Solo Guitar (JamPlay)

The idea of being a self contained unit of chords and melody is a long, time honored tradition in guitar playing. Fortunately, Jamplay has one of the best out there to teach you how to get started in this style of playing: Marcelo Berestovoy! Beginning with simple exercises and concluding with actual songs, this series will give you the essentials to getting a real handle on the solo guitar and chord-melody style.

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Solo Guitar (JamPlay)

About this course

The idea of being a self contained unit of chords and melody is a long, time honored tradition in guitar playing. Fortunately, Jamplay has one of the best out there to teach you how to get started in this style of playing: Marcelo Berestovoy! Beginning with simple exercises and concluding with actual songs, this series will give you the essentials to getting a real handle on the solo guitar and chord-melody style.

What you'll learn

  • Create effective song intros using chord melody techniques
  • Learn how to combine melodies and chords into one musical statement
  • Learn to hold bass notes while playing melodic lines
  • Develop skills to create your own solo guitar arrangements
  • Develop dynamic control to create the illusion of two guitars playing
Release date: 01/04/2016 • 1h 50m runtime
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Sample lessons
One Family of 7 Notes and 7 Chords, Part 1
One Family of 7 Notes and 7 Chords, Part 1
Scale Over Chords
Other Solo Guitar Techniques
Other Solo Guitar Techniques
Classical Style Etude
12 Bar Blues for Beginning Solo Guitar
12 Bar Blues for Beginning Solo Guitar
Expansions

What's included

18 lessons • 8 charts

Series Introduction
Marcelo gives an overview and introduction to his series, "Solo Guitar".
One Family of 7 Notes and 7 Chords, Part 1
Marcelo gets us started with a couple of simple exercises designed to get you thinking in terms of multiple things happening on the guitar at the same time.
One Family of 7 Notes and 7 Chords, Part 1
Marcelo gets us started with a couple of simple exercises designed to get you thinking in terms of multiple things happening on the guitar at the same time.
One Family of 7 Notes and 7 Chords, Part 1
Marcelo gets us started with a couple of simple exercises designed to get you thinking in terms of multiple things happening on the guitar at the same time.
One Family of 7 Notes and 7 Chords, Part 2
Now, Marcelo expands on part one of this lesson by making the exercise sound like a song, and moving it up the neck into different positions.
One Family of 7 Notes and 7 Chords, Part 2
Now, Marcelo expands on part one of this lesson by making the exercise sound like a song, and moving it up the neck into different positions.
C Major Scale - The First Tetrachord
Taking the first 5 notes of the C major scale (or the tetrachord), Marcelo experiments with chor-melody by harmonizing it in many different ways.

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