ProgressiveGuitar

Learn how to play a jazz waltz. The key difference between a jazz waltz and any other variety of waltz is that the jazz waltz has a swing feel created by using swing 8s.

Develop your chord technique with this compendium of Bossa Nova rhythms for Jazz pick guitar. They will help to develop good timing, wrist strength and heighten your awareness of where to place the emphasis when playing with a drummer. A good warm up would be to take one of the rhythms and play it for around three minutes with a metronome. You will notice the difference in your picking ability immediately. Once you are comfortable with a rhythm go on and apply it to a standard.