Jazz Guitar Lessons Online – Learn Jazz Guitar With Morten Faerestrand

On this site you’ll find hundreds of premium jazz guitar lessons.
I have carefully designed these lessons to make absolutely sure that you get the most out of your time spent on the guitar, at your own convenience.

Jazz Guitar Lessons With Over Head Camera View

The unique “over head camera view” gives you a 1st person view of the guitar (You basically see the guitar like I see it), and that makes it a lot easier to see what’s going on, so you can learn better.

Features that will make your learning experience better, and more enjoyable:

  • Multi-cam HD video quality
  • Unique Over Head Camera View.
  • High Quality Audio
  • Pdf files (TAB and standard notation)
  • Backing track Mp3, practice track Mp3
  • Original Guitar Pro 6 files (For practicing, transposing etc.)
  • Question boxes under each video lesson. Got a problem? We’ll get to the bottom of it!
  • The content in the lessons ranges from easy to very complex, but the teaching is always easy to follow.

    What students enjoys most is that I quicly and clearly break down the material, no matter how complex, into musical building blocks that they can start using right away!

    I do explain any theory and harmony needed, I just don’t get into long and unnecessary monologues about it.

    (The theory is the easy part anyway, you’re bound to get that down eventually. The PLAYING is what counts!)

    Whatever level you’re at, you’re guaranteed to get excited.

    Are you stuck in a rut? With hundreds of jazz guitar lessons to choose from, and new ones added every single week, you’re guaranteed to find the right lessons for you, whether you want to:

  • Expand your jazz vocabulary
  • Work on your phrasing
  • drill yourself on modes
  • Explore variations of melodic minor
  • Learn jazz chords or jazz chord voice leading
  • Learn to use ideas from the jazz masters like Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, Chick Corea, Wes Montgomery or Scott Henderson to form your own style..

  • On MortensLessons.com you’ll find everything you need to become a well-rounded jazz guitarist, as well as a great improviser!


    Give yourself this chance – TODAY!
    I lost track a long time ago of how many mails and comments I have received from jazz guitarists, just like you, telling me how glad they are that they found this site, how much they have learned, and how much they enjoy this way of learning.

    Signing up is fast and easy, so there’s really no reason to wait. 5 minutes and a few clicks from now, you could be well on your way. :-)

    Hope to see you on the inside!

    Best,
    Morten Faerestrand

    p.s.
    Here’s a “proof” of the value you’re getting:

    Many local jazz guitar students have literally begged me to get private, in-person lessons. My requirement for giving it to them is that they sign up and work on the lessons on this site a few weeks first. Well, guess what, after signing up here, almost no one feels they need in-person lessons any more!

    Click on “membership details” to learn more, or click “join” to get started immediately!


    Jazz Guitar Lesson – Free Sample

    Here’s an example of how a lesson can be structured.
    This lesson is on a fairly advanced topic, showing how you can strongly establish a dominant tonality, as well as using it as a tritone sub to create an altered sound.
    (This particular lesson has no backing track)

    More free lessons:

  • John Coltrane’s “Pursuance” – As Played By Kenny Garrett – Learn the melody on this cool minor blues, and get some tips for the improvised section of the head.
  • Octaves plus 6ths – This is a nice way to create some harmonies in your soloing, almost like playing chord melody.
  • Jazz Guitar Chords – The 9 Chord – From the rudiments section, basic lesson on how to build and play major 9, dominant 9, and minor 9 chords.
  • Step Outside the Blues Box – Lesson on how you can jazz up your blues based melodic vocabulary by playing more diagonally, as opposed to staying “in the box”.
  • Superimposing Triads And Altered Scales – If your phrasing is great, you can superimpose just about anything, anywhere..

  • Jazz Guitar Lesson Categories On MortensLessons.Com:

    • Soloing/Improvisation (By far the most comprehensive section)
    • Rudiments – Scales, Chords, Arpeggios
    • Comping
    • Solo Analysis
    • Chord Melody/Solo Guitar
    • On The Gig
    • Performance
    • Guest Teacher Specials


    Jazz Guitar Lessons Sound Examples:

    (These are sound bytes taken from actual lessons)

    Smooth & Bluesy
    Performance
    Bluesy jazz track in the style of early Larry Carlton. Short, and with a very clear dynamic structure, great for practicing the skill of sounding almost like you’re playing a composition, even though you are improvising!


    John Scofield on Twang 2
    Soloing/Improvisation
    3 snippets from Sco’s solo. More double stops, as well as a very cool single line with a lot of chromatic tension.


    George Benson on Billies Bounce
    Soloing/Improvisation
    Some fantastic bluesy lines to use on II-V’s or just on V’s.


    Jan Gunnar Hoff on “Yeah I Heard” 1
    Soloing/Improvisation
    We’re checking out some incredible lines from Norwegian jazz legend Jan Gunnar Hoff! This one’s a challenge!


    Night And Day
    Comping
    Example of comping “Night and Day” with a standard rhythm section.


    The Triplet Run
    Soloing/Improvisation
    You have got to know this run!


    Dragracer
    Performance
    Track for performing the piece, and thoughts about the arrangement.