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Cult figure, rock & roll legend and music
writer, Cub Koda defined Jump Blues as "an up-tempo, jazz-tinged style of
blues that first came to prominence in the mid- to late '40s. Usually
featuring a vocalist in front of a large, horn-driven orchestra or medium
sized combo with multiple horns, the style is earmarked by a driving rhythm,
intensely shouted vocals, and honking tenor saxophone solos — all of those
very elements a precursor to rock & roll. The lyrics are almost always
celebratory in nature, full of braggadocio and swagger. Jump blues was the
bri dge between the older styles of blues —
primarily those in a small band context — and the big band jazz sound of the
1940s."
Dutch recording artist and top European guitar educator, Matthieu Brandt,
spent the better part of the last decade examining Jump Blues in preparation
for this TrueFire course. Brandt interviewed and studied with many of the
originators to document the style and create TrueFire's Jump Blues syllabus.
Jump Blues is presented as a methodology covering theory, comping,
accompanist riffs, horn lines arranged for guitar, and several approaches
for soloing drilling down on
many approaches for opening up the neck for the scales, arps and riffs that
are employed in swing and Jump Blues guitar.
Jump Blues also ices the cake with 12
tasty solos, followed by in-depth
analysis of several Jump Blues giants such as Brian Setzer, T-Bone Walker,
Charlie Christian, Gatemouth Brown and Freddie King, all of whom have their
own signature jump blues sound.
Accompanying vocalists and soloists is a big part of the Jump Blues style
and is as challenging and rewarding as soloing. A sizable chunk of Jump
Blues is dedicated to voicings, pulling off various rhythms and locking up
with the rhythm section.
Jump Blues
is optimized for solid intermediate to early-advanced players and features 79
full-length video lessons, text overviews, practice tracks, standard
notation and interactive Power Tab so you can "see" and "hear" the tab and
notation played out at any tempo. TrueFire's video lesson player features
zoom, frame advance, looping and other instructional functions.
 A
comprehensive overview with dozens of examples is presented laying out the
groundwork for Jump Blues.
 Rhythm,
comping and bass lines are thoroughly examined with dozens of examples and
rhythm studies.
 Twelve
full-chorus signature-style solos are presented, broken down and analyzed in
depth.
Dozens
of essential horn lines and accompanist riffs, arranged for guitar, are
presented and demonstrated.
Text
descriptions provide overviews of the section along with countless tips for
expanding on the material.
Interactive
Power Tab is included so you can see, hear and slow down tablature and
notation.
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Jump Blues features 79 video lessons with PIP video of picking hand, text
manual, practice rhythm tracks, tab, standard notation and interactive
Power Tab so that you can "see" and "hear" the tab played out at any tempo
without change in pitch.
DATA-DVD and Download formats include complete course with TrueFire's Lesson
Player with PIP, zoom, full-screen, slow motion, looping and other handy
controls.
Standard DVD is an abridged version of course (20% less
video lessons) and includes a secure PIN for download of lesson assets.
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Interactive Video
