Quick Licks, June 2012

Jun 20 2012 12:00AM
What started as a “silly little concept of one note going down on one string whilst one note goes up on the other,” according to Purple Melon guitarist Owen Barry, turned into the bitchin’ riff to the tune “Ready for Love” off More...

Hey Jazz Guy, June 2012

Jun 20 2012 12:00AM
Hey Jazz Guy, I’m mystified by “Giant Steps” and “Coltrane changes.” Can you explain how that harmony works? —Confused in Cambridge More...

Jamie Findlay’s Fab Four Fingerstyle

May 16 2012 12:00AM
It was a noble life ambition Jamie Findlay held as child: to become a doctor like his father. More...

Hey Jazz Guy, May 2012

May 16 2012 12:00AM
Hey Jazz Guy, Whose solos should I be transcribing to learn how to play through changes? —Searching in Somerville More...

Rusty Andersons Pop-Rock Riffing

Dec 1 2010 1:00AM
ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN PAUL McCartney in the last ten years knows what a great player Rusty Anderson is. More...

Robot Invasion Further Experiments with Diminished Transformers

Jul 1 2010 1:00AM
IN LAST MONTH’S LESSON “Diminished Transformers,” June 2010 GP, we explored the concept of unfolding a diminished 7 chord into four dominant 7s, an idea we can attribute to Pat Martino. More...

GITs Dean Brown Maps the DNA of the Great American Groove

Jul 1 2010 1:00AM
“EVER BEEN TO THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC Project in Seattle?” asks Dean Brown. “You gotta go. They have that big Hendrix exhibit, and one cool thing you can do there is listen to famous Hendrix tunes with the different tracks isolated. More...

Quick Licks August 2010

Nothing chimes as vibrantly as a chord sounded entirely using natural harmonics. More...