Jeff Brent's
FREE! Guitar Study Materials
Technique, Composition, Arranging, Scales, Modes, Chords,
Jazz Theory, Soloing, Improvisation, Jazz Riffs, Comping, and more ...


Guitar Fingerings for the Major Scale and its Modes
The "Brent Box Sets" concept.

Bopology 101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom.
Complete with MIDI audio examples & guitar tab.

The Principles of Rhythm Guitar
The "Spare and Ringy One", the "Pushed Three" and the "Busy Four"

The Evolution of the Major Scale
The origins of the discovery of the minor pentatonic scale
and its transformation into the Major scale.

Tritone Substitutes
A study of their uses in a common progression.

Diatonic Tertian Mega-Scale
A cool and useful idea for improvising over ii-V7-I changes.
Complete with MIDI audio examples.

Quartals
60 permutations of the ii-V7-I progression using quartals.
Also includes melodic ideas and comping suggestions using quartals.

Fowler-Brent Shorthand
A precise and intuitive way of notating chords and scales.

The Minors
Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions.
Complete with MIDI and MP3 audio examples.

 


Alphabetical Listing

Altered 7th Chords
Use of altered chords and their corresponding scale possiblities.

Bopology 101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples & guitar tab.

Comping
The "Dues and Don'ts" of accompaniment.

Creating Melodies using "The Suggestive Method"
The natural path to melodic construction.

Diatonic Tertian Mega-Scale
A cool and useful idea for improvising over ii-V7-I changes. Complete with MIDI audio examples.

Evolution of the Major Scale
The origins of the discovery of the minor pentatonic scale and its transformation into the Major scale.

Fowler-Brent Shorthand
A precise and intuitive way of notating chords and scales.

"Giant Steps" Analysis
Demystifies John Coltrane's "Giant Steps".

Guitar Fingerings for the Major Scale and its Modes
The "Brent Box Sets" concept.

Internalizing Rhythm
Find where it lives.

Jazzing Up a Simple Tune
Some ideas for reharmonizing non-Jazz songs.

Melodic Tendencies
Note choices based on psycho-acoustic factors

Minors
Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions. Complete with MIDI and MP3 audio examples.

Mystery vs. Mastery
Musical evolution and the loss of innocence.

Practicing
How long should I practice every day?

Principles of Rhythm Guitar
The "Spare and Ringy One", the "Pushed Three" and the "Busy Four"

Quartals
60 permutations of the ii-V7-I progression using quartals.
Also includes melodic ideas and comping suggestions using quartals.

The Relationship of the Fundamental to its Fifth and Fourth
The physics of perfect 4ths and 5ths.

Thoughts on Modes
Some insights into modes.

Tips on Transcribing
Practical advice on doing transcriptions.

Tritone Substitutes
A study of their uses in a common progression.

Universal Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th chords as melodic soloing choices. Complete with MIDI audio examples.


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Riffs & Licks

Bopology 101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples & guitar tab.

Quartals
60 permutations of the ii-V7-I progression using quartals.
Also includes melodic ideas and comping suggestions using quartals.

Universal Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th chords as melodic soloing choices. Complete with MIDI audio examples.

Melodic Tendencies
Note choices based on psycho-acoustic factors

Creating Melodies using "The Suggestive Method"
The natural path to melodic construction.

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Modes, Scales and Megascales

The Evolution of the Major Scale
The origins of the discovery of the minor pentatonic scale and its transformation into the Major scale.

The Relationship of the Fundamental to its Fifth and Fourth
The physics of perfect 4ths and 5ths.

Thoughts on Modes
Some insights into modes.

Guitar Fingerings for the Major Scale and its Modes
The "Brent Box Sets" concept.

Minors
Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions. Complete with MIDI and MP3 audio examples.

Bopology 101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples & guitar tab.

Altered 7th Chords
Use of altered chords and their corresponding scale possiblities.

Universal Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th chords as melodic soloing choices. Complete with MIDI audio examples.

Diatonic Tertian Mega-Scale
A cool and useful idea for improvising over ii-V7-I changes. Complete with MIDI audio examples.

Fowler-Brent Shorthand
A precise and intuitive way of notating chords and scales.


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Chords, Chords, Chords

Altered 7th Chords
Use of altered chords and their corresponding scale possiblities.

Quartals
60 permutations of the ii-V7-I progression using quartals.
Also includes melodic ideas and comping suggestions using quartals.

Tritone Substitutes
A study of their uses in a common progression.

Jazzing Up a Simple Tune
Some ideas for reharmonizing non-Jazz songs.

Fowler-Brent Shorthand
A precise and intuitive way of notating chords and scales.

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Practical Musical Advice:

Practicing
How long should I practice every day?

Comping
The "Dues and Don'ts" of accompaniment.

Tips on Transcribing
Practical advice on doing transcriptions.

Creating Melodies using "The Suggestive Method"
The natural path to melodic construction.

Melodic Tendencies
Note choices based on psycho-acoustic factors

Internalizing Rhythm
Find where it lives.

Mystery vs. Mastery
Musical evolution and the loss of innocence.

Principles of Rhythm Guitar
The "Spare and Ringy One", the "Pushed Three" and the "Busy Four"

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Lessons with Audio

Bopology 101
Learn to solo in the BeBop idiom. Complete with MIDI audio examples & guitar tab.

Diatonic Tertian Mega-Scale
A cool and useful idea for improvising over ii-V7-I changes. Complete with MIDI audio examples.

Minors
Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions. Complete with MIDI and MP3 audio examples.

Universal Scale over iii-VI7-ii-V7-I progressions
Using the last four notes of minor 7th chords or dominant 7th chords as melodic soloing choices. Complete with MIDI audio examples.

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