Tom Quayle - Modern Guitar by Tom Quayle

Welcome to the "Tom Quayle - Modern Guitar" series, an exceptional collection of guitar lessons designed to elevate your playing skills to new heights. In this course, Tom Quayle, a renowned guitarist known for his mastery and innovative techniques, delves deep into advanced guitar concepts and techniques. This comprehensive guide covers a wide range of topics, ensuring that guitarists of all levels can benefit from Tom’s expertise.

Using Chromaticism

Chromaticism involves using notes that are not part of the traditional scale to add colour and tension to your playing. By incorporating chromatic notes, you can create interesting and unexpected sounds that make your solos stand out. Tom Quayle demonstrates how to effectively use chromaticism to enhance your improvisational skills and add a unique flair to your guitar playing.

Using Triad Slash Chords

Triad slash chords are chords with a specified bass note that is different from the root. These chords add richness and complexity to your progressions. Tom Quayle teaches you how to incorporate triad slash chords into your playing, helping you to develop more sophisticated chordal textures and expand your harmonic vocabulary.

Visualising the Fretboard

Understanding and visualising the fretboard is crucial for efficient navigation and improvisation. In this lesson, Tom Quayle provides strategies to help you map out the fretboard, making it easier to find scales, arpeggios, and chord shapes across the neck. This skill is essential for fluid and confident playing.

Modern Voicings for the Minor ii-V-I Progression

The minor ii-V-I progression is a staple in many genres, especially jazz. Tom Quayle introduces modern voicings for this progression, offering fresh and contemporary sounds. These voicings will help you break away from traditional chord shapes and explore new harmonic territories.

Enhancing Major ii-V-Is

Enhancing major ii-V-I progressions involves adding extensions and alterations to standard chords. Tom Quayle demonstrates how to enrich these progressions with additional harmonic layers, making your playing more engaging and dynamic.

Non Diatonic Tricks

Non-diatonic tricks involve using notes and chords outside the standard key. These techniques add tension and surprise to your playing. Tom Quayle shows you how to implement non-diatonic elements creatively, adding a new dimension to your solos and compositions.

Composing Fusion Chord Progressions

Fusion chord progressions blend elements from various musical styles, creating complex and interesting harmonic structures. Tom Quayle guides you through the process of composing your own fusion progressions, helping you to develop a unique sound that merges different genres seamlessly.

Continuous Scales

Continuous scales involve playing scales in a fluid and connected manner across the fretboard. This technique improves your scale knowledge and fingerboard fluency. Tom Quayle’s lessons on continuous scales will help you to link different scale positions smoothly, enhancing your improvisational abilities.

Combining Hybrid Picking & Hammer Ons

Hybrid picking combines pick and fingers to play notes, offering more versatility and speed. When paired with hammer-ons, this technique allows for fluid and expressive playing. Tom Quayle demonstrates how to integrate hybrid picking with hammer-ons, boosting your technical prowess.

Developing Your Improvisational Technique

Improvisation is a key aspect of modern guitar playing. Tom Quayle provides valuable insights and exercises to develop your improvisational skills. This lesson covers phrasing, timing, and creative approaches to make your solos more compelling and original.

Modal Chord Shapes

Modal chord shapes are essential for playing in different modes. Tom Quayle teaches you how to construct and use these shapes, enabling you to explore modal harmony and create varied musical atmospheres.

Developing Rhythmic Control

Rhythmic control is vital for tight and expressive playing. Tom Quayle’s lessons focus on improving your timing and rhythmic accuracy. These exercises will help you to play with greater precision and confidence.

Latin Rhythm for the Right Hand

Latin rhythms add a unique flavour to your playing. Tom Quayle demonstrates right-hand techniques for authentic Latin grooves, enhancing your rhythm playing and adding new stylistic elements to your repertoire.

Timing with Legato

Legato playing involves smooth and connected notes. Proper timing is crucial for effective legato technique. Tom Quayle teaches you how to synchronise your legato playing with precise timing, resulting in fluid and musical phrases.

F & G Major Triad Pair Licks

Triad pairs are a powerful tool for creating interesting lines. Tom Quayle shows you how to use F and G major triad pairs to construct licks, offering new melodic ideas and enhancing your soloing vocabulary.

Utilising Chord Scales

Chord scales are derived from the notes of a chord and are useful for improvisation. Tom Quayle explains how to utilise chord scales to outline harmonic structures, making your solos more coherent and harmonically rich.

Non Diatonic Blues Progression

Blues progressions are a cornerstone of many musical styles. Tom Quayle explores non-diatonic variations of blues progressions, providing new ways to approach this classic form and adding depth to your blues playing.

Lazy First Finger Syndrome

Lazy first finger syndrome can hinder your playing technique. Tom Quayle offers exercises and tips to overcome this issue, improving your overall finger independence and dexterity.

Performance Context

In addition to these lessons, Tom Quayle includes performance demonstrations. Seeing these techniques in action helps you understand how to apply them musically. Watching Tom perform allows you to observe his approach, phrasing, and dynamics, giving you a practical context for your learning.

Guitar Techniques Used in These Lessons

• Chromaticism
• Hammer-ons
• Hybrid picking
• Legato
• Chord progressions

This extensive course by Tom Quayle is designed to transform your guitar playing by introducing you to a wide range of modern techniques and concepts. Whether you're looking to enhance your improvisational skills, expand your harmonic knowledge, or simply become a more versatile guitarist, "Tom Quayle - Modern Guitar" offers invaluable lessons to help you achieve your goals.