Trefor Owen is available for concerts, workshops, group tuition and individual tuition.

Phone 07746 784949 or e-mail tojazzgtr@aol.com

Concerts by the Trefor Owen Jazz Guitar Duo with Andy Hulme, Trefor Owen Trio, Quartet, Quintet or Sextet can be arranged.

Trefor Owen pays homage to legendary jazz guitarists with his tribute band.  Phone or e-mail for details.

BORDERS JAZZ GUITAR WORKSHOP

Saturday/Sunday 11 - 12 September.

TREFOR OWEN will be performing a two day masterclass for all levels of ability.

For more info. click here   

FOR GIG LISTINGS SEE TOUR DATES. 

PERFORMANCE.

TREFOR OWEN can be booked as a solo artiste, (to play with resident rhythm sections). Guitar duo with ANDY HULME.  The guitar duo plus a bass. The guitar duo and bass can also be augmented with vibes and/or sax.

For some sounds click here  www.myspace.com/treforowenjazzgtr    and you'll hear some trial tracks which Andy Hulme and I recorded for our forthcoming album.  These are arrangements for two guitars.  The close harmony recreates a similar sound to the George Shearing Quintet from the fifties.

For further information tel: 07746 784949. E-mail = tojazzgtr@aol.com

JAZZ GUITAR TUITION SEE TEACHING

SEE WHAT THE STUDENTS SAY

HOT STUDIES!

THE "MAGIC TRIAD".  IMPROVISE OVER ANY CHORD SEQUENCE USING THE "MAGIC TRIAD" AS A BASE TO BUILD FROM.

FROM ROCK TO JAZZ.  AN EASY TRANSITION FROM PLAYING ROCK TO PLAYING JAZZ UTILISING PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES.

THE EASY WAYTO USE THE WHOLE-TONE SCALE AS A TENSION DEVICE IN IMPROVISATION.

BIG BAND RHYTHM PLAYING:  FREDDIE GREEN STYLE.

THE HENDRIX CHORD.

A method of left-hand fingering which introduces the "Hendrix Chord" as a basic form to facilitate all chords including the altered and extended chords and can be used as an introduction to the "Locked Knuckle Technique" which is based on forming Major, minor and dom7th triads, (root, third and seventh).

A BASE TO BUILD FROM.

A "Base to Build From", consists of four studies: The "Major Tonality" explains how to prepare, develop and condition the Maj7th arpeggio as an improvisational device, and the "Approach to Improvisation" study deals with the application of the "Major Tonality" through the recognition of the main character notes of the chords. (Simply by developing the "Major Tonality" it is possible to improvise over many jazz standards). In addition, to give more variation in your soloing, the "Jazz minor" and "Diminished" studies show how they can be prepared as improvisational devices, each one with its own "Base to Build From". The system is therefore based on learning and preparing three improvisational devices and how they should be applied to a harmonic sequence.  

IMPROVISATIONAL DEVICES FOR Bb INSTRUMENTS. USING PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES.