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12/22/25
Inciteful and inspiring!
What an excellent and inciteful course, packed with inspirational ideas and approaches -all presented with such a calm and concise delivery! Highly recommended!
Groove Shop: Lead
The Art of Crafting Lead Guitar Parts
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About this course
Eric Krasno is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, songwriter, and producer known for his work across a wide range of genres, particularly jazz, funk, and soul. Eric has produced and collaborated with artists like Norah Jones, Talib Kweli, and Robert Randolph. With a deep passion for playing and teaching, Krasno has earned a solid reputation as one of his generation's most versatile and innovative guitarists.
We’re thrilled to present Eric’s masterclass, “Groove Shop: Lead Edition.” Eric guides you on a deep dive into the art of crafting funk, soul, and R&B lead guitar grooves and solos that will bring a wealth of depth and versatility to your playing by improving your phrasing, enhancing your melodic expressiveness, and expanding your palette of colorful soloing approaches.
"We’ll explore the art of crafting lead guitar grooves and solos, blending my take on funk, soul, and R&B influences. I’ll perform and break down melodies and improvised solos from ten tracks across my solo and band projects, covering various keys and feels.
Along the way, I’ll share how I develop solos using feel, expressive bends, vibrato, and how I navigate changes with phrasing that defines modern funk, soul, and R&B.
Hopefully, you’ll pick up a few techniques to inspire more engaging and soulful lead parts in your own style.”
Eric demonstrates and breaks down multiple lead approaches over the ten studio-recorded backing tracks. As you play your way through the masterclass, Eric presents priceless concepts and techniques, including Tone & Effects for Lead, Influences for Lead Playing, Layers & Melody, Bends, Slides & Vibrato, Space, Pocket & Feel, Wah Wah Approach, How to Perform in a Trio Setting, Rehearsals & Prep, and a Gear & Tone rundown.
You’ll have TrueFire’s interactive learning tools at your fingertips to customize your workspace and learn at your own pace.
The demonstrations and performances are tabbed, notated, and synced to the video lessons with controls for looping, slow motion, fretboard animation, and other tools designed to accelerate your progress.
You’ll also get the tab and standard notation files to print out, downloadable Guitar Pro files to edit if desired, and backing tracks to practice and record with.
Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Eric Krasno!
We’re thrilled to present Eric’s masterclass, “Groove Shop: Lead Edition.” Eric guides you on a deep dive into the art of crafting funk, soul, and R&B lead guitar grooves and solos that will bring a wealth of depth and versatility to your playing by improving your phrasing, enhancing your melodic expressiveness, and expanding your palette of colorful soloing approaches.
"We’ll explore the art of crafting lead guitar grooves and solos, blending my take on funk, soul, and R&B influences. I’ll perform and break down melodies and improvised solos from ten tracks across my solo and band projects, covering various keys and feels.
Along the way, I’ll share how I develop solos using feel, expressive bends, vibrato, and how I navigate changes with phrasing that defines modern funk, soul, and R&B.
Hopefully, you’ll pick up a few techniques to inspire more engaging and soulful lead parts in your own style.”
Eric demonstrates and breaks down multiple lead approaches over the ten studio-recorded backing tracks. As you play your way through the masterclass, Eric presents priceless concepts and techniques, including Tone & Effects for Lead, Influences for Lead Playing, Layers & Melody, Bends, Slides & Vibrato, Space, Pocket & Feel, Wah Wah Approach, How to Perform in a Trio Setting, Rehearsals & Prep, and a Gear & Tone rundown.
You’ll have TrueFire’s interactive learning tools at your fingertips to customize your workspace and learn at your own pace.
The demonstrations and performances are tabbed, notated, and synced to the video lessons with controls for looping, slow motion, fretboard animation, and other tools designed to accelerate your progress.
You’ll also get the tab and standard notation files to print out, downloadable Guitar Pro files to edit if desired, and backing tracks to practice and record with.
Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Eric Krasno!
What you'll learn
- Play harmony parts using third intervals above a melody
- Apply horn section arrangement concepts to guitar
- Use wah pedal to create expressive swells and accents
- Understand chromatic chord progressions in contemporary jazz
- Recognize the relationship between melodic simplicity and harmonic complexity
Release date: 11/27/2024 • 1h 46m runtime
Sample lessons
Givin' It Up | Melody
Performance
Givin' It Up | Melody
Breakdown
Givin' It Up | Harmony
Performance
Up and Out | Melody
Performance
What's included
63 lessons • 26 charts • 20 Jam Tracks
Eric Krasno’s Groove Shop: Lead Edition
Hey everyone, I’m Eric Krasno. Welcome to the lead edition of Groove Shop! In this course, we’ll explore the art of crafting lead guitar grooves and solos, blending my take on funk, soul, and R&B influences. I’ll perform and break down melodies and improvised solos from ten tracks across my solo and band projects, covering various keys and feels.
Along the way, I’ll share how I develop solos using feel, expressive bends, vibrato, and how I navigate changes with phrasing that defines modern funk, soul, and R&B. Hopefully, you’ll pick up a few techniques to inspire more engaging and soulful lead parts in your own style.
The course also includes synchronized tab and notation, plus slowdown, looping, and fretboard animation so you can learn at your own pace. Ready to dive in? Let’s go!
Along the way, I’ll share how I develop solos using feel, expressive bends, vibrato, and how I navigate changes with phrasing that defines modern funk, soul, and R&B. Hopefully, you’ll pick up a few techniques to inspire more engaging and soulful lead parts in your own style.
The course also includes synchronized tab and notation, plus slowdown, looping, and fretboard animation so you can learn at your own pace. Ready to dive in? Let’s go!
Givin' It Up
All right, this tune is "Givin' It Up," and I'll be playing some lead parts. We're in the key of B minor. I'll start with the melody—what I like to call the A melody—over the A and B sections, then layer it with harmony.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
Givin' It Up | Melody
All right, this tune is "Givin' It Up," and I'll be playing some lead parts. We're in the key of B minor. I'll start with the melody—what I like to call the A melody—over the A and B sections, then layer it with harmony.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
Givin' It Up | Melody
All right, this tune is "Givin' It Up," and I'll be playing some lead parts. We're in the key of B minor. I'll start with the melody—what I like to call the A melody—over the A and B sections, then layer it with harmony.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
Givin' It Up | Harmony
All right, this tune is "Givin' It Up," and I'll be playing some lead parts. We're in the key of B minor. I'll start with the melody—what I like to call the A melody—over the A and B sections, then layer it with harmony.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
Givin' It Up | Harmony
All right, this tune is "Givin' It Up," and I'll be playing some lead parts. We're in the key of B minor. I'll start with the melody—what I like to call the A melody—over the A and B sections, then layer it with harmony.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
Givin' It Up | Solo
All right, this tune is "Givin' It Up," and I'll be playing some lead parts. We're in the key of B minor. I'll start with the melody—what I like to call the A melody—over the A and B sections, then layer it with harmony.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
After that, I'll play a solo to demonstrate how I would improvise over a tune like this. Check it out.
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Jay H.
12/31/24
Thanks for this :)
thanks so much for sharing this
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