The Jewel Box

The Jewel Box Vol.1 is a free, downloadable collection of 29 short guitar lessons, complete with audio, notation, tab and a brief explanation and analysis of the ideas presented, along with suggestions for developing the ideas in your own way.

Dive right in and download the whole thing from here for absolutely free by clicking the ‘download’ link on the music player below. All the notation/tab etc., is included in the download.

The lessons range from simple to complex, so for an example of what’s included, here are two of the 29 PDFs included in the download: a simple one [listen] featuring some laid-back, funky comping, and a more complex one [listen] featuring a syncopated, chromatic fusiony solo. And, if you want, all the audio can be previewed in the player below.

Feel free to share it and pass it along. That would make me very happy :)

Mike Outram

Table of Contents:

1. 4 Ways To Target Chord IV
2. 4 Ways To Approach The Turnaround
3. How To Solo Using Triplet Groupings
4. Jazz Fusion Solo & Miscellaneous Bending Techniques
5. Jimi’s Chords, Wes’s Octaves, Metheny’s Phrasing And The Tri-Tone Substitution
6. 4 Burning Lydian Dominant Licks
7. Unlocking The Super Locrian
8. Mixing Major And Minor Pentatonics Ala BB King And Rhythmic Scale Exercises
9. Making The Changes: Using Triads 1
10. Making The Changes: Using Triads 2
11. Making The Changes: Using Triads 3
12. Making The Changes: Using Triads 4
13. Making The Changes: Using Triads 5
14. Making The Changes: Using Triads 6
15. How To Use Octaves And Chords In The Style Of Wes Montgomery
16. Double-Time Soloing In The Style Of Wes Montgomery
17. Simple Funky Comping Using 3rds & 7ths
18. Funky Soloing In The Style Of Grant Green
19. Four-To-The-Bar Comping Using Inversions And Passing Chords
20. Spacious And Simple Comping On A Laid-Back Funky Minor Blues
21. Phrasing Expansion: Inflections And Articulation
22. A Documentary About Cuddly Pets And Their Owners
23. Suspended Harmony – Focusing On The 4th
24. 4ths, Consecutive 4ths, Damnation And Pain
25. Contrasting Simple And Extended Minor Harmony
26. A Rhythm Gtr Part Using Sextuplets In 12/8 Phrased In Groups Of Five
27. Anticipation, Chromaticism, MelodicUppyDownyism, Syncopation And Sleepless Nights
28. Fingerstyle Constant Bass With Improvised Upper Part [exercises]
29. Fingerstyle Constant Bass With Improvised Upper Part [solo example]

Plans are afoot for Jewel Box Vol.2. Sign up to the mailing list and I’ll let you know when it’s out.