Advanced Guitar Player

Jazz begins and ends as rhythm. Understand the rhythmic language of jazz and the rest will take care of itself. So we begin with a simple set of rhythm games and exercises, which are fun to do, feel natural and will get you moving - both literally and metaphorically.

Use these workshop exercises as the basis of five minutes regular rhythm work in every practice session. Once you have the basics under your belt, you'll find ways of developing them further for yourself, topractise rhythmic improvising on particular pieces.

The exercises and games will help you understand why rhythms in different pieces of music work the way they do, and will help you play more stylishly and in time.