Basic soloing on chords

This week's lesson is about soloing on chords... If you've never tried playing changes before, here are some simple, but far reaching techniques that will get you up and running.

And the tabs....

Left hand fingering thoughts

Some thoughts on left hand fingering playing arpeggios.

There's some tab for this one:

Gypsy picking video

Troy Grady seems to be on a one man mission to uncover the mysteries of right hand pick technique, and has uncovered some very interesting general principles - worth checking out his work.

In any case, he has made one of the clearest videos I have right hand Gypsy picking/rest stroke picking in action - note the slant of the pick (around 45 degrees) and the movement of the pick strokes. Hope you find it useful!

Django Scale Lick

Nice little lick for you :-)

And here's the tab....

Technique Video

A video on what forms, basically, the basic basis of basic gypsy jazz technique. Basically:

Rhythm Guitar

Here's a couple of videos on the most important job you have as a swing guitarist:

Charlie Christian's solo on I've Found a New Baby

Tabs for the solo to follow.... This solo is the daddy when it comes to minor 6 licks on minors and dominants.