Jazz Guitar Study Methods

One great way to study jazz guitar is to find some way to be able to play over chord changes. Improvising is one of the most important aspects of jazz and this is the best way to practice improvising. There are a few things you need for this to work well.

Somehow you need to have something that can play back chord changes at different speeds. You need some type of music program that can have chord changes or bass notes entered in and have them played back at different tempos. Some type of rhythm playback would be beneficial as well. There is a program called band in a box that serves this function, but if you already have a music program like reason or fl studio those will work pretty well too.

With any of these programs you can make up your own chord changes or enter the changes to a popular tune you may want to learn and start practicing improvising over them. It is a great system because you can practice playing chords and melody over the changes, and you might start developing a lot of nice improvising ideas. There is really no limit to what this type of practice can do for you because it is very close to actually playing with a band.

As far as practicing performance goes, this is also one of the best things that you can do. Most people before rarely had the opportunity to practice playing with bands, but now with these music programs, you can recreate the feeling and situation right in your room, and this should lead to there being a lot more talented jazz guitar players.

If you are getting into jazz guitar or just improvising in general, check out this type of practice as the rewards can be huge.