Becoming a Jazz Guitarist: How to Get Started 

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What I like most about this approach is that it removes unnecessary complexities, allowing you to focus on what you really need to master to play songs competently. This isn't a simplification of playing jazz; it's an optimization. Once you have this foundation, you can concentrate on improving your sound, refining your rhythmic accuracy, and mastering the fretboard in a targeted manner. This helps you become fluent in applying these skills to real music. With this in place, you can start playing with other musicians, which will take you from just practicing to actually performing. After that, you'll be able to tackle more advanced techniques as needed. I wish I had been taught this during my conservatory years! This is a great lesson!!!

very important point: at 21:30, you're talking about why playing arpeggios over chord changes doesn't sound like jazz. Your solution is that you have to play transitions between chords to sound like jazz (pillar 3 of your improv paradigm I think). BUT: here's my question to those folks who are surprised that playing arpeggios doesnt sound like jazz. What does sounding like jazz mean? For a such a broad genre that started in new orleans in the 20s (or earlier) until today and that span many continents, it simply means nothing. What do these people want to sound like? There is more to playing arpeggios, starting phrases with 3rds and finish on 7, being aware of syncopations, starting the next chord on beat 4 etc. There is more: you have to learn the vocabulary of what you want to sound like. And yes, that means learning phrases, but lets skip that euphemism and call them licks. Transcribe transcribe transcribe who you want to sound like, play and internalize their licks. You will start sounding like jazz, but until sounding like jazz is very very very clear in your mind (sounding like who? What era? what album? what song?), good luck sounding like anything

Really good video Marc.

Great Lesson again 👌 I subscribed to you a few years ago and it helped me no end.👌

Great teaching! I paused many times & took a lot of notes. I am now revisiting my goals, & gaining a fresh perspective. Applying these steps to standards will make a difference, both in the practice room and playing with others! Thank you Marc!!

great video! I just found out that I'm not a jazz guitarist, I am just a guitarist ))

Great lesson Marc 😁

I'm sorry only 10 people were watching. It was very good! It reinforced several things I should be doing. As a real oldie, I see that I should be simplifying: shell chords, chord melodies and improv. This surely helped on these. Simplification is surely an important part of playing well. Thanks for the vid, Marc!