Jazz Guitar Foundations

Level 2Peter SpragueLiving NotationGuitarShow more

Get real results with real foundations, in this course from acclaimed jazz guitarist Peter Sprague.

$129.00

The most comprehensive and definitive online video course on jazz guitar playing. If you have a basic understanding of how to play the guitar and always wanted to learn jazz, this is the course for you. 154-page workbook is included. Experience chord structures, scales and playing a blues all the way to pentatonic and diatonic patterns first hand with our Living Notation video player. Follow Peter’s solos in real time with our interactive notation system. It’s never been easier to get inside the mind of a guitar master.

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.

  • LEVEL 2
  • 46 Lessons
  • 16 hourS
  • Living notation
  • PDFS
  • Subtitles: English

Meet Your Instructor

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.

Course Contents

Start Here

  • Peter Sprague's Favorite Guitars and Gear

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
Level 1
You can play the instrument at a basic level, or in another genre.
Level 2
You’re ready to start soloing and learning basic tunes, so you can play with other musicians.
Level 3
Well on your way to mastery, looking to dive into new concepts, improvisation ideas, and complex tunes.
Level 4
You’re a high-level player and improviser with performance experience.