Alfred Scoggins's Guitar Lessons

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	1. Understanding The Tritone Substitution (#12121) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) How to use and play tritones. Jazz · Beginner · 13583 Hits · 5.00/5 (31 ratings) · Last modified: 5/3/2012

	2. Belgian Fluffiness (#12084) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Play this tune NOW - no theory necessary (although it's included) Jazz · Intermediate · 5729 Hits · 5.00/5 (4 ratings) · Last modified: 9/7/2010

	3. The Rights Of Man (#12148) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Nice Irish hornpipe Acoustic/Folk · Intermediate · 652 Hits · 5.00/5 (4 ratings) · Last modified: 10/22/2012

	4. Handling A Tricky Solo (#11993) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) An improvisational idea for playing over difficult changes Jazz · Advanced · 5672 Hits · 5.00/5 (3 ratings) · Last modified: 6/12/2010

	5. Soloing Over A Ballad (#11983) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Putting together a solo over ballad changes. Jazz · Intermediate · 3572 Hits · 5.00/5 (3 ratings) · Last modified: 11/18/2010

	6. Playing The Pilgrim Song (#12141) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Good licks from live performance. Bluegrass · Intermediate · 1462 Hits · 5.00/5 (2 ratings) · Last modified: 7/22/2012

	7. Wildwood Flower (#11877) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) NOT the usual Clarence White version! Bluegrass · Intermediate · 13475 Hits · 4.92/5 (12 ratings) · Last modified: 6/28/2012

	8. Bluegrass Licks (#11575) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) A compendium of bluegrass licks. Bluegrass · Intermediate · 94854 Hits · 4.91/5 (87 ratings) · Last modified: 10/8/2007

	9. Soloing Over A Jazz Blues (#12008) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Just what it says :) Jazz · Intermediate · 7800 Hits · 4.83/5 (6 ratings) · Last modified: 7/27/2012

	10. Banks Of The Ohio (#11694) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Carter-style picking, beginner to advanced. Bluegrass · Beginner · 27992 Hits · 4.82/5 (22 ratings) · Last modified: 7/25/2012

	11. Beaumont Rag (#11579) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) If you ever learn one rag (apart from Black Mountain) let it be this one! Bluegrass · Intermediate · 16572 Hits · 4.82/5 (11 ratings) · Last modified: 3/8/2007

	12. Playing From Chord Shapes (#11599) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) A simple guide to using chord shapes as a basis for improvisation. Jazz · Intermediate · 7605 Hits · 4.80/5 (5 ratings) · Last modified: 10/8/2007

	13. Soloing Over Bossa Chords (#11977) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) How to put together a solo over tricky bossa chords Jazz · Advanced · 4336 Hits · 4.80/5 (5 ratings) · Last modified: 11/29/2008

	14. Bossa Nova And Samba Rhythm (#11602) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) At last! How to get that Bossa sound. It's easy (seriously). Jazz · Intermediate · 19494 Hits · 4.78/5 (18 ratings) · Last modified: 10/8/2007

	15. Basic Chord Substitution (#11584) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Understand the basic principles of chord substitution. No theory involved! But you'll still get a headache... Jazz · Beginner · 15901 Hits · 4.69/5 (16 ratings) · Last modified: 1/25/2008

	16. Dusty Miller (#11608) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) This is my version of an old fiddle tune. Bluegrass · Advanced · 6105 Hits · 4.62/5 (8 ratings) · Last modified: 9/22/2008

	17. Floating (#11609) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) What 'floating' is. Bluegrass · Beginner · 8032 Hits · 4.60/5 (5 ratings) · Last modified: 10/10/2008

	18. Where Are You Now? (#11902) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Composing a tune on guitar. Jazz · Intermediate · 8830 Hits · 4.50/5 (6 ratings) · Last modified: 8/1/2012

	19. Charlie Christian... (#12126) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Or how to do arpeggios Jazz · Beginner · 1877 Hits · 4.50/5 (2 ratings) · Last modified: 3/15/2011

	20. Jazzing Minor Pentatonics (#11536) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) This lesson demonstrates the use of minor pentatonics in jazz soloing. Jazz · Intermediate · 10233 Hits · 4.38/5 (8 ratings) · Last modified: 10/8/2007

	21. Boys Of Bluehill (#11565) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) A nice Irish hornpipe, and good to play. Bluegrass · Intermediate · 3944 Hits · 4.33/5 (6 ratings) · Last modified: 10/8/2007

	22. Playing 'Outside' - Major And Minor 3rds (#11618) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Coltrane and Parker explained (simply). Jazz · Advanced · 9053 Hits · 4.33/5 (3 ratings) · Last modified: 8/23/2008

	23. The Minor 2-5-1 (#12087) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) How to play it. Jazz · Advanced · 2793 Hits · 4.33/5 (3 ratings) · Last modified: 5/23/2010

	24. Jazz Lines For Beginners (#11846) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) How to play jazz lines for the complete beginner Jazz · Beginner · 13561 Hits · 4.20/5 (5 ratings) · Last modified: 7/8/2008

	25. 'Professional' Jazz Lines (#12089) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) How the greats did it. Jazz · Advanced · 4673 Hits · 4.11/5 (9 ratings) · Last modified: 11/7/2010

	26. The Nine Pound Hammer (#12125) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Here's how. Bluegrass · Intermediate · 1970 Hits · 4.00/5 (5 ratings) · Last modified: 3/4/2011

	27. Improvising Over Tritones (#12122) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Here's how. Jazz · Intermediate · 3732 Hits · 3.86/5 (7 ratings) · Last modified: 11/6/2011

	28. IMPROVISATION! (#12124) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) A brief guide. Seriously. Jazz · Beginner · 2439 Hits · 3.50/5 (2 ratings) · Last modified: 3/15/2011

	29. Floating 2 - Goodbye Liza Jane (#11612) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) A tune to practice floating skills - not that easy. Bluegrass · Advanced · 3459 Hits · 3.00/5 (1 rating) · Last modified: 8/10/2008

	30. A Substitute For The Diminished Scale (#12142) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) A good trick if you need one :) Jazz · Intermediate · 1246 Hits · 2.50/5 (2 ratings) · Last modified: 11/9/2011

	31. Alabama Jubilee (Public Domain) (#12085) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Here's how... Bluegrass · Intermediate · 1576 Hits · 2.00/5 (1 rating) · Last modified: 5/3/2010

	32. All The Chords You Know (#12051) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Improvising over a well known tune with several key changes Jazz · Intermediate · 2396 Hits · No rating · Last modified: 3/20/2010

	33. Nice Bossa Tune (#12162) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Melody and chordal accompaniment. Jazz · Intermediate · 564 Hits · No rating · Last modified: 7/4/2012

	34. The Tao Of Playing (#11665) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Some thoughts on learning Basics · Beginner · 1844 Hits · 4.67/5 (3 ratings) · Last modified: 5/10/2012

	35. Alf's Brilliant Guitar Tuner (#11917) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) I do it my way! Theory/Reference · Beginner · 1565 Hits · 1.00/5 (1 rating) · Last modified: 6/23/2010

	36. Chord Melody (#12232) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) The basics of chord melody playing from beginner up. Jazz · Beginner · 133 Hits · No rating · Last modified: 5/6/2013

	37. Definitely Not Wintertime (#12231) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Variations of this classic from beginner level onwards. Jazz · Beginner · 76 Hits · No rating · Last modified: 5/12/2013

	38. A Little Comment On Modes (#12152) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) Hmmph! Theory/Reference · Beginner · 58 Hits · No rating · Last modified: 4/24/2012

	39. Walking Bass (#12236) by Alfred Scoggins (4564) How to. Jazz · Beginner · 66 Hits · No rating · Last modified: 5/11/2013