Comments on: The Developing Jazz Guitarist http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:46:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Kreg Kovalik http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 Kreg Kovalik Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:35:31 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-2347 I stumbled across one of your videos on Youtube, and felt like I hit the mother lode with this site. To have jazz material demystified and presented as a logical outgrowth of the chords I use everyday exponentially increased my confidence in learning the jazz idiom on guitar. The material is concise and presented in a practical manner, and I have strongly recommended this site to my friends who play. Thanks to your material, I expect to be a very different guitarist in the next 12 months. My enthusiasm is running wild! I stumbled across one of your videos on Youtube, and felt like I hit the mother lode with this site. To have jazz material demystified and presented as a logical outgrowth of the chords I use everyday exponentially increased my confidence in learning the jazz idiom on guitar. The material is concise and presented in a practical manner, and I have strongly recommended this site to my friends who play. Thanks to your material, I expect to be a very different guitarist in the next 12 months. My enthusiasm is running wild!

]]> By: st forgione http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-2337 st forgione Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:19:44 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-2337 dear tom: loved your teaching! i tried to download the booklet,however the download doesn't work. i hope a hope you can get it working. thank you st forgione dear tom: loved your teaching! i tried to download the booklet,however the download doesn’t work. i hope a hope you can get it working.
thank you
st forgione

]]> By: Don Schade http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Don Schade Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:39:13 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-2143 I learnt 'rhythm' chords and classical guitar many years ago, and have been enjoying playing jazz, but had problems getting a grip on the 'newer' comping, great sounding chords. Tom Hynes great videos have opened my eyes and ears to this and I thank you for your excellent (but a bit hard to find) web site. Many thanks. regards from an Aussie old fart. I learnt ‘rhythm’ chords and classical guitar many years ago, and have been enjoying playing jazz, but had problems getting a grip on the ‘newer’ comping, great sounding chords.
Tom Hynes great videos have opened my eyes and ears to this and I thank you for your excellent (but a bit hard to find) web site. Many thanks.
regards from an Aussie old fart.

]]> By: Ken http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 Ken Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:52:24 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-2131 Wow! the best things in life really are free. Thanks so very much! Wow! the best things in life really are free. Thanks so very much!

]]> By: valentine http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-1955 valentine Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:38:53 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-1955 Looking for a jazz guitarist to do some sessions in Nashville Are u available? Valentine 305 535-3000 info@mellowdrama.com Looking for a jazz guitarist to do some sessions in Nashville
Are u available?
Valentine 305 535-3000 info@mellowdrama.com

]]> By: Matt Zoccali http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-1827 Matt Zoccali Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:57:23 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-1827 Tom: You probably don't remember me, but I attended FJC in the early 90's and was a student of yours! You have always been, and obviously continue to be, a great teacher and player. Tremendous videos and instruction. I wish you lived around Fort Collins, Colorado, so I could continue lessons! Keep uo the great work and Best of luck! Matt Zoccali Tom:
You probably don’t remember me, but I attended FJC in the early 90’s and was a student of yours! You have always been, and obviously continue to be, a great teacher and player. Tremendous videos and instruction. I wish you lived around Fort Collins, Colorado, so I could continue lessons! Keep uo the great work and Best of luck!
Matt Zoccali

]]> By: Robert Iandolo http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 Robert Iandolo Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:53:17 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-1753 Tom, I have only watched 1 and 1/2 of your video lessons and am so excited! 1st I am a rock player. My band does soul, rock, pop not really jazz. I am not institutionally trained on anything except maybe drums [6yrs of private lessons]. i don't really know theory but over the years I have discovered it as I became more and more interested in chord shapes! Now you know why i am excited. 2 yrs ago I decided I was going to destroy my mind by playing, as much as possible, in position. It isnt always the best sounds but it has the advantage of blending the scales [I only know a few] so it is easy to select notes to play when soloing. I could be here forever talking about this but I am going to go through your lessons more before I say more. I like jazz more and more but I must say I think it is quiontessential guitar simply because the chord progressions are really line progressions either bass, harmony, melody or some combo. it makes you think more than blues or rock and in turn helps you play those styles way, way better. Keep up the great work! Tom, I have only watched 1 and 1/2 of your video lessons and am so excited! 1st I am a rock player. My band does soul, rock, pop not really jazz. I am not institutionally trained on anything except maybe drums [6yrs of private lessons]. i don’t really know theory but over the years I have discovered it as I became more and more interested in chord shapes! Now you know why i am excited. 2 yrs ago I decided I was going to destroy my mind by playing, as much as possible, in position. It isnt always the best sounds but it has the advantage of blending the scales [I only know a few] so it is easy to select notes to play when soloing. I could be here forever talking about this but I am going to go through your lessons more before I say more. I like jazz more and more but I must say I think it is quiontessential guitar simply because the chord progressions are really line progressions either bass, harmony, melody or some combo. it makes you think more than blues or rock and in turn helps you play those styles way, way better.
Keep up the great work!

]]> By: David http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-1706 David Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:14:52 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-1706 Great videos with golden advice. Don't overlook the free .pdf booklet. Download and study it. The vids and book present the most rational and easily learned system for the various chord forms. If only I'd had this years ago... Great videos with golden advice. Don’t overlook the free .pdf booklet. Download and study it. The vids and book present the most rational and easily learned system for the various chord forms. If only I’d had this years ago…

]]> By: Mark http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-1438 Mark Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:57:23 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-1438 I want every developing guitarist to watch this video closely because THIS IS WHAT A GOOD GUITAR TEACHER LOOKS LIKE. Any player who claims he can teach someone to "Shred" or "Thrash" or "Play any lick" is not a teacher but is probably just someone who has learned the fretboard and has good dexterity and maybe long hair and tattoos. Maybe they're in a famous band. Big deal! Furthermore, there is no fundamental skill learned through that kind of teaching except rote memorization. If you want to "Impress your friends" then start at the beginning and develop your unique abilities. There's a huge difference between good and bad teaching and Tom Hynes is one of those rare people who has great dexterity, has learned the fretboard matrix AND KNOWS A GOOD METHOD TO TEACH MUSIC SPECIFICALLY FOR GUITARISTS. This doesn't mean you will play like him because everyone has different limits to their dexterity and musical creativity, but, in my opinion of nearly 20 years playing guitar, the materials here are the best fundamental lessons a mature and serious musician needs to learn the guitar. These short videos and 16 page booklet have just about everything I've learned after 20 years. Most music is just improvisation using basic tools described here. It is not easy or fast to learn and unfortunately there are many many more BAD teachers out there than good ones. Tom is a GOOD teacher and would be the first to admit that these methods can be applied to any style of music. It's very hard to keep a student enthusiastic if they want to play "Stairway to Heaven" and the teacher insists that first they should learn 5th position C major scales derived from a G chord formation so they can learn 5th position A minor scales which is what the "Stairway" intro is derived from but that's what a good teacher does. He or she finds a way to convince the student that it is better to learn to THINK like Jimmy Page rather than to put your fingers where Jimmy Page put his fingers, which is satisfying for about five minutes. Yes, some of this material is more advanced/complicated than I would've liked/tolerated when I was a teenager wanting to learn a Bob Dylan song but that's because I was an impatient and foolish teenager. If you are interested in learning guitar in any style then find a teacher like Tom who ALREADY KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED TO PRACTICE. The material here makes me wish I could have Tom as a private instructor. If he's taking requests I would ask for more videos with lessons on how to solo over standards like "All of Me." Exactly what options are there and why...and how do I fluently alternate chord scales? Mentally, what is the process and physically what is the easiest way to execute it? Also, put a paypal "donate" button up here and I'm sure it would generate some revenue. Great work. I want every developing guitarist to watch this video closely because THIS IS WHAT A GOOD GUITAR TEACHER LOOKS LIKE. Any player who claims he can teach someone to “Shred” or “Thrash” or “Play any lick” is not a teacher but is probably just someone who has learned the fretboard and has good dexterity and maybe long hair and tattoos. Maybe they’re in a famous band. Big deal! Furthermore, there is no fundamental skill learned through that kind of teaching except rote memorization. If you want to “Impress your friends” then start at the beginning and develop your unique abilities.
There’s a huge difference between good and bad teaching and Tom Hynes is one of those rare people who has great dexterity, has learned the fretboard matrix AND KNOWS A GOOD METHOD TO TEACH MUSIC SPECIFICALLY FOR GUITARISTS. This doesn’t mean you will play like him because everyone has different limits to their dexterity and musical creativity, but, in my opinion of nearly 20 years playing guitar, the materials here are the best fundamental lessons a mature and serious musician needs to learn the guitar. These short videos and 16 page booklet have just about everything I’ve learned after 20 years. Most music is just improvisation using basic tools described here. It is not easy or fast to learn and unfortunately there are many many more BAD teachers out there than good ones. Tom is a GOOD teacher and would be the first to admit that these methods can be applied to any style of music.
It’s very hard to keep a student enthusiastic if they want to play “Stairway to Heaven” and the teacher insists that first they should learn 5th position C major scales derived from a G chord formation so they can learn 5th position A minor scales which is what the “Stairway” intro is derived from but that’s what a good teacher does. He or she finds a way to convince the student that it is better to learn to THINK like Jimmy Page rather than to put your fingers where Jimmy Page put his fingers, which is satisfying for about five minutes.

Yes, some of this material is more advanced/complicated than I would’ve liked/tolerated when I was a teenager wanting to learn a Bob Dylan song but that’s because I was an impatient and foolish teenager. If you are interested in learning guitar in any style then find a teacher like Tom who ALREADY KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED TO PRACTICE. The material here makes me wish I could have Tom as a private instructor. If he’s taking requests I would ask for more videos with lessons on how to solo over standards like “All of Me.” Exactly what options are there and why…and how do I fluently alternate chord scales? Mentally, what is the process and physically what is the easiest way to execute it?
Also, put a paypal “donate” button up here and I’m sure it would generate some revenue.
Great work.

]]> By: Kevin Gross http://acmuzik.com/products/instructional-videos/the-developing-jazz-guitarist/comment-page-1/#comment-1389 Kevin Gross Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:06:35 +0000 http://acmuzik.com/?p=108#comment-1389 I must have a match for my own considerable weight in the number of jazz guitar books and videos I've purchased while looking for someone to provide me with this information. This basic course catalyzes all the other stuff I've been trying to grok for a couple of years. It really boils down to knowing where everything is and thinking about what you're actually voicing. Priceless! And free? You gotta be kidding! I must have a match for my own considerable weight in the number of jazz guitar books and videos I’ve purchased while looking for someone to provide me with this information. This basic course catalyzes all the other stuff I’ve been trying to grok for a couple of years. It really boils down to knowing where everything is and thinking about what you’re actually voicing. Priceless! And free? You gotta be kidding!

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