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Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts
Master Fingerstyle Jazz with 15 Progressive Practice Sessions
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About this course
Ready to take your jazz guitar playing to the next level? Fingerstyle technique is the ultimate tool for jazz guitarists, enabling you to seamlessly integrate melody, harmony, and bass lines into rich, dynamic solo arrangements that are uniquely yours.
Martin Taylor’s Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts is your pathway to refining fingerstyle mastery, boosting creative confidence, and achieving new levels of improvisational freedom. Whether you’re just starting or already an experienced player, these 15 concise, progressive sessions are designed to help you master the art of solo fingerstyle jazz.
What You’ll Learn:
Each of the 15 etudes is tailored with multiple levels to match your skill and help you progress step by step:
TrueFire’s powerful interative learning tools make learning intuitive and effective:
Martin Taylor’s Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts is your pathway to refining fingerstyle mastery, boosting creative confidence, and achieving new levels of improvisational freedom. Whether you’re just starting or already an experienced player, these 15 concise, progressive sessions are designed to help you master the art of solo fingerstyle jazz.
What You’ll Learn:
- Blend melody, harmony, and rhythm effortlessly for solo jazz guitar.
- Enhance finger independence, expand harmonic understanding, and improve rhythmic control.
- Develop your own jazz standard arrangements while discovering your personal voice.
Each of the 15 etudes is tailored with multiple levels to match your skill and help you progress step by step:
- Etude 1: 4 Bar 4 Shapes – Establish foundational fingerstyle patterns.
- Etude 2: Bossa Nova Feel – Blend jazz rhythms with intricate chord progressions.
- Etude 3: Jazz Waltz – Master triple meter and enrich your harmonic textures.
- Etude 4: Descending Patterns – Elevate melodic phrasing and movement.
- Etude 5: Fingerstyle Motif – Build motifs that fuel improvisation.
TrueFire’s powerful interative learning tools make learning intuitive and effective:
- Slow down, loop, and sync video lessons with animated fretboard displays.
- Access tabs, notation, and Guitar Pro files for deeper understanding.
- Play along with backing tracks to solidify your confidence and groove.
What you'll learn
- Execute stride feel on guitar while maintaining melodic line
- Integrate melody with syncopated accompaniment patterns
- Create voice separation between melody and rhythm
- Make sparse arrangements sound full and rich
- Add a bass skip to create authentic jazz waltz groove
Release date: 12/31/2024 • 1h 26m runtime
Sample lessons
Introduce Etude 2 | Bossa Nova Feel
Overview of Changes & Feel
Bossa Nova Feel | Level 1
Workout 4 Lesson
Bossa Nova Feel | Level 1
Workout 4 Play-Along
Bossa Nova Feel | Level 2
Workout 5 Lesson
What's included
39 lessons • 34 charts
Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts
Hey there, Martin Taylor here. Welcome to Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts!
Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar is a truly special art form that blends melody, harmony, and rhythm all at once. It’s not without its challenges, but once you get the hang of it, your playing will reach a whole new level of sophistication.
I've crafted this course with 15 progressive, bite-sized workouts and play-along sessions. In each workout, we’ll focus on finger independence, harmonic knowledge, and rhythmic control to help you gradually develop the techniques needed to excel in solo fingerstyle jazz.
Plus, with TrueFire’s learning tools, you’ll have access to tab sync and notation, slow-motion controls, looping, and fretboard animations—so you can learn at your own pace.
Ready to dive into solo fingerstyle jazz? Grab your guitar, and let’s get started!
Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar is a truly special art form that blends melody, harmony, and rhythm all at once. It’s not without its challenges, but once you get the hang of it, your playing will reach a whole new level of sophistication.
I've crafted this course with 15 progressive, bite-sized workouts and play-along sessions. In each workout, we’ll focus on finger independence, harmonic knowledge, and rhythmic control to help you gradually develop the techniques needed to excel in solo fingerstyle jazz.
Plus, with TrueFire’s learning tools, you’ll have access to tab sync and notation, slow-motion controls, looping, and fretboard animations—so you can learn at your own pace.
Ready to dive into solo fingerstyle jazz? Grab your guitar, and let’s get started!
Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts
In this series, we will explore 15 solo fingerstyle jazz workouts organized into sets of three, each focusing on a specific style such as standard progressions, turnarounds, bossa nova, or jazz waltz. Each set begins with a foundational workout to establish chord changes and feel, progressively adding complexity with moving basslines, melodies, and syncopation. Whether you're a beginner starting at the first level or an advanced player diving into higher levels, the key to success lies in using a metronome, starting slow, isolating tricky parts for repetition, and setting clear practice goals. Let’s get started with workout one!
Introduce Etude 1 | 4 Bar 4 Shapes
In this lesson series, we will work through a four-bar sequence featuring four foundational chord shapes: A minor 7, D7, G major 7, and C major 7. Starting with a bar chord on the 5th fret, we’ll focus on smooth transitions between the bass notes and harmony notes, using the thumb to alternate between the 6th and 5th strings. As we progress, we’ll incorporate movements like shifting from G major 7 to C major 7 on the 5th string, building muscle memory through repetition. Break the sequence into manageable parts, practice steadily, and watch your fluency develop.
4 Bar 4 Shapes | Level 1
In this lesson series, we will work through a four-bar sequence featuring four foundational chord shapes: A minor 7, D7, G major 7, and C major 7. Starting with a bar chord on the 5th fret, we’ll focus on smooth transitions between the bass notes and harmony notes, using the thumb to alternate between the 6th and 5th strings. As we progress, we’ll incorporate movements like shifting from G major 7 to C major 7 on the 5th string, building muscle memory through repetition. Break the sequence into manageable parts, practice steadily, and watch your fluency develop.
4 Bar 4 Shapes | Level 1
In this lesson series, we will work through a four-bar sequence featuring four foundational chord shapes: A minor 7, D7, G major 7, and C major 7. Starting with a bar chord on the 5th fret, we’ll focus on smooth transitions between the bass notes and harmony notes, using the thumb to alternate between the 6th and 5th strings. As we progress, we’ll incorporate movements like shifting from G major 7 to C major 7 on the 5th string, building muscle memory through repetition. Break the sequence into manageable parts, practice steadily, and watch your fluency develop.
4 Bar 4 Shapes | Level 2
In this lesson series, we will work through a four-bar sequence featuring four foundational chord shapes: A minor 7, D7, G major 7, and C major 7. Starting with a bar chord on the 5th fret, we’ll focus on smooth transitions between the bass notes and harmony notes, using the thumb to alternate between the 6th and 5th strings. As we progress, we’ll incorporate movements like shifting from G major 7 to C major 7 on the 5th string, building muscle memory through repetition. Break the sequence into manageable parts, practice steadily, and watch your fluency develop.
4 Bar 4 Shapes | Level 2
In this lesson series, we will work through a four-bar sequence featuring four foundational chord shapes: A minor 7, D7, G major 7, and C major 7. Starting with a bar chord on the 5th fret, we’ll focus on smooth transitions between the bass notes and harmony notes, using the thumb to alternate between the 6th and 5th strings. As we progress, we’ll incorporate movements like shifting from G major 7 to C major 7 on the 5th string, building muscle memory through repetition. Break the sequence into manageable parts, practice steadily, and watch your fluency develop.
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Reviews
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cookie101
Verified buyer
12/17/25
Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts. martin taylor
another great course from martin. bitesize lessons make it easier to digest and practice. progressive lessons that are put together well so you can improve without being overwhelmed with to much information at once which sometimesw can make you feel you're not getting anywhere. highly recommend if fingerstyle is the style you want to play. cheers.
SteveAckers
Verified buyer
08/14/25
Great skill-builder
An excellent primer to practice several fundamental skills before diving into Martin Taylor’s more advanced course.
lonniewsj
Verified buyer
07/15/25
Martin's the best. . .
You cannot go wrong with a Martin Taylor course. Martin's instruction is clear and very thorough. And his playing is always a joy to listen to.
khimber
Verified buyer
02/25/25
Learn From The Best To Be The Best
TrueFire always has the highest caliber of quality and practically informative course to offer with first rate well-known accomplished guitar players as wonderful instructors to boot. This is always a winning combination and this course on Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Workouts is wonderful in its patient methodical approach for aspiring guitarists trying to master fingerstyle jazz. Thank you!
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