Jazz guitar improvisation doesn’t have to be scary and award-winning jazz guitarist Martin Taylor has put together a series of online video lessons on improving your guitar improvisation skills. Martin Taylor says:
“A lot of people that play mainstream jazz are often called melodic improvisors. This is nothing new and goes back to Bach. In the old days they had variations on a theme. Something that is often forgotten is that the classical composers of Europe hundreds of years ago were improvisors. Improvisation is about being in the moment. I use to take a melody and then play a variation on it over the same chord structure. Each time you can move further and further away from the theme.”
The jazz improvisation section includes detailed guitar tutorials on:
Improvisation Part 1: The Importance of Using Both Hands
Improvisation Part 2: Listening
Improvisation Part 3: “You’re On!”
Improvisation Part 4: Flowing Ideas
Improvisation Part 5: Open Your Heart And Mind
Improvisation Part 6 – An Example
Improvisation Part 7: Melodic Improvisation
Improvisation Part 8: More Melodic Improvisation
You can get one of these lessons for free today by going to the following Jazz Guitar Improvisation page.