Teachers: Solving the Jazz Guitar Puzzle is your
single source for building custom lesson plans
Build complete lesson plans from one workbook
- Refer to musical and chord notation, explain the circle of fifths (fourths) using our Diatonic Module, plus a great one-page summary of modes.
- Examine your student’s goals, strengths and weaknesses with the skills review and self-check chapter. Use it to monitor progress and see new teaching opportunities.
- Expand your teaching with 10 one-page lessons on Improvisation including substitutions, whole tone and diminished scales, plus great ideas for building motifs in solos.
- The Daily Practice Ideas chapter has great picking, sight reading, and rhythm exercises.
- Explain why substitutions work more easily.
“You go into detail to explain the importance of muscle memory and the vital role it plays in learning any instrument. I loved the explanation of how to gradually reach that level of proficiency. I have often related this to my students as well.” Carol M., Michigan
Let’s talk about chords and scales
- There are 15 pages devoted to chord shapes, scales, and modes.
- Minimize memorizing shapes with our Root String Method.
- Improve speed and movement using our three-notes-per-string mode and scale charts.
- Multiple diagrams for playing chord arpeggios and pentatonic scales in different neck positions smoothly and efficiently.
- Explain intervals and triads for major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords easily with each interval labeled.
- Show new ways to express tone and chord placement with major, minor, diminished, and augmented inversions.
Special Offer for Teachers: Buy 3 copies and get the 4th copy free. Enter code Teach and where you teach in the comments section.
Start motivating your students today!
Teachers: Solving the Jazz Guitar Puzzle is your
single source for building custom lesson plans
Build complete lesson plans from one workbook
- Refer to musical and chord notation, explain the circle of fifths (fourths) using our Diatonic Module, plus a great one-page summary of modes.
- Examine your student’s goals, strengths and weaknesses with the skills review and self-check chapter. Use it to monitor progress and see new teaching opportunities.
- Expand your teaching with 10 one-page lessons on Improvisation including substitutions, whole tone and diminished scales, plus great ideas for building motifs in solos.
- The Daily Practice Ideas chapter has great picking, sight reading, and rhythm exercises.
- Explain why substitutions work more easily.
“You go into detail to explain the importance of muscle memory and the vital role it plays in learning any instrument. I loved the explanation of how to gradually reach that level of proficiency. I have often related this to my students as well.” Carol M., Michigan
Let’s talk about chords and scales
- There are 15 pages devoted to chord shapes, scales, and modes.
- Minimize memorizing shapes with our Root String Method.
- Improve speed and movement using our three-notes-per-string mode and scale charts.
- Multiple diagrams for playing chord arpeggios and pentatonic scales in different neck positions smoothly and efficiently.
- Explain intervals and triads for major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords easily with each interval labeled.
- Show new ways to express tone and chord placement with major, minor, diminished, and augmented inversions.
Special Offer for Teachers: Buy 3 copies and get the 4th copy free. Enter code Teach and where you teach in the comments section.
Start motivating your students today!