Guitar Techniques

Five Jazz Licks

this feature we welcome Italian jazz guitar master Alessio Menconi. Genoaborn Alessio is a well-respected musician and has a fully-stocked website of resources for the aspiring jazz guitarist. In the accompanying video Alessio demonstrates his licks along with backing tracks. The licks are played slowly first, and then at performance tempo. They are all designed to fit over the classic II-V-I chord progression, a key component of the jazz repertoire. For a II-V-I in C Major

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