The Simple Guide to Phrasing (JamPlay)

Sometimes you just want to do some guitar ‘noodling’ and see what you can discover. But if you don’t know what notes you can and can’t play together, improvising can feel like a lost cause. It’s one thing to play the guitar and another thing to fully understand the fundamentals of what you’re playing. In this pack, Prashant Aswani breaks this all down for you by helping you visualize the fretboard while exploring concepts like keys, scales, arpeggios, and intervals and how they can all be used t

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The Simple Guide to Phrasing (JamPlay)

About this course

Sometimes you just want to do some guitar ‘noodling’ and see what you can discover. But if you don’t know what notes you can and can’t play together, improvising can feel like a lost cause. It’s one thing to play the guitar and another thing to fully understand the fundamentals of what you’re playing. In this pack, Prashant Aswani breaks this all down for you by helping you visualize the fretboard while exploring concepts like keys, scales, arpeggios, and intervals and how they can all be used together.

What you'll learn

  • Create melodic phrases directly from chord voicings
  • Apply arpeggio-based phrasing starting from chord roots
  • Understand the scope and goals of the phrasing course
  • Understand that phrasing is a conceptual skill, not just technical ability
  • Build phrases that complement rather than conflict with harmony
Release date: 10/20/2021 • 2h 49m runtime
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Sample lessons
Rhythmic Motifs
Rhythmic Motifs
Constructing an 8 Bar Solo
Constructing an 8 Bar Solo
Track Guide: Breathe (Solo)
Track Guide: Breathe (Solo)

What's included

16 lessons • 15 charts • 13 Jam Tracks

Introduction
Prashant Aswani introduces us to 'The Simple Guide to Phrasing'.
Phrases from Harmony
Let's kick things off with deriving our phrases from a harmony!
Phrases from Chord Tones
Now let's cover how to develop our phrasing based on chord tones!
Question and Answer
Have you ever wanted to hold a conversation via guitar? Here, Prashant shows us how!
Rhythmic Motifs
Ok, now let's shift gears and cover a few rhythmic motifs!
Adding Inflections
Inflections can be used to add a dynamic and creative flare to our playing. Prashant covers this skill in this next lesson.
Question and Answer in Soloing
Now let's cover applying our Q&A method from the previous lesson to our soloing!

+ 9 more lessons

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Reviews

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Baccetti

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12/01/25

Very good info!

alfredotorres

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08/04/25

Good

Guilherme N.

07/19/23

Very good course

Best course I have found in this site so far. Very articulative and easy to understand, and thumbs up for the teacher he's awesome.

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