Gregori Hofmann

Here I look at ways to improve your time feel when playing swing and ways to practice arpeggios while working on common rhythmic subdivisions. I then let you into how I practice these ideas as well as all the ideas I have spoken about in my videos by playing through the A Section of the [...]

Here I look at ways to add percussion and bounce to your lines by using ghost notes and raking. Both these techniques were used extensively by Jaco Pastorious so I suggest you check out the tunes ‘Come on Come Over’ off his album Jaco Pastorius and check out the track ‘Havona’ by Weather Report.

Here we look at ways to solo over two unrelated chords and different ways of creating phrases that develop and progress through the chords in a constantly evolving and logical way.

Here I discuss applying chords to grooves as well as some thoughts on a chordal approach when soloing.

We continue Expanding our knowledge and voicings of Diatonic chords found in the key of G Major.As well as that we look at ways to play 7th chords using 3 note voicings on the bass.

When I first started transcribing and getting into playing Standards I bought the Omnibook. Its a reccomendation that so many teachers/musicians tell you to check out. The book is a collection of solos and melodies from Charlie Parker’s compositions. The book is quite a piece of work. To have transcribed all those amazing solos is [...]

In this Lesson we focus on the A section of Rhythm Changes and look at ways of outlining the changes. In part 1 and 2 of the video lesson we work on practice methods that enable us to solo over the first 2 bars: ||Bb G7 | Cmin7 F7 ||  or  ||BbMaj7 G7alt | Cmin7 [...]

These video lessons focus on the Minor 2 5 1. Here we are looking at E half diminished – A7b9 – D Minor 7

Here’s a technique I use quite often to play faster lines with less effort. It also gives me a different tone and allows me to play lines I wouldn’t normally play with the Index and Middle fingers  

The first question in the Ask Greg Anything Section comes from Vian. Hey Greg I’m trying to train my ears to recognize root movements because it’s often hard for me to know where I am in a tune if I’m not counting all the time. I know bassists are especially good at this so please [...]