Greg

I am referring to “Basic Jazz Guitar” with download of Technical Exercises 1 and “Technical Exercises (Chords, modes & patterns) minor scales with download of Technical Exercises 2. I can do the scales relatively comfortably for both exercises by site reading but from memory…not so much. My difficulty is moving from scales to improvising……there is a missing link which i cannot get by…..hoping for that epiphany where it all will come together…

Thank you…..have been working daily on your technical exercises 1 & 2….slow process in memorizing. Have listened to both tutorials several times along with reading theory. Also working on your Autumn leaves, Summertime and your recent Mack the Knife. Not ready to perform any of them just yet….maybe by this time next year? Greg

Excellent idea…..jazz tagging? Use your site continuously..

Suggest …Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Perfect…look forward to this one. Thank you

Loved that!

As I said previously, my playing for the past 50 years has been country music, picking and chording mostly on the first three frets. After over 20 years of not picking up the guitar I started again and found to my delight “hpcrazy” on utube. For the past “Covid” year I have been working on scales throughout the neck using the “caged” system as it relates to the associated chords in particular the minor, pentatonic and minor blues scales and to quickly identify the notes wherever they are. Along with that I have been working on your slow jazz versions for Autumn Leaves and Summertime and I am, I think, progressing reasonably well on these. I still noodle on the first three chords with country music on occasion. This new challenge you have provided is focused towards the groundwork to properly play jazz music which is what I would like to learn. I am 74 years old now and would like to be able to noodle around and comfortably understand and reasonably play some resemblance to jazz music before I reach 80 and yes I have a lot of enjoyable work to do. I would also like to find a slow jazz version of “Fly me to the Moon” to add to my rather limited repertoire :). In any event thank you again for all your help and your dedication. Kind regards Greg

Perfect…. Exactly what I wanted and need. Thank you

Lovely spot...reminds me of our Canadian lakes.....Thank you for sharing.. it is thoughtful, encouraging and engaging.

No help needed with “cowboy chords” it is simply a rut I have been stuck in for the last fifty years which is picking and playing open chords in the first three frets.......sorry if I gave you that impression. “ Fly me to the Moon” is the only piece that I thought would be nice to add to my tiny smooth jazz repertoire that includes only your “Summertime” and “ Autumn Leaves”. It will be a long while yet before I will be able to play those two pieces as smooth and relaxed as you so easily do. As an explanation, I am a 73 year old senior citizen trying to learn something new with old stiff fingers and love those two smooth jazz lessons that you produced that are so well done and thought out. Thanks again for your attention and please don’t be stressed over this as you have enough to do in the development of your business. Kind regards, Greg

That would be great and very much appreciated for whatever effort you are willing to provide. You must be very busy and I thank you for taking time out to respond. As for me, I am working my way out of 50 years of playing “cowboy chords” so smooth jazz is a whole new world for me. Kind regards and please stay safe.

That would be wonderful .....enjoying your slow jazz versions of both Autumn Leaves and Summertime although my smooth jazz chording is far from smooth... Regards

Would love a similar version for “Fly M to the Moon”....Any chance?