Hi everyone, Last week's workshop applied Bert Ligon's linear harmony outlines to minor 2-5-1 progressions. Same guide tone connections you already know from the major series, adapted to the harmonic minor of the destination key. We also walked through where these outlines actually show up in real tunes: Stella by Starlight, Summertime, and a Bb blues turnaround. The full recording is here if you missed it or want to revisit: https://www.skool.com/jazz-guitar/classroom/1d6ddcc6?md=9a9c2cccf253432e9f66e3f8a14a6785 Good session; appreciated everyone who came with questions. @Philip Halton @Paul Marsch @Ashwini Nepal @Lawrence Szabo @Sundeep Amin

ICYMI - I stumbled across this wonderful rendition of Autumn Leaves - obviously the improv is incredible, and its worth watching for that alone, but I always find it very instructive to see how guitar players comp for others, and there are times here when Martin Taylor is playing just straight 4 beats to the bar chord stabs. Don’t be put off by the run time of 18 minutes, the performance is about half that, the rest is chit-chat. https://youtu.be/8ge8lbxGytA?si=X_8EfHhBRSWoCqTn

Been a while. Maybe 11 months? Thought I'd post proof of life. Nothing special. Simple take on Fly me to the Moon. Trying to find a way to work the music back in to my days. Long story short - I've been pulled from University teaching into a more active government role. Hope to resurface in November. In the meantime.... https://youtu.be/y-shB9DYKbY

https://youtu.be/1usoxryzB5Y There's so much wrong with this recording, I just wasn't feeling it. But, I'm really tired of this tune and I've got to get past it, so I'm posting it and moving on. All I was really trying to do was learn to resolve to targets, mostly always thirds here, and in any way I could get there. Tasteful it's not, but I think I met my goal.

Next tune with staple chords, improv limited to approaches to the third. First steps with hybrid picking.