Jazz Guitar Tutorial: Hit the changes on the Blues!

Ready to take your jazz guitar playing to the next level? This week, I’ll be taking you guys through the jazz blues. First, we’ll talk about how to make the arrival of the IV chord sound best. @ Improvise Like a Pro Playlist: Next, we’ll go over a couple of ways to play the second half of the jazz blues. We’ll cover a couple long phrases over the iii-VI-ii-V as well as the turnaround. We’ll talk about how to use diminished, pivots, scale runs, arpeggios, enclosures, and some standard bebop language to make these tricky sections easier to navigate. Thanks to all of you for tuning in! I’ll see you all next time! 0:00 Intro 0:45 Phrases to the IV chord 1:00 Phrase 1 and breakdown 1:33 Phrase 1 Slow 1:46 Phrase 2 and bre