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Mike Moreno (Soloing with Position Restrictions)

Length: 28:00

Description: In this jazz guitar masterclass, renowned guitarist Mike Moreno shows you how to get more creative with your solos using position restrictions. Mike brings you through 4 different jazz standards using this confinement, so that you can use your ear and play fresh ideas instead of relying on tired licks and muscle memory. If you want to breathe new life into your playing, this jazz guitar lesson is for you. NOTE: This video is part of a collaboration between Mike's private teaching materials and My Music Masterclass and has never been available in a downloadable format until now. There is NO PDF included with this masterclass because the goal is to use your ears and create something new, not to learn written lines.

Topics Covered: Guitar, Jazz, Improvisation, Position Restrictions, "Confirmation", "Stablemates", "Giant Steps", "Cyclic Episode", Soloing, etc.

Mike Moreno

Originally from Houston, Texas, Mike began studying music formally at the Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, a school renowned for its musical alumni, which includes such luminaries as Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Brian Michael Cox, Eric Harland, Chris Dave, Kendrick Scott, and Beyoncé.

After graduating, Mike moved to New York City with a scholarship to attend the New School University. While still in school he began garnering the recognition necessary to be called to perform and tour with some of the most venerable names in the Jazz world as well as rising stars of the scene.

Over the years, they have included The Joshua Redman Elastic Band, Lizz Wright Band, Nicholas Payton Quartet, Stefon Harris Sonic Creed, Me’Shell N’Degeocello, Jason Moran, Terence Blanchard, Robert Glasper, Ambrose Akinmusire, Gretchen Parlato, Aaron Parks, Claudia Acuña, Greg Osby 4, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Jeremy Pelt, John Ellis, Myron Walden, Kenny Garret, Yosvany Terry, Ralph Bowen, Will Vinson and more.

Website: http://www.mikemoreno.com/

Content By Mike Moreno