16 February 2010 ~ 0

Modular Phonetic Rhythm: A Revolutionary Approach for Learning and Advancing Jazz Guitar

Modular Phonetic Rhythm: A Revolutionary Approach for Learning and Advancing Jazz Guitar

Modular Phonetic Rhythm represents a significant advance in the teaching and application of rhythm. Eliminating many inefficient aspects of rhythm education, Modular Phonetic Rhythm streamlines the traditional educational approach, resulting in a reflexive reaction to rhythm.
Jazz guitarists have never had a way to organize the subject of rhythm in a way that would systematically benefit [...]

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12 February 2010 ~ 0

Understanding the Characteristics of the Jazz Guitar Style

Understanding the Characteristics of the Jazz Guitar Style

What is the jazz guitar style?
The easiest way to begin is to describe what is not the jazz guitar style. Power 5 chords, simple open chords, steady strums, static chord progressions, a lack of key modulations, heavy bending and vibrato, slinky thin strings, distortion, excessive volume, huge amplifiers … these are a few characteristics that [...]

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