A fantastic lessons for jazz guitarists of all levels. I take you through Bird's chord progression and then show you how to utilize melodic fragments from the melody to build vocabulary. I fully discuss retargeting II-V material on the last 4 measures of the blues, this is sure to inspire you to practice!
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