Hello everyone! Here’s Easy & Sweet Turnaround Solo #2, another solo centered around the Major Pentatonic. In this second episode I’m playing almost the same licks from Easy & Sweet Turnaround Solo #1, but: I’m using a different scale position it’s transposed to A major same vibe: slow, expressive phrasing with lots of bending If … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s a new solo I wrote called “Easy & Sweet Turnaround Solo #1”… and yes: it’s simple, super playable, and very expressive. It’s a slow 12/8 in C major, built on a classic turnaround loop: C – A7 – Dm7 – G7 The sound & the idea This solo is mainly based on the … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s Part 2 with tabs of my Christmas Jazz Blues in Bb: the first solo that comes right after the theme (Part 1). This section (together with the next chorus I’ll post soon) is where the tune gets more jazzy. The solo starts with a more bluesy opening using Bb major & minor … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s the final part of “Fast Train Shuffle in A” — the return of the main theme with the ending, complete with tabs. With this last section, the full breakdown of the tune is now complete. You can finally play the whole song from start to finish, lock everything together over the backing … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s the third and final solo from my tune “Fast Train Shuffle in A” — the one that leads straight into the return of the theme and the ending. 🚂🔥 This solo is all about building momentum and setting up the final resolution of the tune, combining expressive blues phrasing with solid shuffle … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s Part 1 of my Christmas Jazz Blues with tabs!This video covers the main theme, played over two choruses with a few small variations. ✅ Style / harmony: a classic 12-bar jazz blues in Bb✅ Melody notes: mainly Bb major pentatonic + Bb minor pentatonic✅ New addition: I also included the chord symbols … Read more
Hello everyone!Here’s the second solo from my tune “Fast Train Shuffle in A”, complete with tabs… and this one’s definitely the trickiest of the three! It kicks off with an Am7 arpeggio, followed by some horizontal licks that move up the neck to reach the 4th box of the Blues scale. Then it jumps back … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s the final part of Swingin’ G Shuffle!This section brings back the main theme with a few tasty variations and leads straight into the ending… a groovy way to wrap up the tune after the two solos. If you missed any of the previous parts:🎸 Main Theme (DBL 566) → https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-tabs-daily-141196776🎸 First Solo … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s the second solo from my tune Swingin’ G Shuffle… and this is the most technically demanding part of the whole song! It kicks off with a lick built around the 4th box of the G minor pentatonic, followed by a G minor arpeggio and two fast 16th-note quintuplet phrases using the 5th … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s the first solo from one of my new tunes “Fast Train Shuffle in A”, complete with tabs! This solo kicks off right after the main theme (you can check that part here).It opens with a cool ostinato in eighth-note triplets (a three-note chromatic figure built around the b3, major 3rd, and perfect … Read more
Hello everyone! Here’s the first solo from my tune Swingin’ G Shuffle!It comes right after the theme (played twice) and dives into a cool, swinging phrasing that mixes up major and minor pentatonics that contrast gives the whole thing a super tasty, expressive feel. If you missed the earlier posts:🎸 Main Theme (with Tabs) → … Read more
Hello everyone! So… the votes are in! Most of you preferred the 145 bpm version… and I totally agree. It’s got that perfect groove and just enough space for the notes to breathe. Here’s the first part of the tune, the main theme, complete with tabs and backing track so you can jam along right … Read more