In this mini lesson we gonna take a look at the basics of Bossa Nova / Latin Jazz rhythm guitar. Starting with the fundamental Bossa rhythm pattern we add the typical bassline moving between the root & the fith and finally we add a nice 16th note syncopation. And we apply this pattern to a […]

The lick is played over a C dominant 7th chord and the interesting point here is the way Scott Henderson uses the Cm pentatonic scale & diminished arpeggios (C diminished arp / C half/whole tone scale). Playing the Cdim arpeggio over C7 is an easy way to add tensions and to slightly go outside since […]

  In this mini lesson the idea is pretty simple : using Drop2 chord shapes to find new melodic and improvisational material to easily improve our phrasing. More info and tab/notation in the PDF file below. Have fun, Steph – Download PDF here –

  Over a mixolydian groove/vamp we can use various pentatonic scales within the same key and so we get different and subtle colors or flavours . All major scales have 3 minor 7th chords/degrees ( II, III, VI ) and so 3 minor pentatonic scales. In our example I play over a E7 chord/vamp, we […]

  Some useful altered chords. As always transpose in other keys and/or elsewhere on the neck when possible. All the best, Steph Download the pfd here : Useful Altered Chords

Here’s an excerpt from the Modern Pentatonics package available here. We gonna use a cool and effective 5 note pattern/motif to spice up our phrasing, more explanations in the pdf file. Click HERE to download the pdf file. Steph  

Free lick from the 20 Blues Rock Licks package available HERE! All the best, Steph Get the Tab/Notation here :  

Funk Bassline in E7 from the Funk Bass Workshop available here. Hope you enjoy ! Steph Download the Tab/Notation here :