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Explore expert lessons, eBooks, and courses from world-class guitarists like Ben Monder, Mimi Fox, Wolf Marshall, David Becker, John Stowell, and more — designed to help you improvise confidently, reharmonize creatively, and play guitar at the highest level.
First, grab your Free Advanced Guitar Mini-Course Featuring Ben Monder Now
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Master Modern Harmony: Learn the exact techniques pros use to make your solos and chords richer.
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Build Confidence in Improvisation: Play fluid, musical lines over standards and advanced progressions.
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Access World-Class Guidance: Learn directly from top guitarists, with practical examples you can use immediately.
How Modern Guitar Harmony Helps You
Master Modern Guitar Harmony in 3 Simple Steps
Step One: Grab the Free Advanced Guitar Mini-Course and listen to which sounds resonate with you whether they are advanced triads, quartal harmony or polytonality etc.
Step Two: Dive Deeper into your favourite sounds with our ebooks and courses. Taught by top-tier, working guitarists these resources will sharpen your skills and expand your harmonic vocabulary.
Step Three: Apply what you’ve learned to your own music — whether you’re composing, improvising, or reharmonizing standards – and unlock your creative potential.
Here’s What Guitarists Are Saying
“I bought this. Great course! Highly recommend!” – Nat J
“The course is concise yet comprehensive, well designed, and is excellent value” – Paul H
“I thoroughly enjoyed this great course which gives the keys for exploring great tools for jazz guitar counterpoint” – GDW
“Loved this course. Great to see how John modulates through tunes and the duets with John and Mike are worth the price of admission alone. Jazz at it’s finest” – Cormac O Caoimh
“Counterpoint for Solo Jazz Guitar is a really useful course. It does not stop at the exercises, there are explanations, a footnote with a link that leads to a youtube video with Ted Greene playing Autumn Leaves … Scarlatti pattern … pattern applied to Jazz Standards. You got something to work on, it’s money well spent!” – HM
What Guitarists Are Loving Right Now
Your Results
Through working with Modern Guitar Harmony your end results will include;
- “Creating rich, modern voicings instantly.”
- “Composing and improvising with these voicings.”
- “An improved musical ear.”
- “Stronger reharmonization skills.”
- “Play more expressive solo guitar.”
- “Sounding like your unique self.”
- “Playing with more confidence.”
- “Surprising your friends with new sounds.”
- “Many more benefits!!!”
Read: How the Ultimate Guitar Accelerator Program Will Transform Your Playing
MGH Contributors
MGH Interviews
Ant Law – The Unified Theories Interview Part 1
Ben Monder Interviewed by Mick Wright
Ben Monder “Planetarium” Interview by Mick Wright
Johannes Haage Interviewed by Mick Wright Nov 24
Johannes Haage “Voice Motion” Interview by Mick Wright
Randy Roos Interviewed by Mick Wright – Part 1
Randy Roos Interviewed by Mick Wright – Part 2
Stelios Mihas “9 Early Pieces Mick Goodrick” Interviewed by Mick Wright
Wolfgang Muthspiel Interviewed by Mick Wright
Short Stories for Modern Times
Short Stories are small compositions crafted from the cycles in the Goodrick Almanacs (Now available for FREE here).
These compositions don’t just follow the whole cycle as the pieces can change key, add melody and chromatic notes, involve counterpoint and much more. Enjoy these little soundscapes!!
Short Story #1 – Spread 3 Part Fourth Cycles (Marc Rum)
Short Story #2 – Closed 3 Part Fourth Modulating Cycles (Marc Rum ) – Favourite
Short Story #3 – Harmonic Minor Cycle 4 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #4 – Bass Line Movement in Harmonic Minor (Marc Rum)
Short Story #5 – Spread Quartal Harmony Cycles 2 & 6 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #6 – Harmonic Minor Cycle 6 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #7 – Major Scale Quartal Harmony Cycle 2 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #8 – Spread Triads in C Major Cycle 2 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #9 – Spread Triads in C Major Cycle 2 (Marco Giussani)
Short Story #10 – Melodic Minor Spread Triads Cycle 2 (Marco Giussani)
Short Story #11 – 3:2 Polyrhythm in C Melodic Minor Closed Triads (Marc Rum)
Short Story #12 – Harmonic Minor Closed Triads Cycle 2 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #13 – Harmonic Minor Spread Triads Cycle 2 (Marco Giussani)
Short Story #15 – Improv in Melodic and Harmonic Minor using Spread Triads (Marc Rum)
Short Story #16 – Major Spread Triads Cycle 4 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #18 – Prelude in C Major Spread Triads Cycle 4 (Marco Giussani)
Short Story #19 – “Monderisms” – Harmonic Minor Cycle 4 (Marc Rum)
Short Story #22 – Tupacem “Lydian Cluster Triads” (Recording Marc Rum)
Short Story #23 – Solo Guitar “Hungarian Minor” (Marc Rum)
Short Story #24 – Random Cycles Etude (Marc Rum)
Short Story #25 – Alien Conversation in Hungarian Minor (Marc Rum)
Practical Talk
Ant Law – The Unified Theories Interviews and More!
Christian Miller – Counterpoint for Solo Jazz Guitar
Contrapuntal Guitar: Going Beyond Species Counterpoint
Counterpoint for Solo Jazz Guitar
Guitar Harmony Basics with Tom Lippincott
How To Use The Mick Goodrick Almanacs
Jack Pezanelli’s Triads Over Bass Notes for Non-Functional Reharmonization
Jingle Bells using Back Cycling Triads, Contrary Motion etc
Polytonality for Jazz Guitar with Trinity Tonal – A New Path for Jazz Guitarists
Tribute to Mick Goodrick by Tom Lippincott (and Lesson)
Voice Motion by Johannes Haage Book Review
MGH Philosophy
13 Steps to Musical Integration
Embrace Your Originality and Uniqueness on Your Guitar
Gear Talk
Harley Benton R-458 FFB Multiscale Guitar Review
How Do I Get a Great Tone From My Player Telecaster?
Bite Size Life
Bite Size Guitar Theory Lessons
Guitar Theory Lesson 1 – The Musical Alphabet (Blog and Youtube Vid)
General Articles
10 Top Guitarists Pay Tribute to Mick Goodrick
MGH Guitarists to Watch
Stelios Mihas and Mick Goodrick’s 9 Early Pieces
Mikko Hilden – MGH Guitarist of the Month – April 2024
Barry McCormack – MGH Guitarist of the Month – March 2024
Az Samad – MGH Guitarist of the Month – February 2024
Steve Herberman – MGH Guitarist of the Month – January 2024
Tom Lippincott – MGH Guitarist of the Month – December 2023
Christian Miller – MGH Guitarist of the Month – November 2023
Mike Papapavlou – MGH Guitarist of the Month – October 2023
Beth Marlis – MGH Guitarist of the Month – September 2023
Tim Mirth – MGH Guitarist of the Month – August 2023
Josh Workman – MGH Guitarist of the Month – July 2023





