Part 3 lesson of Jazz in A minor series. This lesson is about soloing using chord tones and arpeggios only.

Arpeggio/Chord tone Collaboration Solo in C major.

Most people learn the standard power chord type blues riff - A drone note with an alternating 5th and 6th interval on the top. To say the least, after a few years (weeks even) this can get boring! So I wanted to show you how I approach making my own chords from the chord progressions relative modes.

This exercise is just another point of view of chords on relation to the bass line, and how triads (solo part) are employed over chord progression.

Clapton style melodies and phrases

In this opportunity we'll explore the traditional jazz style and we'll be playing a whole solo with chords.

"Must know" tips for creating your own, perfect tone.

This scale will allow you to create interesting tensed leads. It can be used in many different contexts to bring a very unique and different feel to a song. Make sure to memorize the position of the scale and play a little bit with it to get used to its fingering.

An introduction to building inverted chords.