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 latest project with master
percussionist Joe Ascione, "The Frank
and Joe Show" is one of the hottest and most original jam bands around.
Frank’s pedigree is a mile long, but 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 across 2 CD-ROMs (Windows and Mac compatible), 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 segments
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Includes Vignola's
Jammin' the Blues1
book
and companion audio CD! Vamps, Jams and Improvisation
students also get Frank's
top-selling
play-along series contains useful,
well-structured solos for 16 chourses of the blues in the most common keys.
Funky, bluesy, and bop oriented lines allow you to feel and hear what it is
like to play a well-constructed solo. Some of these etudes have been
recorded at both a slower practice tempo and at performance tempo. In the
performance tempo renditions, the solo segments are often followed by
numerous choruses featuring the rhythm section only.
This format allows for individual practice of the written solos or
elaboration of original ideas with a "live" rhythm section. Occasionally,
during the "rhythm only" sections, Frank Vignola will play an improvised
solo for four, 12 or 24 measures. These solos provide an opportunity for the
student to interact with the recording by copying ideas, building upon what
has just been played, or practicing the chords to the piece.
Companion audio CD included.
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System Requirements This course
is presented in cross-platform Flash with PDF (tab notation) and
Power Tab
elements. Power Tab (included) is only available for Windows but we also
include midi tab files for Mac users. All other components work great on
Mac.
Interactive Video
Vamps, Jams and Improvisation
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.
