Six month, home study course with 102 page PDF workbook in tab and notation with over six hours of "Work/Play Along" MP3 audio, all on USB
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 LEADING
PROPER ATTITUDE WORKSHEET & EXERCISES
VARIETY OF STYLES ROCK N ROLL * COUNTRY * SHUFFLES
BLUES * FUNK * LATIN * RAGGAE * SWING
SAMBA * BOSSA NOVA * JAZZ * WALTZ * COMPING
