Jazz & Bebop Guitar Heroes

Every musician has a long list of other musicians, past and present, that have inspired, influenced and helped shape their own sound and musicality. It's the natural evolution of music. We asked Ted Ludwig to pass on to you some of the key learnings that his jazz Guitar Heroes passed on to him.

”Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joe Diorio, and Steve Masakowski are just a few of the legendary jazz guitarists that have made such a huge impact on my own comping, soloing and improvisational playing.

In this course, I’ll show you how these masterful players have also informed the way I hear jazz music and compose my one songs. We’ll work on the signature techniques and approaches that I picked up from each of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies, over backing tracks for musical context.”

Ted will first introduce his heroes to you and describe why he found them so influential. After each discussion, Ted presents a performance study to illustrate those influences in a musical context. A breakdown follows every performance study where he explains and demonstrates all of the key concepts and approaches in play.

You’ll have all of TrueFire’s advanced learning tools at your finger tips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace.

You can loop, slow down, or speed up any section of a lesson. Plus, all of the tab and notation is synced to the videos for the optimal learning experience. You’ll also get tab and standard notation files to print out, Guitar Pro files, and all of the backing tracks to practice with.

Grab your guitar, and let’s dig deep with Ted Ludwig!