Please do the following ASAP: -1- Watch the attached video and read the "Welcome" post. -2- Introduce yourself (make a new post in the "presentation" category) -3- Go a like and comment 2-3 guitarists' introduction on the JG Fellowship. Welcome aboard! 🎸 PS To consider this "action as complete", write a comment below such as "done!"

The is my conveyor belt 4 chorus edition of Autumn Leaves. I cringe inside and completely foul up every time I see a camera is pointed at me, you'd swear it was a gun pointed to my head. It is something I am just going to have to do a lot of and get used if I want to participate in this fellowship

After Donna Lee i just wanted to have fun! https://youtu.be/ZhwGkc4nh7s?si=b9i6dfYQ6HV2o-Of

If you’re a guitarist and a lifelong lover of music looking to finally “crack” the jazz code, then continue reading… After helping 100s of students to make jazz guitar a walk in the park, and start improvising and comping convincingly… I was carefully documenting all the most common problems that they were experiencing… And based on that, I developed a step-by-step system that will without fail help people progress way faster with their jazz guitar playing, and avoid the most common pitfalls… I spent literally hundreds of hours just assembling the system in a document… And YEARS actually figuring it out… And, after keeping these secrets private for a few months… I decided to share it… I was thinking about the price it’s worth… But if you know me, you know that I’m not a huge advocate of selling information… In fact, I started to hate courses, memberships, and other crap. I can’t stand all the online gurus that are splitting hair, and not showing students how to play effing songs in the end… So even though this is much different and immensely more valuable than everything else… I decided to… Give it away. For free. $0. Why? You see… My belief is that every guitarist deserves to consistently see the progress in their playing… And be certain that he is practicing the right things that will eventually make him/her better… There isn’t a worse feeling than “running in place” for YEARS… And not having consistent progress and growth in proportion to the time that you put in… So I decided to give my best to help with that. And further on… I will start revealing all of my secrets for free. The first thing you’ll get is an extensive guide on how to improvise and comp on the jazz guitar CONVINCINGLY. If you would like to get it, just comment “guide” and I’ll personally send it to you.

Hi all, my name is Reptilicus (actually Ted) and have been playing guitar since 1965. Started on classical guitar when I was 9 yr old . Self taught and played mostly rock and blues. I have recently retired and would like to learn to play jazz for my own pleasure. Besides guitar, I play the clarinet and bassoon.

Recently, my grand-daughter asked me to accompany her for a coming school performance, which I regard as quite an honour. Apparently, her music teacher is comfortable with this. We first recorded the vocal and guitar parts, and I subsequently over-dubbed the guitar for the video. The timing is a little stilted in parts, because I had to ensure that the vocal would come back in at the right time after the guitar solo, and there was no metronome track (which I would have had difficulty sticking to in any case. This has been a work in progress, and some parts of the guitar have been cleaned up since the recording. https://youtu.be/tAdPJbabp9c

Here’s my version of Autumn Leaves. Bonus brain freezes and severe guitar face are included at no additional charge. https://youtu.be/rNmOjzLvtww?si=VaVdY7zxQcq6LYqa

This was my challenge in the accelerator. And it was a challenge. I'm happy with the result but i'll have to come back to it eventyally. Now i need a break from it i've been practicing it for quite a while! https://youtu.be/-5hgDuw2OB8?si=lg8E2UiBEtIe8Rky

Hello everyone, I'm Jim. Played guitar in teens/twenties then took very long hiatus. Retired now and getting back into guitar for a while and have dabbled in jazz a little. Would like to immerse in it and see what happens.

I, quite by accident, landed on the page linked below. Bob Keller apparently died within the last year but this page still exists. It has links to a ton of jazz resources. I don't want to take the time to look at all this stuff but some of you may be interested. Here you go, have fun: https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/

In the "Classroom" @Coach Marc-Andre Seguin has created Apple Music and Spotify playlists for historically significant jazz albums and guitar focused jazz albums. For those who do not have Spotify or Apple Music, I have duplicated these lists on YouTube Music. Here are the links: Historically significant Jazz Albums: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67JCS3UfryzMNvop_7HJX2rfkceRRSEW&si=FcJ0esqRIjfmpsax Historically significant Guitar-Focused Jazz Albums https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67JCS3UfryyYOFavNmIM0cAWHGQ_mLpU&si=qv0rhUr4Cc4zjCRQ NOTE: Coach Marc graciously approved this posting

My first attempt at Autumn Leaves was a bit messy. Here's another go, which I think is a little better, although the tempo might still need some improvement. It helps when you actually learn the song, rather than playing when you think "should" be there. As much as learning the song properly, I had to unlearn my mistakes. https://youtu.be/J4_qG7Bsen0

Here is what I came up with. I knew of this song but wasn't really familiar with it. It was kind of fun trying to figure it out. I'll resist the urge to point out any flaws. 😉 My attempt to record into an iPhone connected to my audio interface had a few issues, but I decided to embrace the white noise and intermittent ticking by turning on the vibrato pedal and making this a bit more lo-fi. https://youtu.be/bJ1NwRD1ED0 (If I get around to it, I might post up recordings of some of the more hairbrained versions of the song. My favorite is probably the Spaghetti Western version, but I also have a new dotted 8th arrangement, which would have required multiple cameras and more video editing than I care to do.)

Hey guys -- the Quickstart lessons are *live* on Skool here: https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar-fellowship/classroom/dd957b5c?md=b5f3aa12518c481398acae1030d7c1be Please watch the trainings, take notes, and get ready to have amazing results in your playing! Once your done, please leave a comment below to consider this "Action as Complete" 🎸

A lot of people have said they were new to jazz so to help them... and all of us, I thought it would be a nice challenge for us to choose 3 of our favorite jazz artists. Only 3!!! So choose wisely! This will evetually make a list for people to go discover new players.

First off, thank you to everyone who posted Autumn leaves for the september challenge. We had great submissions, very varied, it was vert cool. It's never too late for those of you who would like to post it eventually. For octobre i thought we might do ''Blue Monk''. I think a blues could be cool. So like for september, when you're ready post your video under ''october challenge''. You could play just the chords, just the melody, a chord melody, improv... anything you find challenging. You can find it in ''the vault''.

At 7 Club in Chapel Allerton (round the corner from me) last night. I love the tempo of this, upbeat & laid back at the same time :) https://youtu.be/_5in7Etingg?si=bMt11SkI9n4jLsJc

Hi guys, @Mentor Jurgen Joarder has a pretty cool channel where he plays jazz song with the looper, you should go discover it! I got great ideas from him! https://youtube.com/@OneTakeJazzGuitar-nx9jx?si=luZ0nVt8G4IWAEXP

Hello to everybody!! I am a Colombian guitar student... I want to improve my guitar and musical skills by learning jazz. I hope I can learn a lot of things in this group and also I hope to help to anyone who need my help!

Jazz has always intrigued me and I love to listen to the style but never "got it" or knew how to play it or where to even begin. Hopefully, I have found a place where I can learn at my own pace and get some really helpful tips on everything from basics to advanced as I start my journey. I have been playing for 30 plus years on and off and even studied music in college for a brief time but switched majors.

I go first. Playing fingerstyle on Stratocaster. https://soundcloud.com/woland99/daily-jam-all-of-me-ride-out-jam-20230925-take2

One of the aha moments I have had with the teaching is that you can practice soloing! Who would have known. I thought the essence of soloing was deep rooted creativity. How can you practise that? But you can. Following the teaching I realized that a part of my brain can in fact look for the note to land on for the chord change whereas in the past I have been confused by what pattern do I change from and to. Has anybody else had the same experience or other advice?

I'm here to improve upon my jazz knowledge. I've picked up bits of knowledge here and there over the years, but I felt it was time to do better for myself and the music we play, as well. I'm a multi-instrumentalist, with guitar and electric bass being my primary focus for work I've been doing working gigs on guitar for the past 29 years (acoustic or electric, lead/rhythm,/slide), and electric bass (4 or 5 string) is something I've been doing over the past decade. I've been focusing on violin in hope of finding work on that in the coming year. These past few years have shown me where my next focus on work will be. I'm hoping to improve my overall understanding of harmony, as well as improve on my reading (never been my strong suit on guitar).

Thanks for what you do. It took me a while to wade through all the introductory stuff. I learned a long time ago to condense my writing to a minimum. That’s just in line of a thought, not a criticism, you’re doing a marvelous job. Now to cut to the chase. I struggle with making the changes and the very first exercise nailed that. After playing trumpet for at least seven decades, four of which were in the opera pit, my mind works in a linear fashion. You’ve nicely uncovered my failing and have given me the tools to address it. Merci, mon ami. C’est un œuvre grand. ELF

I find it very helpful to add step 0.5. I start by learning the melody thoroughly before much else (there’s that old linear brain). I try to learn the words, listen to different versions, etc. Then, I feel I can make music out of it. A Foggy Day in London Town, I’ve gone back to the original. Fred Astaire, “A Damsel in Distress”, 1937. Autumn Leaves, “La Porte de La Nuit” 1946, sung by Yves Montand, “Les Feuilles des Mortes” That’s my musicologist background leaking out. Once I know the song well, then I feel I can go to Step 1. Just my $.02, take your pick, US or Canadian. ELF

HEY! I’m Elliot and I’m a guitarist. I’ve been playing the beautiful instrument for going on 20 years now, and achieved a BA in music because of my love for it. But, I have never learnt jazz guitar and it’s one area I want to improve on and I’m looking forward to the journey ahead!! Elliot x

I'm sure most people are familiar with Rick Beato's channel (if not, get acquainted). This interview with Tommy Emmanuel popped up in my feed this morning. It contains some really good insights, particularly on practicing, the importance of the melody, and injecting feel into playing. Emmanuel plays a broad range of music, but it applies to jazz, for sure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLIZZ9lIlwg

Obviously, I'm brand new to this and wanted a hint to what other beginners put down as Topic A, Topic B, et... in their DPP. Just trying to get some guidance. Thanks in advance for your answers.

I'm thrilled to be a part of this jazz fellowship as a beginner. Jazz has always fascinated me with its limitless creativity, and I'm excited to learn and grow alongside all of you.

A couple of month ago i had posted that i was looking for an amp. I would like to thank everyone for their feedback. I finally decided to buy the Fender Tone master Deluxe Reverb. When i tried it with my guitar right next to the tube version i couldn't hear the difference. I'm so happy with my purchase. Hopefully you'll hear it soon... i just need to be able to play Donna Lee!