Jazz Guitar Foundations by Open Studio

Get real results with real foundations.

Want a solid base to build your playing? Don't leave any concept, technique, or practice idea off of the table.

Use this massive jazz guitar resource to fill in the gaps of your jazz guitar knowledge and become a more complete musician.

Includes lifetime access to the entire course.

After completing this course.....

You'll be able to:

improvise over practically any chord change or tune
voice a tune using chord melodies
expand your guitar technique

You'll also get:

dozens of transcriptions and lead sheets
audio downloads of each lesson

Living Notation

Our exclusive Living Notation technology allows you to follow Peter’s playing and demonstrations in real time with moving, interactive notation.

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Meet Your Teacher

Award winning guitarist, composer, publisher, and music instructor, Peter Sprague has worked with some of the finest contemporary jazz artists alive such as Chick Corea, Dianne Reeves, Sergio Mendes, Hubert Laws, and Billy Childs. He runs his own recording studio called SpragueLand, and he has published several books highlighting his teaching concepts.

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What's in this course:

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How to Use Living Notation

Peter Sprague's Favorite Guitars and Gear

24 mins

Workbook

2.83 MB

Lessons

Getting Started With the Major Scale 🎼

Peter Sprague Fingering Idea and Major Triads 🎼

Right Hand Technique and Chord Inversions 🎼

Improvising on a Major 7 Chord Progression - Part 1 🎼

Improvising on a Major 7 Chord Progression - Part 2 🎼

Minor Chord Family Scale, Triad, Arpeggio, and Chord Inversion 🎼

Improvising on a Minor 7 Chord Progression 🎼

Dom 7 Chord Family Scale, Arpeggio, Chord Inversion, and Blues Progression 🎼

Improvising on the Blues Progression 🎼

How to Practice 🎼

The 2-5-1 Progression - Part 1 🎼

The 2-5-1 Progression - Part 2 🎼

The 2-5-1 Progression in Action 🎼

"But Not for Me" Chord Melody Arrangement 🎼

Tension on Dom 7th's: Dom 7b9 🎼

Tension on Dom 7th's: Dom 7#5 and Dom 7#9 🎼

2-5-1 Soloing using Altered Dominants 🎼

Half Diminished Chords 🎼

Half Diminished Chords in Action - Part 1 🎼

Half Diminished Chords in Action - Part 2 🎼

Dom 7b5 Chords 🎼

Dom 7b5 Chords in Action - Part 1 🎼

Dom 7b5 Chords in Action - Part 2 🎼

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 1 🎼

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 2 🎼

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 3 🎼

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 1 🎼

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 2 🎼

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 3 🎼

Exploring Triad Patterns - Part 1 🎼

Exploring Triad Patterns - Part 2 🎼

Exploring Scales - Part 1 🎼

Exploring Scales - Part 2 🎼

The Five Scales 🎼

Diatonic Chords 🎼

Pentatonic Patterns 🎼

Diatonic Patterns - Part 1 🎼

Diatonic Patterns - Part 2 🎼

Polychords - Part 1 🎼

Polychords - Part 2 🎼

Trills 🎼

The Bebop Surround 🎼

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 1 🎼

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 2 🎼

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 3 🎼

Special 11th Chord Voicings 🎼

Lesson Resources

Improvising on a Major 7 Chord Progression - Part 2 • Solo Transcription

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Improvising on a Minor 7 Chord Progression • Solo Transcription

34.5 KB

Dom 7 Chord Family... and Blues Progression • Solo Transcription

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Improvising on the Blues Progression • Solo Transcription

52.7 KB

The 2-5-1 Progression - Part 2 • Solo Transcription

34.7 KB

"But Not for Me" • Lead Sheet

26.6 KB

"But Not for Me" • Solo Changes

20.7 KB

"But Not for Me" • Chord Melody Arrangement

42.1 KB

2-5-1 Soloing using Altered Dominants • Solo Transcription

51.5 KB

"Blue Bossa" • Lead Sheet

22.7 KB

"Blue Bossa" • Chord Melody Arrangement

42.8 KB

"Blue Bossa" • Solo Transcription

52.4 KB

"Só Danço Samba" • Lead Sheet

32.4 KB

"Só Danço Samba" • Solo Transcription

54.3 KB

"Só Danço Samba" • Chord Melody Arrangement

70.1 KB

Exploring Triad Patterns - Part 2 • Solo Transcription

67 KB

Pentatonic Patterns • Solo Transcription

101 KB

Diatonic Patterns - Part 2 • Solo Transcription

80.5 KB

"Green Dolphin Street" • Solo Guitar Arrangement

72.8 KB

The Bebop Surround • Solo Transcription

49.2 KB

"Girl From Ipanema" • Lead Sheet

34.9 KB

"Girl From Ipanema" • Solo Transcription

66.4 KB

"Girl From Ipanema" • Chord Melody Arrangement

78.4 KB

Audio Versions of Lessons

Getting Started With the Major Scale

9 mins

Peter Sprague Fingering Idea and Major Triads

14 mins

Right Hand Technique and Chord Inversions

25 mins

Improvising on a Major 7 Chord Progression - Part 1

20 mins

Improvising on a Major 7 Chord Progression - Part 2

19 mins

Minor Chord Family Scale, Triad, Arpeggio, and Chord Inversion

18 mins

Improvising on a Minor 7 Chord Progression

23 mins

Dom 7 Chord Family Scale, Arpeggio, Chord Inversion, and Blues Progression

34 mins

Improvising on the Blues Progression

26 mins

How to Practice

21 mins

The 2-5-1 Progression - Part 1

26 mins

The 2-5-1 Progression - Part 2

16 mins

The 2-5-1 Progression in Action

30 mins

"But Not for Me" Chord Melody Arrangement

15 mins

Tension on Dom 7th's: Dom 7b9

28 mins

Tension on Dom 7th's: Dom 7#5 and Dom 7#9

26 mins

2-5-1 Soloing

20 mins

Half Diminished Chords

18 mins

Half Diminished Chords in Action - Part 1

27 mins

Half Diminished Chords in Action - Part 2

18 mins

Dom 7b5 Chords

30 mins

Dom 7b5 Chords in Action - Part 1

31 mins

Dom 7b5 Chords in Action - Part 2

12 mins

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 1

17 mins

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 2

11 mins

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 3

21 mins

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 1

21 mins

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 2

21 mins

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 3

18 mins

Exploring Triad Patterns - Part 1

22 mins

Exploring Triad Patterns - Part 2

26 mins

Exploring Scales - Part 1

27 mins

Exploring Scales - Part 2

14 mins

The Five Scales

23 mins

Diatonic Chords

24 mins

Pentatonic Patterns

37 mins

Diatonic Patterns - Part 1

24 mins

Diatonic Patterns - Part 2

25 mins

Polychords - Part 1

23 mins

Polychords - Part 2

28 mins

Trills

12 mins

The Bebop Surround

10 mins

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 1

16 mins

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 2

33 mins

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 3

13 mins

Special 11th Chord Voicings

9 mins

Simple Player Versions

Getting Started with the Major Scale

9 mins

Peter Sprague Fingering Idea and Major Triads

14 mins

Right Hand Technique and Chord Inversions

25 mins

Improvising on a Major 7 Chord Progression - Part 1

20 mins

Improvising on a Major 7 Chord Progression - Part 2

19 mins

Minor Chord Family Scale, Triad, Arpeggio, and Chord Inversion

18 mins

Improvising On a Minor 7 Chord Progression

23 mins

Dom 7 Chord Family Scale, Arpeggio, Chord Inversion and Blues Progression

34 mins

Improvising on the Blues Progression

26 mins

How To Practice

21 mins

The 2-5-1 Progression - Part 1

26 mins

The 2-5-1 Progression - Part 2

16 mins

The 2-5-1 Progression in Action

30 mins

"But Not For Me" Chord Melody Arrangement

15 mins

Tension on Dom 7th's: Dom 7b9

28 mins

Tension on Dom 7th's: Dom 7#5 and Dom 7#9

26 mins

2-5-1 Soloing

20 mins

Half Diminished Chords

18 mins

Half Diminished Chords in Action - Part 1

27 mins

Half Diminished Chords in Action - Part 2

18 mins

Dom 7b5 Chords

30 mins

Dom 7b5 Chords in Action - Part 1

31 mins

Dom 7b5 Chords in Action - Part 2

12 mins

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 1

17 mins

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 2

11 mins

Chord Inversions Expanded - Part 3

21 mins

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 1

21 mins

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 2

21 mins

Arpeggio Exploration - Part 3

18 mins

Exploring Triad Patterns - Part 1

22 mins

Exploring Triad Patterns - Part 2

26 mins

Exploring Scales - Part 1

27 mins

Exploring Scales - Part 2

14 mins

The Five Scales

23 mins

Diatonic Chords

24 mins

Pentatonic Patterns

37 mins

Diatonic Patterns - Part 1

24 mins

Diatonic Patterns - Part 2

25 mins

Polychords - Part 1

23 mins

Polychords - Part 2

28 mins

Trills

12 mins

The Bebop Surround

10 mins

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 1

16 mins

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 2

33 mins

Brazilian Rhythms - Part 3

13 mins

Special 11th Chord Voicings

9 mins

FAQs

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Is this course right for me?

Jazz Guitar Foundations is the perfect fit for you if:

You're an intermediate level guitarist that wants to expand your knowledge of jazz guitar language
You want a set course that you can take at your own pace
You like to learn by listening, imitating, and reading notation

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