Mike's Master Classes

Blues Masterclass

The Improv Style of Oscar Peterson for Guitar

Mike Godette·
0.0 (0 reviews)·INTERMEDIATE·1 lesson·57s of video

About this masterclass

Mike Godette explores the improvisation style of piano giant Oscar Peterson, adapted for guitar. Working from 12 licks transcribed from various Peterson solos, Mike deconstructs each one in detail, explaining the intervallic and harmonic devices behind Peterson's bluesy sound and how to translate them to the fretboard.

What's covered

  • 12 Oscar Peterson licks, analyzed one at a time
  • Double stops — a hallmark Peterson technique for adding bluesy flavor — adapted for guitar with clear examples and exercises
  • Sweep picking approaches for replicating Peterson's pianistic articulations
  • Jazz blues vocabulary and the harmonic structures underneath it
  • Practical tips for folding these devices into your own soloing

Suited to intermediate and advanced players who want to push their blues playing into new territory with more sophisticated harmonic and intervallic ideas.

Running time: 57 minutes. 4 pages of PDF included.

Lessons in this masterclass

Lessons

  • 1The Improv Style of Oscar Peterson for Guitar57s

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Mike Godette →
Mike Godette is a guitarist and teacher out of the Southern Connecticut area. He received a BM in Jazz Studies from Western Connecticut State University with a focus on jazz guitar and has taught guitar for the past 16 years. Mike has always had a very wide range of musical influences and his playing is a unique blend of instrumentalist and composers such as Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Herbie Hancock, Booker Little, John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Burt Bacharach & Brian Wilson. In addition to teaching, Mike also maintains an active youtube channel and performs regularly as a leader and sideman throughout the CT/NY area. He has played with artists such as Aaron Goldberg, Jimmy Greene, Gerald Veasley, John Stowell, and Myron Walden.