2/25/2024
Reinstated the website
9/7 Rhythm Change Fast Lick added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
9/6 Jazz Blues Lick in F added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
9/5 Freddie Hubbard Inspired II V I lick added in II V I Jazz Licks
8/31 Singing the Scale added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
8/29 Chromatic Octave Line for V I added in II V I Jazz Licks
8/27 Chromatic Jazz Blues Lick for G13
8/24 3 Barney Kessel Licks added in Jazz Transcriptions
8/23 On a Slow Boat to China Barney Kessel first 8 bars added in Jazz Transcriptions
8/22 Tritone substitute lick in Em added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
8/21 Chromatic Line on Em added in Harmonic Minor Scale Shed & Shred
8/19 Chromatic Jazz Blues Lick in Cm added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
8/17 II V I lick for Autumn Leaves 1 & II V I lick for Autumn Leaves 2 added in II V I Jazz Licks
8/15 Altered Scale with Chromatic Approach in C added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
8/14 Jazz Blues Lick in G 3/4 added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
8/13 E7 Altered Scale Descending Line added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
I VI II V Turn Around Lick in G added in II V I Jazz Licks
8/11 Jazz Blue Lick in Eb added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
8/10 C harmonic minor and bebop lick added in Harmonic Minor Scale Shed & Shred
8/9 Jazz Blues Lick in G 2 added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
8/8 Diminished & Altered Scale with chromatic approach on E7 added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
8/3 E7 Altered scale on A minor D7 vamp added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
8/1 16th note triplets lick with chromatic approach on Spain added in II V I Jazz Licks
7/31 Pentatonic blues scale with chromatic approach added in Pentatonic and Jazz Blues Licks
7/30 Bm7 E7 diminished scale lick with chromatic approach added in Diminished Scale & Chord Study
7/29 E7 to Am fast lick added in II V I Jazz Licks
7/26 F7 to Bbm7 fast lick added in II V I Jazz Licks
7/25 D melodic minor legato lick with chromatic approach added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
7/22 Diminished Scale Lick with Chromatic Approach on A7 added in Diminished Scale & Chord Study
7/21 Altered Scale Lick with Chromatic Approach in D added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
7/19 Nefertiti added in Jazz Standards
7/18 Wholetone Scale Augmented Triads Combo adde in Augmented Scale Exploration
7/17 Alternative Diminished Resolutions in C Major added in Diminished Scale & Chord Study
7/16 Melodic Minor and Chromatic Approach combined lick added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
6/27 C7 altered & chromatic run added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
6/21 8th note and Double Time Feel II V I licks added in II V I Jazz Licks
6/21 After You've Gone added in Jazz Standards
6/18 Wave A section added in Jazz Standards
6/16 Con Alma A section added in Jazz Standards
5/19 Fast Lick in Cm intro to Short Story added in II V I Jazz Licks
5/11 The Night has a Thousand Eyes added in Jazz Standards
2022
12/23
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Solo Guitar Ideas added in The Other Side – Classical, Flamenco, Latin & Brazilian Guitar
12/2
There are no wrong notes in Jazz? Diminished Chord Resolution Patterns - Theory and Practice on Jazz Blues added in Diminished Scale & Chord Study
11/24
F#7b9b13 Arpeggio added in Harmonic Minor Scale Shed & Shred
11/11
Keith Jarrett - So Tender added in Jazz Transcriptions
10/31
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8/12
Acoustic Guitar Recording & Mixing Tip added in The Other Side – Classical, Flamenco, Latin & Brazilian Guitar
5/26
Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock’s piano comping pattern added in Jazz Transcriptions
5/12
Turnaround Bebop Lick added in II V I Jazz Licks
5/7
Kenny Burrell Turnaround Chord Melody added in Jazz Transcriptions
5/4
Antonio Hart Bebop Lick in Fm added in Jazz Transcriptions
4/27
Kenny Burrell Bebop Scale Lick added in Jazz Transcriptions
4/19
Joy Spring trill study added in Jazz Standards
4/17
Free Lesson, Nicholas Payton's When the Saints Marching in added in Jazz Transcriptions
4/16
Amazing Grace added in Beginner Guitar Lessons
4/15
Hank Mobley Soon added in Jazz Transcriptions
4/14
I III-7b5 VI7 II- F harmonic minor licks added in Harmonic Minor Scale Shed & Shred and II V I Jazz Licks
4/13
Michael Brecker's Arpeggio from Naima added in Jazz Transcriptions
4/12
A7 Altered Hexatonic Scale Patterns added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
4/11
II V I altered scale lick in Ab added in II V I Jazz Licks and Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
4/10
John Coltrane's solo of Freight Trane (Jazz Blues) added in Jazz Transcriptions
4/9
D melodic minor hexatonic scale patterns added in Melodic Minor & Altered Scale Madness
4/8
Altered Scale Lick from Four on Six added in Jazz Transcriptions and
4/7
Bobby Timmons turnaround lick added in Jazz Transcriptions
4/6
III-7b5 Vi7 to II Lick added in II V I Jazz Licks
4/5
Turnaround Chord Melody in F added in II V I Jazz Licks
4/3
II V I Jazz Blues Lick in Ab added in II V I Jazz Licks
4/1/2021
Guitar Lab is launched. I had this idea of making a lesson website since around 2012 back in Boston. There was a "Learning Center" page on my website where I explained mostly about compositions I recorded on the first album Earthwards. Then shortly after I moved to NYC, I was working with New York Jazz Workshop to make a online lesson website in 2014. I made a presentation, took Gary Burton's Berklee online course, researched other websites and tried to find a way to build budget friendly lesson website on online. Most of so called Learning Management Systems were very pricey gearing towards corporate business back then. I found this website theme on wordpress and made a template of the website. The project didn't come true but I always thought it could be cool to make a website like this. Nowadays there's many services like Patreon and Vimeo's subscription video website, however I like customizing things here and there so I put this website together. I hope you will enjoy the contents as much as I do in making and learning new things everyday.
Yuto