Six month home study course with 102 page workbook in tab and notation converted to PDF files with six "Work along" audio CDs converted to MP3 files, all delivered on CD-Rom.
This course covers every aspect of rhythm guitar that a good guitar player needs to know. Learn the best ways to communicate harmony, rhythm & mood. Extremely beneficial for any guitarist playing in a band, accompanying a vocalist, instrumentalist or chording songs on your own. Rhythm instruction is musically illustrated through songs in a variety of styles. Most are demonstrated in a band situation & include practice tracks. No prior music education required just the ability to play basic & barre chords. Suggested prerequisites; 6 months of guitar lessons or equivalent experience.
FRETBOARD DYNAMICS
INVERSIONS
CHORD SHAPES
OCTAVE SHAPES
READING CHORD CHARTS
BASIC STRUMMING
ANTICIPATING CHORDS
DESCENDING BASS LINES
TONE & TASTE
FULL & THIN
BAND SITUATIONS
THE ART OF LISTENING
RHYTHM RIFFS
SINGLE AND DOUBLE STOPS
STRUMMING TECHNIQUES
SCORES OF CHORD SHAPES
ROCK WITH DISTORTION SPIKED GUITAR
CHORD FORMULAS & FAMILIES
VARIETY OF INVERSIONS
MINOR CHORDS
DOMINANT CHORDS
STRUMMING A SONG
BLENDING TWO GUITARS
SETTING THE GROOVE
RHYTHM RIFFS
MAJOR 6thCHORDS
MAJOR 7th CHORDS
DOMINANT 7th CHORDS COMPLIMENTING A KEYBOARD
CHOOSING VOICINGS
SCALE THEORY
WALKING BASS LINES
VOICE READING
PROPER ATTITUDE WORKSHEET & EXERCISES
VARIETY OF STYLES ROCK N ROLL * COUNTRY * SHUFFLES
BLUES * FUNK * LATIN * RAGGAE * SWING
SAMBA * BOSSA NOVA * JAZZ * WALTZ * COMPING
DVD SUPPLEMENT TO RHYTHM GUITAR COURSE & GUITAR THEORY & TECHNIQUE COURSE #1 - A 90 minute instructional DVD designed to demonstrate the techniques taught in these two courses. Includes the caged system, right & left hand position, picking strumming, single stops, chord choking, comping with a walking bass line, inversions, fingerstyle techniques, & more. This DVD is included in the College Starter Packs.
