What's New

Fixed charts to be for correct lessons

App Description

This iPad version of TrueFire's highly popular 50 Jazz Guitar Licks You MUST Know includes all 50 interactive video lessons, tab, text commentary, standard notation and practice rhythm tracks. All video and lesson content is downloaded along with the app - no Wi-Fi connection or streaming required!

Top performing and recording artist, jazz master Frank Vignola presents his hand-picked collection of 50 jazz guitar licks you MUST know, all of them integral elements of the jazz guitar vocabulary for developing motifs and fueling original improvisations. Vignolaís range of phrases, concepts and techniques will help guide your development of the tools, techniques and vocabulary you'll need to take your jazz guitar playing to the next level.

You'll learn 50 of Frankís favorite go-to licks from many of his own favorite guitarists, including Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, George Benson and Django Reinhardt. These phrases have been chosen because of their versatility and application in a multitude of different styles and contexts as motifs for original improvisations.

Vignola covers Minor and Major 7th motifs, chromatics, ii-V7 lines, minor vamps, jazzed blues runs, shuffles, right and left-hand techniques, double-stops, melodic development and a useful variety of picking techniques.

Also, be sure to check out TrueFire's other 50 licks apps!

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 15, 2014 Initial release