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Richard
Gilewitz’s Guitar Foundations is an innovative course of study as it serves
multiple purposes for multiple levels of play. Gilewitz set out to create a
modular course of study focused on building solid foundations for playing,
practicing and performing acoustic guitar.
“I’ve identified what I consider to be the most crucial fundamentals for the
beginning guitarist,” says Gilewitz. “However, throughout my teaching
career, I’ve also observed that many seasoned players have serious gaps in
their own knowledge with respect to basic music theory, structured picking
pattern ‘languages’ to aid in both memorizing and creating tunes, and most
importantly, the effective use of a metronome to aid in timing issues.”
 Beginners
will learn the fundamentals from the ground-up with a simple building block
approach that unlocks the mystery of music theory, explains chord types, and
the design of different keys. Intermediate players can select slabs of
discussion about suspended and 9th chords, plus inversions, and how to build
upon existing picking patterns to create new sounds utilizing triplets and
16th notes. Even advanced players will benefit from revisiting and perhaps
even retooling their techniques. All levels will enjoy tackling a spruced up
12 bar blues with restoration of chord and scale shapes along with rhythm
patterns.
 Richard
Gilewitz is widely respected as one of the most graceful fingerstyle
guitarists on the contemporary scene. Gilewitz has collaborated and appeared
in concert with the likes of John Renbourn, Mose Allison, John Fahey, Leo
Kottke, Adrian Legg, The Little River Band, Taj Mahal, John Hammond, Rory
Block and Jorma Kaukonen. Richard is also an excellent instructor with an
innovative approach for communicating and demonstrating conceptual
approaches for guitar-centric composition, improvisation and performance.
Build up your know-how and guitar playing proficiency and become the
architect of your own learning curve with Guitar Foundations.
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Curriculum |
Left &
Right Hand Naming Conventions
Left & Right Hand Positions
Guitar Anatomy
Chords: Major & Minor
Technique & Tuning
Chords: 7ths, 9ths Double Barre
Picking Patterns
Advanced Picking Patterns
Triplet Picking Patterns
16th Note Picking Patterns
Music Theory Basics |
Chord
Progressions
Chord & Scale Shapes
Chord Construction
A Major Etude
C Major Etude
D Major Etude
E Major Etude
Exercises in G Major
Rhythm Patterns
Applying the Rhythm Patterns
12 Bar Blues
Practice Tips |
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WHAT YOU GET
Guitar Foundations is
optimized for beginner to advanced players and features 157 minutes of
interactive video instruction across 27 video lesson segments.
Additional learning materials include text commentary, tab, notation and
charts.
ORDER OPTIONS
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formats include complete interactive video course (Windows and Mac
compatible) with TrueFire's multi-media lesson player,
which features PIP, full-screen, slow motion, looping, keyboard
shortcuts and other handy controls. Course is also available in its
entirety on TrueFire TV for Level 2 and Level 3 students.
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