Straight-Up Jazz
Guitar Lessons

Your Online jazz guitar teacher. . .

Online Jazz Guitar Lessons 
  Learn How to Play Jazz Guitar Standards Using
  "Chord-and-Melody" Technique


These Online Jazz Guitar Lessons Really Work --
Because they are different from anything else 
you've seen before.

  1. I do not teach modes or scales  -- because your audience does not want to hear scales, modes, or theory!
  2. I DO teach you complete songs, just like your local guitar teacher, and along the way, you'll learn plenty about the theoretical stuff -- but in a way that is musical.
  3. I DO show you the exact chord voicings & fingerings for every passage -- in ways that are simple and DO NOT require the superhuman agility and talent of a virtuoso.

    Take a look at a
    FREE SAMPLE LESSON Now

"Straight UP"
Jazz Guitar Method

  • Play Complete Songs, Unaccompanied

  • Simple Techniques

  • You Pick the Songs - Choose from my list, or name your own tunes.

  • Personalized, Video Clips, Tab,  & Diagrams.

    See How It Works

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Check It Out

Try the Free Sample Guitar Lesson, of the jazz standard "Stella By Starlight", and see how you get a Video AND animated "Flash Fingering" Diagrams for EACH 2 BAR PASSAGE. These make it crystal clear exactly how to finger it each note and chord.  Just like your local music teacher, I make sure you learn the song bar by bar -- and never overwhelm you like so many "theory" lessons.  Using the Videos and the Flash Fingering Diagrams, you don't even need to look at the Tabs if you don' want to. (And if you do, both Sheet Music Notation and Tabs are included with every lesson.)

What You Get with Every Lesson

  • Separate Videos for Every 2-4 Bar Passage (6-20 videos per song!)
    Again, these videos are not like the rest.  Each video only covers a short 2-4 bar passage.  You can start, stop, replay as much as you like. 

  • "Flash Fingering" Diagrams for Every 2-4 Bar Passage 
    These animated diagrams work with the Videos to show you exactly how to finger every note and chord. If you're tired of Tabs or find it too tedious, you will love these Flash Fingering animated diagrams.

  • Complete Note-by-Note Tabs for Every Song
    These complete Tablature Arrangement are like nothing you've ever seen. (See below)

And for when you are ready to play out...

  • Fake Book Sheets for Every Song
    Once you've studied the Tabs and Videos, it's a lot easier to pracitce the tune to perfection with the Fake Book sheets.

  • Play Along Backing Tracks
    High quality mp3s that you can load into your iPod, etc. I use them my self on play one-man-band solo gigs where I earn about $300 to play a private party, etc.

  • All for only $19.95
    Let's face it, if you were taking local lessons at $25-50 a shot -- minimum two lessons to learn a song -- this is very inexpensive way to build up your repertoire.

  • 100% Guarantee
    You only pay AFTER you get the full lesson.  It would be stupid for me, except that my students pay 99% of the time because the lessons really deliver.


The Real Value of These Lessons


It's really all about the chord voicings. Knowing where on the neck to play the chord so that you can define the melody with the top notes of the chord, & play a single note or two to get you to the next chord. This has always been the huge stumbling block for most players, since if you play the chord at the wrong fret, you'll be jumping all over the fret board to try to play a song -- leading to failure and frustration. 

The only way I can offer these great arrangements is because as a kid I learned how to read music and play piano -- so I take the sheet music -- as originally composed on piano -- and translate it accurately to guitar. That's how you get a full sound (comparable to a piano player). Most other jazz lessons will teach you "comping chords" that are really only good for playing with a quartet where a horn player will handle the melody. I give you the ability to play the complete song.  And along the way, I make sure that all the fingering is easy and straightforward for people with normal (not-superhuman) abilities.

For years I searched for these kind of arrangements -- and they don't exist. So I created my own.  The tablature shows exact finger for every chord and note.  And if you have any questions about timing or fingering, the videos make it crystal clear.  But don't take my word for it - try the FREE Sample Lessons now..



PLUS -- These really are private lessons.  I supply all of the above, and if you ever get stuck, I give you custom videos and diagrams to show you you exactly how to play every passage, chord change, and melody run. Let's face it, this is the YouTube age, and I can whip up a special video for you to show you exactly how to get past a section that might be hard for you.

If you have more questions, or want to get started, please use the Contact Form, and I'll get back to you to discuss how my "Straight Up" Online Guitar Lessons can help you finally learn how to play the guitar the way you always wanted to.  Try a lesson with me, and you will hear your own guitar playing in whole different light.

Take a look at the current song list offered.



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