How to Use Planing Techniques in Jazz Guitar

Using the planing technique is an essential technique in playing the jazz guitar. To master this technique takes patience, skill and, of course, practice. After mastering the planing technique on the jazz guitar, you can explore other techniques.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Learn the basic chords and fret techniques before moving on to planing and other techniques. It is important to have the basics down before trying to add more complex techniques when playing the jazz guitar.

2. Understand the benefits of using the planing technique. It will allow you to recognize the chords and fret board a lot better, which will free you up to more music combinations and better sounds.

3. Notice the triads within each chord. This is down by slowly playing each chord and noticing the triad on the major scale. Start with the G major scale and find the triad. Play this a couple of times to get familiar with the sound, then experiment with it to form other sounds. Not matter what three notes you choose on each scale, you will create a new sound.

4. Practice and play around to truly use the planing technique. Once you are comfortable with finding triads on each chord and scales, you can skip around more and find new triads, you can use to create wild new sounds and form them into great riffs.

Tips & Warnings

• Consider joining a jazz guitar forum, like on Yahoo! Groups, to network with other jazz guitar players and learn more about the planing technique.