Online Lessons - Guitar

 

Online Lessons - Guitar (lessonsGtr.shtml) | Updated: 26-Aug-2008 - 23:52

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GuitarLesson, UkuleleLesson or MusicLesson - Indicates lesson is in a downloadable PDF format

A PDF Lesson is a formatted lesson ranging from a few pages to 8 or more pages of great ukulele information. They print out great (US 8.5 x 11 letter size ).

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Play-Along MP3 Tracks click to show or hide this section

All Play-Along lessons are available with MP3 backing track, PDF lead sheet and tips and tricks for learning the song.

Over the course of time I'll be releasing (for FREE) a collection of songs that I had recorded as backing tracks. There are great track for learning tunes, how arrangements are created and a source of material to improv over.

These are the same tracks that I've used in the past for live gigs. (songs in italics coming soon)

Here is a partial list of the songs that will be posted. I have close to 60 of these tracks that I created many moons ago ($$$$)

Here are a few of the tracks that I recorded guitar over awhile back.

Recorded on a Gibson Wes Montgomery L5

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QuickStart - Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar - Vol I Book & CD

Each track of this CD is devoted to a scale covered in the QUICKSTART Scale Fingerings for Lead Guitar book. There are four background tracks for each scale featuring the chords of that scale.

$16.95 - Buy Now

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Jazz Guitar click to expand or collapse

  • Just what is "Jazz Guitar"?

    WikipediA defines jazz guitar as: "The term jazz guitar refers to several aspects of the guitar as it is used in jazz and jazz fusion music. The term may refer to a type of guitar or to the variety of jazz playing styles (e.g. chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines) performed by guitarists in different jazz genres. These jazz guitar styles were developed by decades of influential jazz guitarists. The guitar has a long history in jazz music, both as an ensemble instrument performing chordal accompaniment, and as a solo instrument."

    That definition is close enough. We'll deal with what you need for chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines.

    • Chords

      A jazz guitarists needs a set of "core" chords to get through the standard jazz repertoire.

    • Scales

      A jazz guitarists needs a set of "core" scales to get through the standard jazz repertoire.

    • Rhythm

      A jazz guitarists needs ti understand rhythm and be able to play in a variety of styles. Syles such as Swing, Latin and Contemporary styles.

Chords & Comping click to expand or collapse

  • NEW Dominant Seventh Chords - Information on why calling a seventh chord a Dominant Seventh chord is not always correct.
  • Comping 101 - Lesson

    This is the beginning of comping. Lessons go over comping quarter notes on the beat using using a basic I IV V blues progression in the key of C and then using eight notes on the up beat. Great exercise for keeping ones place in a song. Helps you work on feeling where the beat is at all times.

    Look for other lessons focusing on the rhythmic element of comping as well as chords.

  • Comping 102 - Lesson

    Do you know 20 C7 voicings?

    Expanding on the chord voicings used in lesson 101 using the a C blues progression. Also touches on voice leading priniciples and expanding you chord knowledge.

  • Comping II V I - Lesson

    Exploring 4-part jazz chords using this common chord progression.

  • Comping II V I with guitar bass lines - Lesson
  • Comping Using Upper partial 9ths - Lesson

    More to come later exploring additional string families, more voice leading, chord alterations, upper partials, chord substutition, common chord progressions, songs and more.

Improvisation click to expand or collapse

  • Improv 101 - Coming soon an introduction to improvisation, soloing, lead guitar, spontaneous melodic creation.

    Call it what you want. It is scales, intervals, arpeggios and sequences. So if you don't know your basic scales (SCALE TONES) and can't spell your chords (CHORD TONES).

    This is going to be some good stuff. So get started with the links books in the paragraph above.

All Curt Sheller lessons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Online Lessons - Guitar (lessonsGtr.shtml) | Updated: 2008 Aug 26 - 23:52

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