Fred Sokolow: Jazz Chord Solos For Beginners: Guitar: Instrumental Tutor

The quintessential tutorial to get you started in the complex but satisfying world of Jazz guitar. Fred Sokolow gives you all the basics you will need including chords scales licks and theory to get started playing Jazzstraight away. In this 75 minute lesson you will learn:Chord construction and chord typesScalewise progressions and how to use themThe Circle-of-fifths how to recognise and use itComping chords and singlenote solosImprovising with scale and chord-based licksHow to recognise and solo over the II-V-I progression.

If you're trying to improve your lead guitar playing by studying scales that's only half the picture. The best lead guitarists in rock jazz country bluegrass and R and B base much of their improvisation and soloing on chords -even when they're playing single-note solos. In this one and a half hour lesson Fred Sokolow shows you several chord-based approaches to soloing and backup. Covering several musical genres Fred teaches you to:Play arpeggios country licks and fast flatpicking solos in country/bluegrass tunes like Jambalaya and Wreck of the Old 97. Solo and backup RandB songs like People Get Ready and Just My Imagination in the colorful styleJimi Hendrix used on Little Wing. Play Steve Cropper-style licks on Dock of the Bay and Under the Boardwalk. Improvise Django-style solos on swing tunes like Avalon. You'll also learn some music theory and get abetter understanding of the guitar as Fred shows you ways to instantly find chords up and down the fretboard and connect them in chord families. Lots of Fred's solos are written out in the accompanying tab/music booklet and ifyou put the DVD in your computer you can access a PDF file and print it all out in a larger size. Fred's relaxed style of teaching makes it easy for you to add new licks new color and new strategies to your lead guitarplaying.

Si vous essayez d'améliorer votre guitare jouant en étudiant les échelles, ce n'est que la moitié de l'image. Les meilleurs guitaristes de plomb dans le rock, jazz, bluegrass de pays et r et b base une grande partie de leur improvisation et isolation sur cordes - même lorsqu'ils nous jouons solos de single-note. Dans cette leçon d'un an et demi heure, Fred Sokolow vous montre plusieurs approches axées sur la corde d'isolation et de sauvegarde. Couvrant plusieurs genres musicaux, Fred vous apprend à: jouent des arpèges, pays licks et solos de flatpicking rapide dans les pays/bluegrass tunes comme Jambalaya et l'épave de la vieille route 97. Solo et sauvegarde chansons de R

Chansons magnifiques, d'esprit de Cole Porter sont devenus des standards de jazz intemporels et ils grands sonore à la guitare. Dans ce DVD, Fred joue et enseigne six accords complètes des joyaux de Cole Porter, y compris les solos de guitare chord sauvegarde et instrumentale pour chaque morceau. / Guitare / Dvd

When you know how chord progressions work it's much easier to learn new songs. And when you understand a song's chord structure you're not just memorizing letter names in fact you can play the tune in any key. Learning howsongs are put together also develops your musical ear and enhances your appreciation of music in general.In this lesson Fred draws from several musical genres - rock blues jazz etc - to illustrate many standard types ofchord movement and song structures.

Cole Porter's beautiful witty songs have become timeless jazz standards and they sound great on guitar. In this DVD Fred plays and teaches six complete arrangements of Cole Porter's gems including guitar backup andinstrumental chord solos for each tune.