r/ModernJazzGuitar

Returning To Guitar: Method Book Or Youtube Recommendations?

At various times decades ago I learned about 12 chords and played a few folk songs. About 20 years ago I played jazz, classical and R&B on sax, and remember some of the music theory from then. I remember most of the 12 guitar chords. I want to learn to play jazz and blues on electric guitar. I don't know my way around the fretboard. I can play some major, minor and dominant chords on piano, and can figure out scales on a piano, but not play most of them fluently (I have to think a lot). Are there any method books or Youtube channels that you can recommend I learn from? The goal is to play jazz standards. Thank you!

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u/dshaiken — 11 days ago

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Playing outside (more ideas)

I've done a lot of demonstrations of playing outside using rhythmic and melodic displacement. I have many examples of this on my www.youtube.com/jackzucker site. A series of 4 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5CXo4pMkTE

However, lately i'm obsessed with using countdown changes over ii-V-I chord progressions.

So for | Gm7 | C7 | Fmaj7 | % |

I would play over

For you theory nuts you can analyze this in terms of the superimpositions over the original chords but I prefer to just let the sound wash over them.

I haven't done an instructional video in a while but i'm thinking of doing one as well as some patterns you can use to outline these countdown changes.

u/jackzucker — 11 days ago