Jam With Tom Quayle
Lessons Included in this Course
Course Content Overview
Jam with Tom Quayle is structured around three original fusion backing tracks, each performed by Tom at three levels of difficulty — beginner, intermediate, and advanced. This gives you nine distinct performances to study, learn from, and jam alongside. Every solo is fully transcribed and available as a PDF, and on-screen chord and scale graphics guide you during your own improvisation sections.
The course offers two complementary approaches to learning. You can use the backing tracks as an open-ended creative tool — improvising freely, experimenting with different ideas and phrases — or you can study Tom's performances in depth, learning his specific choices before trading solos with him. Both methods are musically valuable and both will accelerate your development as a fusion guitarist.
Course Lesson Contents
- Three original fusion backing tracks, each presented at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels
- Nine fully transcribed Tom Quayle guitar solos, available as downloadable PDF tablature
- On-screen chord and scale diagrams to support your own improvisation during jam sections
- Detailed technique breakdowns covering the core vocabulary of modern fusion guitar
- Guidance on how to develop improvisational instincts and musical phrasing over complex chord changes
- Instruction in timing, feel, and the art of playing expressively within a contemporary musical context
- Coverage of both melodic soloing and harmonic awareness within a fusion framework
- Insight into how to construct solos with shape, intention, and musical sophistication
This Course is Ideal for Players Who...
Jam with Tom Quayle is designed for guitarists who are ready to move beyond the familiar boundaries of rock and blues playing and explore the richer harmonic and technical landscape of modern fusion. It is equally suited to intermediate players taking their first steps into the genre and to advanced guitarists looking to deepen their understanding of contemporary technique and improvisation.
This course is a natural fit for players who:
- Want to develop genuine fusion guitar soloing skills in a musical, engaging environment
- Are drawn to the fluid, sophisticated sound of modern jazz-rock and want to understand it from the inside out
- Learn most effectively by doing — by playing, jamming, and experimenting alongside an expert tutor
- Are looking for a structured yet flexible course that works at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels simultaneously
- Want professional-quality fusion backing tracks to practise with, rather than playing over a metronome in isolation
- Are interested in the playing styles and techniques associated with guitarists such as Greg Howe, Brett Garsed, Wayne Krantz, and the broader world of contemporary fusion and jazz-rock
This course is not simply about learning solos by rote. It is about internalising the musical language of modern fusion — understanding the scales, the harmonic frameworks, the rhythmic feel, and the expressive techniques that give the genre its distinctive character. Tom Quayle's teaching approach ensures that every concept is grounded in real musical application, giving you the tools to take what you learn here and apply it across everything you play.
What will I achieve from completing this course?
The skills you build in Jam with Tom Quayle extend far beyond the tracks themselves. This fusion guitar course functions as a masterclass in modern legato technique, harmonic understanding, and musical expression — the qualities that define the contemporary guitar vocabulary and open up new creative possibilities across every style you play.
By working through all three difficulty levels, you will develop a broad and transferable technical foundation that applies directly to fusion, jazz, progressive rock, and contemporary instrumental music. You will learn not just what to play, but how to think harmonically — how to hear chord tones, how to phrase with intention, and how to bring genuine musicality to your improvisation.
Technical skills you will develop include:
- Advanced legato technique — hammer-ons, pull-offs, and position shifts — for seamlessly fluid, connected lines
- Hybrid picking for combining pick and fingers to achieve complex, nuanced phrasing
- Vibrato and string bending applied with the control and sensitivity that fusion demands
- Sweep picking and arpeggios for outlining chord tones with speed and clarity
- Two-handed tapping for extending melodic range and adding modern textural variety
- Alternate picking precision for clean articulation within fast, intricate passages
- Chord progression awareness and the ability to improvise meaningfully over complex harmonic movement
- Fretboard visualisation skills that allow you to navigate the guitar neck with confidence and freedom
- Improved timing and rhythmic sophistication developed through consistent practice with backing tracks
- The ability to improvise fluently and musically over a range of contemporary fusion chord progressions
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Jam with Tom Quayle - Mastering Guitar Through Songs
Welcome to "Jam with Tom Quayle," a comprehensive guitar lesson series presented by Licklibrary.com. This unique learning experience is designed to cater to guitarists of all levels, offering an in-depth exploration of three songs, each representing a different level of difficulty. Through these lessons, guitarists are not just learning songs but are immersing themselves in mastering various techniques and styles.
Beginner, intermediate and advanced guitar jams, with lessons, backing tracks and tablature.
This superb guitar lesson course is a new and unique way to have fun, study and jam all at the same time. The guitar lesson course contains three top quality backing tracks, and can be approached in two ways, first you can "JAM" with the tracks flying solo, experimenting with different ideas, licks and solos. Alternatively you can trade solos with Tom, drawing inspiration from the ideas and techniques used in his solos.
Each track has three performances from Tom working across three levels of difficulty. Although the solos are improvised he has taken care to go for a basic intermediate and advanced level for each track. All the solos are transcribed and are available in pdf form along with the lessons. On screen graphics with chords and scales are provided when it's your turn to Jam.
Playing with a Backing Track
Each lesson in "Jam with Tom Quayle" comes with a backing track, an invaluable tool for practice. Playing along with a backing track helps guitarists improve their timing, rhythm, and gives them a sense of playing in a band. It also aids in developing improvisational skills, as guitarists learn to play in harmony with other instruments. This real-world practice scenario is crucial for anyone looking to perform with others or record their music.
The Style of Tom Quayle
Tom Quayle, known for his fluid legato playing style and fusion influences, brings a unique approach to guitar instruction. His ability to blend jazz, rock, and other genres into a cohesive playing style is not just impressive but inspiring. Learning from Quayle, students will not only absorb his technical prowess but also his creative approach to melding different musical traditions into a personal guitar voice.
Guitar Techniques Used
Throughout these lessons, a variety of guitar techniques are employed, each contributing to the development of a versatile and well-rounded guitarist. Below is a list of techniques used, with links to further explore each one:
- Vibrato
- Alternate Picking
- Legato
- String Bending
- Sweep Picking
- Two-Handed Tapping
- Chord Progressions
- Arpeggios
By exploring these techniques through the lessons in "Jam with Tom Quayle," guitarists will not only learn to play songs but also deepen their understanding of the guitar as an instrument, enhancing their overall musicality and skill.
About The Tutor
Tutor Profile
Tom Quayle
Tom Quayle needs no introduction on the guitar scene after shooting to attention when he made it to the finals of Guitar Idol back in 2008. Before that he was a graduate of Leeds College of Music where he did a degree in jazz then hit the local jazz scene....