| Category | Title | Description |
| Intermediate | Understanding String Sets | This lesson explains the grouping of strings and how important it is to see phrases and chords on all possible groups of strings. |
| Intermediate | Right Hand Picking Techniques | Right hand picking techniques - Alternate and Consecutive picking. |
| Intermediate | Scales | This lesson shows Major Scales, Minor Scales, Whole Tone Scales, Diminished Scales and Chord Scales related to specific chords. |
| Intermediate | Triads | This lesson shows how to play major and minor triads all over the neck on all sets of strings. |
| Intermediate | Arpeggios 3 Part structures | This lesson shows how to play major and minor 3 part arpeggios. |
| Intermediate | Arpeggios 4 Part structures | This lesson will show root inversion 4 part arpeggios using close and extended fingerings. |
| Intermediate | Recognizing Intervals | This lesson contains a series of videos showing how to recognize intervals from the 6th,5th,4th,3rd & 2nd strings. |
| Intermediate | Drop 2 Voicings | This very important lesson shows 4 part chord structures in all inversions and on all string sets. This is a must learn lesson but it will take quite some time to learn and see function of notes in each of the inversions |
| Intermediate | Drop 3 Voicings | This lesson show how to play drop 3 voicings sometimes called spread voicings on all possible sets of strings. |
| Intermediate | Guide Tones | This lesson shows what guide tones are and how they are used. |
| Intermediate | Approach Notes | This lesson explains what approach notes are and how they are used. |
| Intermediate | G Blues Basic Changes | This lesson shows the basic chord changes to a G Blues. It has videos on the chord changes, pentatonic scale, pentatonic scale with a blue note and a simple blues solo. |
| Advanced | Preliminary Video For Using Advanced Lessons. | Watch this video first before viewing advanced lessons. |
| Advanced | I Maj Making Music | These videos show how to play on each of these chords. Slow motion is used on each video so you will be able to learn the melodies & lines. |
| Advanced | II-7 Making Music | These videos show lines on the II-7 chord both in real time and slow motion. |
| Advanced | V7 Chord Scale & Making Music | Mark shows you the V7 chord Scale or Mixolydian Scale, then that same scale with added chromatic notes both ascending and descending. The other videos included in this lesson show Mark making music on this scale. Midi files included with this lesson will have you practice these scales through the keys. |
| Advanced | II V I Two Bar Phrases | This series of videos contains two bar phrases. The II V is one bar and the I chord is one bar. |
| Advanced | II-7 V7 I Four Bar Phrases | In this lesson the videos will show II-7 V7 I four bar phrases played on different string sets. Use the midi files to practice the phrases and submit your own video for Mark to critique. |
| Advanced | I VI II V Two Bar Phrase | This series of videos shows two bar phrases on the I VI II V chord progression. |
| Advanced | I VI II V Four Bar Phrases | These videos show phrases on this progression both in real time and slow motion. Use the play along midi files to practice the phrases. |
| Advanced | V7b9 Alterations (application of Melodic Minor & Diminished Scales, major & minor triads) | This group of videos shows how to apply both melodic minor scales, min chords & diminished scales,chords & major and minor triads over the V7 chord. |
| Advanced | II-7b5 V7b9 Imin Four Bar Phrase | This group of videos shows how to play over II V I in minor keys in Four Bar Phrases. Practice them with the play along midi files provided. |
| Advanced | Blues | These videos show blues changes, descending blues changes,comping on the blues and single line solos on the blues. Practice comping and playing solos with the midi play along files provided. |
| Advanced | Rhythm Changes | The videos in this lesson show the many different variations on Rhythm Changes. The various videos show the changes, analyzation, comping and solos. There are currently 19 videos on this lesson. |
| Advanced | Chord Voicings | These videos show many different types of chord voicings. New videos will be added to the current ones shown. |
| Advanced | Whole Tone Ideas & Application. | This lesson shows some whole tone ideas and how to apply them. |
| Advanced | Diminished Ideas | This lesson shows how to apply diminished ideas over dom7b9 chords and how to resolve them. |
| Advanced | Satin Doll | These videos show Satin Doll, Comping (accompany) over the changes and Single line solos. Use the play along midi files to practice both comping and solos. |
| Advanced | How High The Moon | This lesson shows the chord changes, comping & a single line solo to this tune. |
| Advanced | What Is This Thing Called Love | This lesson has videos of the chord changes, comping & single line solos for this tune. |
| Advanced | Just Friends | This lesson shows the chords, comping & a single line solo to this great tune. |
| Advanced | America | This lesson has video on the chord changes & analyzation, comping, single line solos and soon to come a chord solo. |
| Advanced | Dream Steppin AKA ( You Stepped Out Of A Dream ) | This lesson shows videos on the chord changes, comping, melody & single line solo on Mark's tune Dream Steppin'. This tune has the same chord changes as the well known standard You Stepped Out Of A Dream. |
| Advanced | Santa Clause Is Coming To Town | This lesson shows how to comp, play a solo and play a block chord melody to this tune. |
| Advanced | Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You | This lesson shows how to comp and play a single line solo over the chord changes to this tune. There is also PDF chord chord chart with an analyzation on the chord changes. |
| Advanced | There Is No Greater Love | This lesson has videos on comping and single line solos on the changes to this tune. There are also several videos on comping and playing a single line solo on an alternate set of changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Confirmation | This lesson shows how to comp and play a solo on this tune. |
| Advanced | Woody 'n You | This lesson shows how to comp & play a solo on this great tune by Dizzy Gillespie. |
| Advanced | Have You Met Miss Jones | This lesson shows how to comp and play a solo over the changes to this tune. There are also videos with examples of comping and solos to an alternate set of changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Just In Time | This lesson shows the changes, analyzation & examples of single line solos on this tune. |
| Advanced | Minor Blues | This lesson shows how to play an F Minor Blues, both comping and playing a single line solo. There are two different variations included in this lesson. |
| Advanced | Autumn In New York | This lesson shows the changes and several examples of single line solos. |
| Advanced | Day In Day Out | This lesson shows the chord changes, analyzation, how to comp and how to solo over this tune. |
| Advanced | Someday My Prince Will Come | This lesson shows the chord changes, how to comp & has several examples of single line solos. |
| Advanced | Autumn Leaves | This lesson has videos on the chord changes, comping & single line solos. There are also videos on alternate changes to this tune showing comping & single line solos associated with the alternate changes. Use the play along midi files for comping & solos. |
| Advanced | Naima | This lesson analyzes and explains how to approach playing a solo over the changes to this tune. It also shows several examples of Mark playing a solo. |
| Advanced | Locomotion | This lesson shows the changes, analyzation, and examples of how to play solos on this John Coltrane tune. |
| Advanced | Moments Notice | This lessons show the changes, how to comp and how to play a single line solo on this John Coltrane tune. |
| Advanced | My Shining Hour | This lessons shows the changes, how to comp and play a solo. |
| Advanced | Lazy Bird | This lesson shows the changes, how to comp & solo on this John Coltrane classic. |
| Advanced | Giant Steps | This lessons shows the changes, comping and examples of how to solo on this tune. |
| Advanced | In A Mellow Tone | This lesson shows the chord changes, an example of comping and several examples of single line solos. |
| Advanced | Donna Lee ( Back Home In Indiana ) | This lesson shows the chord changes to this tune, how to comp and examples of how to play single line solos over the chord changes. |
| Advanced | Stella By Starlight | This lesson shows examples of comping, single line solos and an analyzation of the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Donna Or Dig (Sweet Georgia Brown) | This lesson shows examples of how to comp and play single line solos on the chord changes to Sweet Georgia Brown. |
| Advanced | All The Things You Are | This lesson shows the chord changes, an analyzation, how to comp and how to play a solo on the chord changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | A Night In Tunisia | This lesson will shows how to play a solo and comp on the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | I Wished On The Moon | This lesson shows how to play a solo and comp on the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Walkers Walk | This lesson shows how to comp, play the melody and play a single line solo over the changes to this tune. This is an original composition by Mark Elf recorded on his New York Cats album. |
| Advanced | Jordu | This lesson shows how to comp and play a solo on the changes to this Duke Jordan tune. |
| Advanced | The Song Is You | This lesson shows how to comp and play a solo over the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Bernie's Tune | This lesson shows examples of how to comp and play a solo on this tune. There is also 2 discussion videos. One on analyzing this tune and one showing a few examples of using chromatics on a minor arpeggio and melodic minor scale. |
| Advanced | Harmonics | This lesson shows the techniques and secrets of playing 1 and 2 octave harmonics. |
| Advanced | It Could Happen To You | This lesson shows videos on how to play a solo and comp over the changes to this tune. It also has a video narrated analyzation of the chord progression and specifically discusses the #1dim7 and bIIIdim7 chords and their substitutions that are found in this tune. |
| Advanced | Misty | This lesson shows several examples of how to comp and play a single line solo over the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Green Dolphin Street | This lesson analyzes this tune and explains ways to think while playing solos on the changes to this tune. It also shows examples Mark playing solos both in real time and slow motion. |
| Advanced | Wave | This lesson shows examples of how to comp and play single line solos on this tune. |
| Advanced | Stompin At The Savoy | This lesson shows how to comp and solo on the chord changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Just One Of Those Things | This lesson shows examples of how to comp, play a single line solo and also contains an analyzation of this tune. |
| Advanced | The Days Of Wine & Roses | This lesson shows how to play a single line solo, how to comp and also shows an analyzation of this tune. |
| Advanced | There Will Never Be Another You | This lesson shows how to play single line solos, comp, and also analyzes the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Cherokee | This lesson shows examples of how to play a single line solo, how to comp and also analyzes the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Embraceable You | This lesson show examples of how to play single line solos and also how to comp on the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | My Romance | This lesson shows examples of how to comp and play solos on the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Out Of Nowhere | This lessons gives examples of both comping and single line solos based on the chord changes to Out Of Nowhere. |
| Advanced | Django | This lesson shows examples of comping and playing single line solos on the changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Saint Thomas | This lesson shows examples for playing a Calypso style rhythm and over 20 examples of single line solos over the chord changes to this great Sonny Rollins tune. |
| Advanced | All Of Me | This lesson shows examples of how to comp and play single line solos on the chord changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | I Thought About You | This lesson shows examples of how to comp and play a single line solo over the chord changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Body And Soul | This lesson shows examples of comping and playing single line solos on the chord changes to this tune. |
| Advanced | Caravan | This lesson starts with verbal explanations on concepts of how to approach playing a solo on the chord changes to this tune. Then there are video examples of comping and solos. |
| Advanced | Four | This video lesson shows examples of single line solos & comping on the chord changes to this Miles tune. It also has a video with an analyzation. |
| Advanced | Stablemates | This lesson shows examples of playing a single line solo and comping on the changes to this tune. There is also a PDf file with the chord changes and analyzation. |
| Theory | Beginner Theory Lessons | These beginner theory lessons are the first steps in understands Building Major Scales, Key Signatures, Intervals and Chord Structures. |
| Theory | Diatonic Harmony | This lesson explains diatonic harmony. How chords are constructed on a major scale in both 3 and 4 part harmony. |
| Theory | Modes | This lesson explains how to construct the modes and a few different ways to approach them. |
| Theory | Two most important notes of Dom7 chord | This lesson explains what the two most important notes of a Dom7 chord are. |
| Theory | Substitute Dom7 Chords | This lesson explains how to find the substitute Dom7 chords. |
| Theory | Substituting III-7 for I Maj7 | This lesson explains how to substitute III-7 chord for the I Maj7 chord. |
| Theory | Secondary Dom7th Chords | This lesson explains what a secondary dom7 chord is and how it is used. |
| Theory | Related II-7 Chords | This lesson explains what a related II-7 chord is and how to recognize them or create them. |
| Theory | IV Minor Chord | This tutorial lesson describes how the IV-7 chord is heard, functions and is analyzed. |
| Theory | bVII7 Chord | This Tutorial Video explains how the bVII7 chord is heard, functions and analyzed. |
| Theory | Diminished 7th Chords & Substitutions | These videos explain Diminished 7th chords and substitutions for them. |
| Theory | Substituting b9 for 1 on Dom7b9 Chords | This lesson shows how to substitute b9 for I. Examples are shown in both a tutorial with notation and a video. |
| Tips | How To Get The Most Out Of Your Practicing | In this verbal tutorial Mark explains to you the best way to get the most out of your practicing. |
| Tips | Playing With A Pianist | This video discusses how the guitar and piano can work together in a variety of situations. |
| Tips | How to practice & Prepare a new tune for performance. | This video explains how to work on a new tune and prepare it for performance. |
| Tips | How to Use Band In The Box | This lesson shows some basic on how to use band in the box software. |