Jack Ruch

Quick Licks #5

A great little jazz turnaround lick from the master, Red Garland. 

Backing Track for 'Minor Soloing' Lesson

Just A minor to E7 over and over again. Enjoy guys!

Minor Soloing - Altered Scale Examples

This is the 3rd example taken from the Minor Soloing video. This uses the Altered Scale to outline the E7 chord.

Minor Soloing - Diminished Examples

This solo example uses the diminished 7 arpeggio over the E7 chord. Taken from the Minor soloing Youtube video.

Minor Soloing Lesson - Harmonic Minor Examples

This solo uses the harmonic minor scale to outline the E7 chord. 

New Lesson Video!

How to solo over A minor to E7. Using the harmonic minor scale, diminished arpeggios, and the altered scale.

Backing Track for Melodic Minor Arpeggio Lesson

12/8 Bluesy track in C minor. Follow along the chords on the solo tab. Enjoy!

Tabs and Notation for Melodic Minor Arpeggio Lesson

Here is the tab for the into solo from the video lesson. The chords are marked along the top. Lots of uses of the Minor Major 9 arpeggio in here. Melodic minor, Altered and Lydian dominant all represented in this solo. Enjoy!

New YouTube Lesson

Here's the lesson I posted on YouTube on Sunday. Got the Tabs and Backing track up next!

Tabs for Quick Licks #4

Sorry for the delay this week with all the tabs. My laptop took a dive and had to get repaired. I back and running now and will have a new lesson up this Sunday. Thank you all for the continued support!

Quick Licks #4

Notation for Chord Inversion Lesson

Dominant 7 Chord Inversions

Here's the lesson I did last week showing how I find chord inversions. I will post the tab with all the voicings covered in this lesson.

Tab/Notation for QL #3

Quick Licks #3

Here's is the video for the Albert Collins lick video. I will throw up the tab in the next post.

Tabs and Notation for 'Melodic Solos' Lesson

Sorry guys for the delay on getting this tab done. I got backed up this week with family and work stuff. This is the melodic solo from the beginning of last Sunday's video lesson. I couldn't add all of the little slides and grace notes in the tab that I played, but all of the basic notes are there. You'll have to listen to the video and play along to get those little details. Or, better yet, add your own embellishments to make it your own! Enjoy!

Backing Track for 'How To Play Melodic Solos'

Here's the backing track. The changes are F# minor - D major - A major - E major. Then it goes the D major - F# minor - E major and D major - A major - E major in the B section. I will have the tab of the solo up tomorrow. Enjoy!

New Lesson!

All about seeing the triads within the major scale to play melodic solos that outline the chords!

Tabs for Quick Licks #2

PDF and MXL files are attached below. Enjoy!

Quick Lick of the Week #2

Here's a great Wes Montgomery minor 2-5-1 line. I'll post the tabs up next!

Backing Track for Albert King Lesson

A rhumba blues in the key of C.

Tabs for lick examples - Albert King Lesson

Here are the 3 licks demonstrated in the video.

Tabs for into solo - Albert King Lesson

Here is the full solo from the beginning of the video.

New Lesson!

A new lesson all about Albert King. Tabs and backing track coming up!

Tab for Quick Licks #1

Quick Licks - Episode 1

Something new I'm trying out. Let me know what you guys think!

BB King Lesson - Bonus Video

Here's a little bonus performance to go along with yesterday's lesson. An example of how to use the 'BB Box' over a slow blues. Have a great weekend! 

'BB Box' Lick Examples

Here are 5 lick examples demonstrated in the video lesson. These licks are also used throughout the solo performance. Hope you all enjoy. Have a great weekend!

Intro Solo Tabs for 'BB Box' Lesson

Here is the complete intro solo. I will post the lick examples in the next post. 

Backing Track for 'BB Box' Lesson

This is a medium tempo shuffle in G. One of the backing tracks I did from my Truefire course. Wes Little is on drums and Jason Kott is on bass. Tabs will be up soon. Enjoy!