but ...
READ MORE >03/07/2013
Jazz Guitar Shed: 4 x4 – Chord Tones
After a couple of detours in recent NZM issues, it's time to think about notes again. Our focus is on how to bring out ...
READ MORE >09/04/2013
Jazz Guitar Shed: Come on, Surprise me
One of the wonderful things about improvising is that you don't know what or when you are going to play next, and neither ...
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