Licks & Transcriptions

In this lesson, we will learn and analyze the melody of "Midnight Blue," one of Kenny Burrell's most celebrated compositions.

This tune is an excellent introduction to Burrell's melodic approach, combining the expressive language of the blues with the sophistication of jazz harmony.

Although the melody is technically accessible, its true challenge lies in capturing the relaxed feel, expressive phrasing, and subtle rhythmic nuances that define Burrell's playing.

In this lesson we explore three five-note blues patterns in B♭7 built from the tones 1 – ♭3 – 3 – 5 – ♭7.

The aim being to repeat the same pattern replacing the ♭7 with the 6 the second time.

These patterns capture the classic blues sound while giving you clear, repeatable shapes across the neck.

PDF (pay what you want) transcription with Tab / Notation available on GUMROAD.

This lesson provides a transcription of The Chicken theme, a clever mix of funky chords and licks by Biréli Lagrène in the album Broadway Blues.

When exploring improvisation over a major 7 chord on guitar, pentatonic scales offer versatile and melodic options.

This approach allows you to expand your phrasing and musical expression over a single chord using the relative major and minor pentatonic scales.

Welcome to this lesson on a classic jazz guitar lick that navigates through a 2-5-1 progression in C using some essential jazz concepts.

This lesson with free PDF (or give what you want) proposes an easy jazz guitar lick built with an A major 9 arpeggio A (1), C# (3), E (5), G# (7), B (9) including two passing tones Bb (b2 / b9) and G (b7).

"Blues For John" by Matteo Mancuso is a compelling funky jazz, blues piece in F that showcases his exceptional guitar skills and deep understanding of blues music.

This lesson provides a free PDF transcription of the main theme.

This lesson offers an easy warm up exercise for guitar implying a bebop melodic pattern and five 3-note chord voicings to play over a 2 5 progression.

You can download the transcription and chord charts in PDF format for free (or give what you want).

In the meantime here is a brief analysis of the lesson :

This short guitar lesson provides 14 ways of connecting dominant chord voicings on the same string set (7 and extended) and three easy lines using the Mixo Blues Scale. A free transcription in PDF (or give what you want) is available here on the GUMROAD store.

This warm-up exercise for beginner guitarists is designed to help you build dexterity, finger strength, and familiarize yourself with the essential intervals within the context of the cycle of fourths.

This is a short guitar study that combines various chord voicings and melodic patterns based on the F major scale. This study includes a short video demonstration as well as a free (or give what you want) downloadable PDF guide for reference and practice.

This jazz guitar lesson for beginners provides an easy study to practice octave playing and basic jazz chords over a Blues in Bb. It is available as a YouTube Short Video and a free transcription in PDF with chord shapes tab and standard notation.

In this brief jazz guitar tutorial you will learn how to use three important jazz scales (Dominant Bebop, Dorian Bebop and Chromatic) and also a diminished 7 arpeggio over ii V chord sequences. Short video and free printable PDF available.

This guitar lesson provides a 12-bar study (free PDF and short video) for practicing the dominant bebop scale, some rootless chords and also three types of arpeggios (min7, dom7 and half-diminished) over a turnaround variation.

This is a 6 bar jazz blues phrase in A7 inspired by the great Joe Pass, that mixes chromatic passing tones and blues notes with the Mixolydian mode. You'll find here the transcription, an Instagram video et and a brief analysis of the lick.

This guitar lesson provides 10 easy exercises for understanding the relationship between the Melodic Minor Scale and altered dominant seventh chords. This is a free course (or give what you want) with a printable PDF with tab/standard notation and a YouTube short video.