Jimmy Wyble's Etude #10 (To Scott Joplin)

Sid Jacobs breaks down Jimmy Wyble's Etude #10 (To Scott Joplin), walking through the etude phrase by phrase and pulling out the voicings and moves worth stealing for your own playing. The class includes a downloadable copy of the etude.

What's covered

• A beautiful Em7b5 two-five move — the simple fingering behind it and how Sid uses it everywhere
• Right-hand fingering for the etude's two-note textures, including the P–I pattern with the thumb and index
• The classic "cowboy" E7 and its tritone substitution, Bb7, sharing the same guide tones
• 13th-chord shell voicings broken into two notes, one note, two notes — and turning them into exercises (F13, E13, Eb13, D13...)
• Counting through the etude's rhythmic twists, including a section in 5

A short, focused class for guitarists who want to get inside Wyble's two-line writing and come away with usable chord vocabulary, not just a memorized piece.