Jimmy Wyble's Etude #2

Sid Jacobs takes apart Jimmy Wyble's Etude #2 measure by measure, showing how each bar of this 14-bar piece becomes contrapuntal vocabulary you can apply to other tunes. Jimmy Wyble's two-part playing has influenced many guitarists — John Stowell, Adam Levy, David Oakes and Sid himself have all cited his impact — and his etudes document that thinking and process. This masterclass continues what Sid started in the first video on Etude #1.

What's covered

• The opening phrase, with specific right-hand fingerings (P–M–I–P) and the "chameleon" fourth chord that works as Cm, F7, B7alt, or Am7b5
• Root–seventh–third voice leading through the cycle of fifths — the lesson "you can get from Bach or Charlie Parker"
• Minor 7b5 and shell voicings, tritone substitutions, and dominant chords moving down chromatically
• Rhythmic variations that add spice to the etude, including a 3/4-into-6/8 feel
• Taking each idea out of the etude and into 1-6-2-5s and other common jazz progressions
• Sid's full performance of the piece

For the first time, Soundslice enhanced notation of Etude #2 is included, so you can loop, slow down, and study each measure alongside Sid's performance. Also includes 4 pages of PDF materials in standard notation. Full video is 36 minutes.