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Lesson: Introduction To Jazz Blues

This lesson walks you through the
fundamentals of the Jazz Blues Progression.
John adds chords to a basic blues three chord blues progression,
all the time explaining t…

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John Pin - The Funk You See [breakdown]

John breaks down the head and solo of this jazz/funk guitar track discussing and demonstrating each phrase in detail.

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Doug Perkins' - Magic Major Scale Memorization Module

All of music is built on the major scales, and as such every other scale or alteration to a chord is described by how they are the same or different from how it compares to a …

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Doug Perkins - Jazz/Rock Licks Vol.1 "Inside"

Jazz/Rock Licks Vol. 1 “Inside” by Doug Perkins is a collection of licks that are intended to both help
jazz guitarists with inspiring new lines to use as well as
give …

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Doug Perkins - Jazz Rock Licks Vol.2 "Outside"

Jazz/Rock Licks Vol. 2 “Outside” by Doug Perkins is a collection of licks that are intended to both help
jazz guitarists with inspiring new lines to use as well as
give…

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Doug Perkins - Jazz/Rock Licks Vol.1 and 2 Package (Inside/Outside)

Jazz/Rock Licks Vol. 1&2 “Inside & Outside” by Doug Perkins is a collection of licks that are intended to both help
jazz guitarists with inspiring new lines to u…

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Recent News
  • A Plan to Actually Fix The Music Industry – No, Really…

    Date posted:

    January 10, 2024

    A Plan to Actually Fix The Music Industry – No, Really… I’m well aware what a grandiose claim that is but I want to get people’s attention to actually read this, if only to try to shoot holes in it, but I’ll start by giving some legitimacy to my having …

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  • “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (free solo guitar Christmas song arrangment by Doug Perkins)

    Date posted:

    December 5, 2023

    An arrangement that really teaches how to use triads with open string bass notes effectively.God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (solo guitar)

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  • “White Christmas” (free solo guitar Christmas song arrangment by Doug Perkins)

    Date posted:

    December 5, 2023

    This one is a great one because it is really not difficult to play and has a really fun sort of Rockabilly sounding intro, and a cool set of sliding chords for an ending:White Christmas – Guitar Lesson

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  • “Silent Night” (free solo guitar Christmas song arrangement by Doug Perkins)

    Date posted:

    December 5, 2023

    Here’s one of the Christmas song solo guitar pieces that I give to my students, it’s written to be easy enough to keep a nice legato flow and shows how to use open strings to get a big sound. Silent Night (Student Guitar Arrangement)

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  • The JGS “High Enough Holiday Hipness Quotient Song Shopping List For 2023”

    Date posted:

    December 2, 2023

    If you’re like a lot of people going into this holiday season, you might be looking for some new music to listen to are tired of the same old tunes, but also are worried that maybe the music you choose might not be “Doug Perkins / JGS Approved” with a …

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  • DB and the SoHo Nine-Six

    Date posted:

    November 18, 2023

    When I started sampling the tracks from the new Dave Barber “DB and the SoHo Nine-Six” CD release, the first thing that came to my mind was “finally, people are creating fusion music again with all the stuff that I love about it and leaving out all the …

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  • “Reality Is Nuance” – Albert Vila Trio (2023)

    Date posted:

    October 19, 2023

    We at JazzGuitarSociety.com are very committed to the spotlighting of guitar talent “needing wider recognition”, as the saying goes. And as such, it would make sense that we have reviewed a lot of Albert Vila’s CD releases here. It isn’t just because o …

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  • Origins of JGS – A recording of a lesson with Doug Perkins at MI from the 1980s

    Date posted:

    June 6, 2023

    The Origins of the Jazz Guitar Society site: I happened to run across these two MP3s from when my partner John Pin was one of my (Doug Perkins) private students when I taught at Musician’s Institute in Hollywood in the mid 1980s where I am illustrating …

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  • “I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues” free Robben Ford lead sheet!

    Date posted:

    June 6, 2023

    Here’s a transcription I with the exact voicings that Robben Ford played on his unique version of the old Duke Ellington tune (lyrics by Don George) “I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues”, and that’s a free PDF download for anyone that would like to get i …

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  • Jam Session Etiquette – or “Summer’s Here and the Time is Right for Jamming in The Clubs”

    Date posted:

    April 27, 2023

    I’m currently doing an eBook for a publisher intended for people that know how to play guitar but now want to learn how to play jazz on it. One of my little advice “sidebars” in the book is about jam sessions, so I decided I would write something for J …

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  • My Tribute To Jeff Beck

    Date posted:

    January 13, 2023

    My Tribute To Jeff Beck (Jan 11, 2023) (This is the tribute I (Doug Perkins) did on Facebook the day after Jeff Beck died (Jan. 10, 2023), I have included all the links I put in the comments so others could see the very wide range of music this man was …

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  • Albert Vila: “Levity”

    Date posted:

    December 20, 2022

    (Hypnote records, in Japan: Mocloud Records, Release Date: January 13 2023)  Solo guitar (where melody, chords and bass are all performed simultaneously by one guitarist) is something that is very difficult to explain to people who can’t do it at all. …

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  • Lesson: Introduction To Jazz Blues

    Date posted:

    August 3, 2022

    This lesson walks you through the fundamentals of the Jazz Blues Progression. John adds chords to a basic blues three chord blues progression, all the time explaining their purpose and function. He demonstrates voicings, chord licks and playing techniques along the way that keeps things musical and informative.

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  • Matteo Prefumo new single “A New Beginning”

    Date posted:

    July 28, 2022

    When JGS Artist Matteo Prefumo put out his new single “A New Beginning” we were very excited for him and wanted to be sure that you would be able to here it as well, you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da05mUqAx1E   We asked …

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  • “Earth Tones” – Dan Zimmerman 

    Date posted:

    March 15, 2022

    The first thing I noticed when I heard the opening track “Hope” from this really great new CD from Dan Zimmerman is the depth and clarity of the  recording – it’s just one of the best sounding records that I have come  across in any recent memories. Th …

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