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Guitar players
love to jam. Call out a key, lay down a one or two chord vamp, the rhythm
section kicks in and everybody starts to get their groove on - simple enough
for seasoned players with monster improv chops and big ears. Not so
easy for most intermediate and early advanced players who tend to run out of
ideas and struggle communicating musically with the other members of the band. 
Vamps, Jams
and Improvisation
illustrates dozens of approaches for developing solid melodic and rhythmic
ideas for soloing or comping over one and two-chord vamps. You'll first
learn how to think melodically and then how to best express those ideas, in
a vamp or jam setting, with the other band members.
Your vamp, jam
and improvisation guide is the inimitable Frank Vignola. Frank is one of the
most accomplished, multi-dimensional players walking the planet today.
Monster player, composer and improviser,
Frank’s pedigree is a mile long, a quick Google will illustrate why
there’s no one better qualified to shape your jamming
skills.
 Vamps, Jams and Improvisation
fills your toolbox with creative devices like melodic patterns, call and
response, stutter picking, guide tones, horizontal lines, tone targeting,
muffled arpeggios, chromatics, expressions, passing tones and other
techniques for generating ideas on the fly. You’ll also learn how to develop
ideas around unusual scales like the Super Locrian, Bartok minor and
harmonic minor scales. Rhythm
and comping are also covered with equal emphasis; clave rhythms, inversions, rhythmic
alteration, quartal harmony, bubble parts, chord punches and how to clearly
communicate and then lock up with the band is demonstrated in detail.
 Vamps, Jams and Improvisation
is optimized for intermediate to early-advanced players and
is presented as interactive software on DATA-DVD or DVD and features 40
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 player features zoom,
frame advance, looping and other handy controls.
Here's how
Vamps, Jams and Improvisation is
presented …
 Frank
has prepared ten one- and two-chord vamps, in a variety of styles. You'll play
your way through the course, applying key learnings, in context using
these tracks.
All of
the rhythm lessons demonstrate a particular approach for comping in a
particular style, feeding ideas to the soloist, and locking up with the
rhythm section.
The solo
lessons likewise demonstrate a particular device or harmonic approach for
developing original ideas and improvising interesting lines, melodies and
solos.
Vignola
presents all of the material starting first with basic concepts and then progresses on to more advanced concepts and
performances.
The
baseline solos and comps, along with select advanced lines and comps are
transcribed and presented in Power Tab, so you can “see” and “hear” the tab
played out at any tempo.
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VIDEO SAMPLES
WHAT YOU GET
Vamps, Jams, & Improvisation features 40
video lessons with PIP video of picking hand, text commentary, 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.
NEW FORMAT OPTIONS!
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 DVDs are abridged versions of course (20% less
video lessons) and include a secure PIN for download of lesson assets.
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Interactive Video
