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My Guitar Heroes: Scott Sharrard
A great complement to his other courses!
Blues, Jazz, & Rock Guitar Heroes
Learn Signature Techniques of Blues, Jazz & Rock Guitar Legends Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Lowell George, Duane Allman, and Jimi Hendrix
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About this course
Every musician has a long list of other musicians, past and present, that have inspired, influenced and helped shape their own sound and musicality. It's the natural evolution of music. We asked Scott Sharrard to pass on to you some of the key learnings that his Guitar Heroes passed on to him.
”Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Lowell George, Duane Allman, and Jimi Hendrix, are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound, as I’m sure they influenced many other guitarists as well.
I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
We’ll start with Johnny "Guitar" Watson who I consider to be one of the most innovative blues players who also invented his own brand of funk guitar.
Arguably the first musician to popularize the electric, he is one of the inventors of bebop jazz and also one of the first guitarists to develop his own distinct tone and rhythmic feel - the one and only Charlie Christian…
Grant Green is known as one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time, but he’s also a huge influence on a lot of rock players. In this course we’ll explore his unique style of funk lead guitar playing…
Lowell George was an incredible singer and songwriter and also one of my favorite slide players of all time. He played in a distinctive open tuning style with a metal slide and was a huge influence in all forms of rock and roll that came after it.
Duane Allman, the founder of the allman brothers band, was not only one of the most influential slide players of all time. He also developed his own distinct fingerstyle approach that made him one of the greatest blues rock players of all time.
Simply put, Jimi Hendrix is my favorite artist of all time and the most innovative musical artist in recorded music history. We’re gonna focus on his sound and style at the end of his career playing with the band of gypsies.”
Scott will first introduce his heroes to you and describe why he found them so influential. After each discussion, he will then present a performance study illustrating those influences in a musical context, over a backing track. A breakdown follows every performance and Scott will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches in play.
You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and let’s dig in with Scott Sharrard!
”Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Lowell George, Duane Allman, and Jimi Hendrix, are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound, as I’m sure they influenced many other guitarists as well.
I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
We’ll start with Johnny "Guitar" Watson who I consider to be one of the most innovative blues players who also invented his own brand of funk guitar.
Arguably the first musician to popularize the electric, he is one of the inventors of bebop jazz and also one of the first guitarists to develop his own distinct tone and rhythmic feel - the one and only Charlie Christian…
Grant Green is known as one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time, but he’s also a huge influence on a lot of rock players. In this course we’ll explore his unique style of funk lead guitar playing…
Lowell George was an incredible singer and songwriter and also one of my favorite slide players of all time. He played in a distinctive open tuning style with a metal slide and was a huge influence in all forms of rock and roll that came after it.
Duane Allman, the founder of the allman brothers band, was not only one of the most influential slide players of all time. He also developed his own distinct fingerstyle approach that made him one of the greatest blues rock players of all time.
Simply put, Jimi Hendrix is my favorite artist of all time and the most innovative musical artist in recorded music history. We’re gonna focus on his sound and style at the end of his career playing with the band of gypsies.”
Scott will first introduce his heroes to you and describe why he found them so influential. After each discussion, he will then present a performance study illustrating those influences in a musical context, over a backing track. A breakdown follows every performance and Scott will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches in play.
You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and let’s dig in with Scott Sharrard!
What you'll learn
- Discover the gear chain that creates the classic California slide sound
- Learn proper open A tuning setup
- Understand the lineage from Ry Cooder to Lowell George to Bonnie Raitt
- Understand the role of compression in achieving infinite sustain without distortion
- Learning the importance of studying and honoring musical predecessors
Release date: 02/17/2022 • 2h 32m runtime
Sample lessons
Charlie Christian
My Guitar Heroes: 2
8-Bar Slow Blues
Performance
Jimi Hendrix
My Guitar Heroes: 6
Automatic Arsenal
Overview
What's included
26 lessons • 12 charts • 6 Jam Tracks
My Guitar Heroes: Scott Sharrard
Hi I’m Scott Sharrard, and welcome to My Guitar Heroes.
Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Lowell George, Duane Allman, & Jimi Hendrix, are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound.
In this course, I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
We’ll start with Johnny "Guitar" Watson who I consider to be one of the most innovative blues players who also invented his own brand of funk guitar.
Arguably the first musician to popularize the electric, he is one of the inventors of bebop jazz and also one of the first guitarists to develop his own distinct tone and rhythmic feel - the one and only Charlie Christian.
Grant Green is known as one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time, but he’s also a huge influence on a lot of rock players. In this course we’ll explore his unique style of funk lead guitar playing.
Lowell George was an incredible singer and songwriter and also one of my favorite slide players of all time. He played in a distinctive open tuning style with a metal slide and was a huge influence in all forms of rock and roll that came after it.
Duane Allman, the founder of the allman brothers band, was not only one of the most influential slide players of all time. He also developed his own distinct fingerstyle approach that made him one of the greatest blues rock players of all time.
Simply put, Jimi Hendrix is my favorite artist of all time and the most innovative musical artist in recorded music history. We’re gonna focus on his sound and style at the end of his career playing with the band of gypsies.
Grab your guitar and let me take you on a tour of some of my favorite guitar players of all time!
Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Lowell George, Duane Allman, & Jimi Hendrix, are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound.
In this course, I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
We’ll start with Johnny "Guitar" Watson who I consider to be one of the most innovative blues players who also invented his own brand of funk guitar.
Arguably the first musician to popularize the electric, he is one of the inventors of bebop jazz and also one of the first guitarists to develop his own distinct tone and rhythmic feel - the one and only Charlie Christian.
Grant Green is known as one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time, but he’s also a huge influence on a lot of rock players. In this course we’ll explore his unique style of funk lead guitar playing.
Lowell George was an incredible singer and songwriter and also one of my favorite slide players of all time. He played in a distinctive open tuning style with a metal slide and was a huge influence in all forms of rock and roll that came after it.
Duane Allman, the founder of the allman brothers band, was not only one of the most influential slide players of all time. He also developed his own distinct fingerstyle approach that made him one of the greatest blues rock players of all time.
Simply put, Jimi Hendrix is my favorite artist of all time and the most innovative musical artist in recorded music history. We’re gonna focus on his sound and style at the end of his career playing with the band of gypsies.
Grab your guitar and let me take you on a tour of some of my favorite guitar players of all time!
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny “Guitar” Watson was a multi faceted artist who could sing and play piano but where Johnny really excelled was on the guitar. He was one of the first artists to utilize reverb and delay to add dynamics to his playing and was in many ways a precursor to another artist we’ll talk about later, Jimi Hendrix.
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
Real Funky Blues For Ya
Johnny “Guitar” Watson was a multi faceted artist who could sing and play piano but where Johnny really excelled was on the guitar. He was one of the first artists to utilize reverb and delay to add dynamics to his playing and was in many ways a precursor to another artist we’ll talk about later, Jimi Hendrix.
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
Real Funky Blues For Ya
Johnny “Guitar” Watson was a multi faceted artist who could sing and play piano but where Johnny really excelled was on the guitar. He was one of the first artists to utilize reverb and delay to add dynamics to his playing and was in many ways a precursor to another artist we’ll talk about later, Jimi Hendrix.
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
Real Funky Blues For Ya
Johnny “Guitar” Watson was a multi faceted artist who could sing and play piano but where Johnny really excelled was on the guitar. He was one of the first artists to utilize reverb and delay to add dynamics to his playing and was in many ways a precursor to another artist we’ll talk about later, Jimi Hendrix.
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
Charlie Christian
Many people would consider Charlie Christian to be the first (or one of the first) Rock guitar players in many ways. The reason some would argue this is because he was one of the first artists to popularize the guitar as a single note line instrument back when he worked with Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra.
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Charlie Christian. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Charlie Christian. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
Jazz Blues for Charlie
Many people would consider Charlie Christian to be the first (or one of the first) Rock guitar players in many ways. The reason some would argue this is because he was one of the first artists to popularize the guitar as a single note line instrument back when he worked with Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra.
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Charlie Christian. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
In this series of lessons I’ll give you an overview and background on the legendary Charlie Christian. Next, we’ll play a few riffs inspired by this guitar hero, then finally, I’ll break everything down in detail.
Ready to rock? Grab your guitar and let's get started!
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Reviews
4 results
IMWI59
Verified buyer
04/03/22
Inspiring playground
Scott is always great to hear and watch. His love and skills in music are very inspiring for me. His backing tracks are also very useful playgrounds.
chimaeraobscura
Verified buyer
03/15/22
My Guitar Heroes: Scott Sharrard
Great course! I especially like the sections on Charlie Christian and Grant Green. The Jim and Duane sections are the creamy icing on top.
Kurtis S.
03/10/22
Scott Sharrard's My Guitar Heroes
I really enjoy Scott's way of presenting these great musicians. Besides getting the mechanics of all the different playing styles, it is important to hear him talk about the historical context of the music and how the artists influenced him. Looking forward to future Scott Sharrard lessons as well as continuing to explore the styles of these artists as I continue learning.
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