NOTE: TrueFire Foundry courses are independently-produced courses presented by a hand-picked selection of top-notch artists and educators from around the world. Filmed in the educator’s own studio, Foundry courses bring fresh educational concepts and very effective teaching methodologies to TrueFire Students.Hello, I'm Chris Buono — welcome to my TrueFire Foundry course, Guitar Gym Weekly Workouts Vol. 6, which I produced in my own studio.
This Guitar Gym Weekly Workouts Vol. 6 continues my ongoing series with eight unique challenges covering myriad styles for you to work with. In this sixth volume, you will find Workouts that help with visualizing and using all five pentatonic modes, upper-level legato skills, odd-time playing, Latin comping, hybrid scale playing, bending, comping and finally a lick to end all licks. Well, just one good one to end this year’s round of Weekly Workouts!
- Weekly Workout #41 Scales | PPMV Zone 3
- Weekly Workout #42 Legato | Winters' Triplets
- Weekly Workout #43 Odd-Time Riff | Tweaky Cleon
- Weekly Workout #44 Chord Changes | Latin Comping
- Weekly Workout #45 Hybrid Scales | VH Meets Dimebag Lick
- Weekly Workout #46 Bending | Double Step Bend
- Weekly Workout #47 Comping | The World According to PhyDom
- Weekly Workout #48 Kitchen Sink Lick
With this collection of workouts, you get a wide variety of skills to hone. Guitar Gym caters to chops building endeavors and gave life to the popular Guitar Gym Course Series. At the core of Guitar Gym is what I call "Workouts."
Workouts are specifically designed challenges that help develop your playing so that you can become the monster player you want to be. This Guitar Gym Workouts course is made up of a unique type of workout called "Weekly Workouts" where I design, produce and unleash a spontaneous challenge every week. While meant to be mildly difficult they're still playable, concise and fun to work with.
This is perfect for busier students who are on the go a lot and sometimes just want a bite-size morsel to chew on during a hectic week. As for those deep in the shed, Weekly Workouts provide a change of pace with something fresh every week. They range from skills already built into my Guitar Gym to ones I'm developing, to ones I'm working on myself for my own recordings and gigs!
I'll open the video with a quick summary of what's to come. Then, I'll play the Workout at half speed. This performance will be followed by a detailed break down that leads right into me playing the Workout at the intended tempo I hope to see you work it up to. Guitar Pro files, as well as a PDF files, come with each Weekly Workout.
All you'll need is a metronome, your ax and the desire to get better. You can work at your own pace. If you need help establishing that pace - I got you covered. If you need advice on approaching the Workout - I'm on it. If you complete the Workout and want to expand on it - I'm all over it!
Ready to get started? Grab your guitar and let’s dig in!
NOTE! Chris Buono organized the course into eight weekly sections for those students that prefer to have a specified regimen of material across a specified schedule. However, for those students who prefer to work at their own pace, or even skip around, you are certainly encouraged to approach the course in that way as well.