frezfram
Verified buyer
05/26/21
Slow on slow
I hoped the lessons would be more useful. They are okay, but for my lessons were of limited value. Maybe down the road.
Chord Studies: Slow Blues Progressions Vol. 1
Theory and harmony instructionals filled with chord construction strategies and applications
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About this course
Nothing is quite as sweet and soulful as a slow blues. However, its not just about slowing down the tempo — chord voicings and the structure of the progression itself is critical. These 15 studies will get you a grip on some very tasty chord choices, along with several ways to construct killer slow blues progressions.
Bubba would be right — there’s a wide and wonderful world of chords for we guitarists to explore. But what’s the best way to do that? Chord dictionaries might be handy references but there’s no context (and really, when’s the last time you looked at one of those?).
Theory and harmony instructionals are filled with chord construction strategies and applications and we highly recommend digging as deep into the science of chords as your left brain will allow you.
However, learning new chords, progressions, applications and right-hand techniques in a musical context (songs, etudes, jamming with other players, etc.) is the most popular approach and that is the educational premise behind Brad’s Carlton’s Chord Studies course seres.
Each edition of Chord Studies features 15 play-along and jammable chord studies, which are focused on a particular chord type, chord progression or chord application. While Brad does touch on rhythmic qualities, this is not a rhythm guitar course — these studies are specifically designed to significantly expand your chord know-how and vocabulary.
Brad covers a range of styles, levels , chord types and progressions across 10 editions: CAGED Chords, Jazz Blues Progressions, Open String Chords, Rock and Pop Progressions, Slow Blues Progressions, Evolving Blues, Evolving Triads, Slash Chords, Power Chords and Beginner Chords.
Each of the 15 Studies within an edition includes an overview from Brad followed by a performance and play-along of the chord study over a rhythm track. Chord grid charts and a chord lead sheet accompanies each study. Plus, you’ll get all of the practice rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
Reference the chord charts to become familiar with the voicings and their fingerings, and then use the lead sheet to play-along with Brad’s video performance. Try different rhythmic patterns over the supplied rhythm tracks and then take it all to your own playlist of songs and jam tracks.
About the Chord Studies Series
If Forest Gump’s shrimp-loving Bubba played guitar, his take on chords might go something like this, ”You can strum ‘em, fingerpick ‘em, arpeggiate ‘em, mute ‘em, alternate tune ‘em, voice lead ‘em. Dey’s uh, barre chords, altered chords, extended chords, moveable chords, cluster chords, slash chords, inversions, triads, diads. There’s jazz chords, power chords, blues chords, cowboy chords, block chords, open chords…”Bubba would be right — there’s a wide and wonderful world of chords for we guitarists to explore. But what’s the best way to do that? Chord dictionaries might be handy references but there’s no context (and really, when’s the last time you looked at one of those?).
Theory and harmony instructionals are filled with chord construction strategies and applications and we highly recommend digging as deep into the science of chords as your left brain will allow you.
However, learning new chords, progressions, applications and right-hand techniques in a musical context (songs, etudes, jamming with other players, etc.) is the most popular approach and that is the educational premise behind Brad’s Carlton’s Chord Studies course seres.
Each edition of Chord Studies features 15 play-along and jammable chord studies, which are focused on a particular chord type, chord progression or chord application. While Brad does touch on rhythmic qualities, this is not a rhythm guitar course — these studies are specifically designed to significantly expand your chord know-how and vocabulary.
Brad covers a range of styles, levels , chord types and progressions across 10 editions: CAGED Chords, Jazz Blues Progressions, Open String Chords, Rock and Pop Progressions, Slow Blues Progressions, Evolving Blues, Evolving Triads, Slash Chords, Power Chords and Beginner Chords.
Each of the 15 Studies within an edition includes an overview from Brad followed by a performance and play-along of the chord study over a rhythm track. Chord grid charts and a chord lead sheet accompanies each study. Plus, you’ll get all of the practice rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
Reference the chord charts to become familiar with the voicings and their fingerings, and then use the lead sheet to play-along with Brad’s video performance. Try different rhythmic patterns over the supplied rhythm tracks and then take it all to your own playlist of songs and jam tracks.
What you'll learn
- Apply hybrid picking to chord progressions for keyboard-like articulation
- Use voice leading to create smooth chord transitions
- Apply skip picking technique to avoid unwanted bass notes
- Execute a 16th note shuffle rhythm pattern
- Understand how tension and resolution work in jazz harmony
Release date: 09/05/2014 • 1h 12m runtime
Sample lessons
Slow Blues Progressions Vol. 1
Overview
The Thrill is Here
Overview
The Thrill is Here
Playalong
Tuesday's Just As Bad
Overview
What's included
32 lessons • 15 charts • 15 Jam Tracks
Chord Studies: Slow Blues Progressions Vol. 1
Hi this is Brad Carlton welcome to this guitar lab edition focused on slow blues progressions. Each individual edition in this guitar lab series features 15 studies focused on a particular application of chords. I designed this series to provide you with unlimited creative options for crafting interesting and compelling rhythm guitar parts. Across the series we will explore essential and exotic chord voicing's, all purpose substitutions, creative approaches and performance techniques. In this pack we will be exploring a number of slow blues progressions both in a swing feel, a triplet feel and some straight eighth work. I will break down and demonstrate the chord studies over rhythm tracks in a variety of styles, using chord progressions commonly encountered in that style. You will also get chord diagrams that clearly give left hand fingerings and you will get the jam tracks for you to work with on your own. So get your guitar and lets make some music.
Slow Blues Progressions Vol. 1
In this pack we will be exploring a number of slow blues progressions both in swing feel, the triplet feel, and some straight eighth work. You will learn a lot of interesting chords both altered dominant, regular dominant chords unaltered, and some interesting minor family chords. You will get a lot of different feels on these tunes because some of them use typical chord voicings and typical progressions that are in the style of many great blues tunes that you are already familiar with. But there are few original here that I have written that explore the realms of jazz blues. So theres a lot of stuff here for everybodys appetite.
The Thrill is Here
This example is a twelve bar blues in B Minor along the lines of the tune, "The Thrill is Gone". This song was originally written by two west-coast musicians, Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951, but was made famous by the legendary B.B. King.
The Thrill is Here
This example is a twelve bar blues in B Minor along the lines of the tune, "The Thrill is Gone". This song was originally written by two west-coast musicians, Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951, but was made famous by the legendary B.B. King.
Funky Sixteen
This example is a funky blues in G minor in a sixteen bar form. Here, you'll have eight bars of G minor, four bars of C7, and then back to four bars of G Minor. Be careful not to rush into playing with too much rhythmic variation as you definitely want to make sure you can play the changes cleanly. Also note that on this example, all of the chord forms will exclude the fifth and sixth strings.
Funky Sixteen
This example is a funky blues in G minor in a sixteen bar form. Here, you'll have eight bars of G minor, four bars of C7, and then back to four bars of G Minor. Be careful not to rush into playing with too much rhythmic variation as you definitely want to make sure you can play the changes cleanly. Also note that on this example, all of the chord forms will exclude the fifth and sixth strings.
Clear for Approach
This example is a twelve bar blues in the key of A. At the end of the progression in the twelfth bar, you have what's known as an "approach chord", in that you are moving down the same form from the F7 one half step to land on the E7. Be on the lookout for guide fingers and pivot fingers to give your fretting hand more economy of motion as you play through the changes.
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Reviews
9 results
dwaggitt
Verified buyer
05/22/21
Blue prog
This course has been of great use. Some challenging chord voicings has helped to improve my playing
tonylaurent
Verified buyer
05/21/21
Blues with Brad
Always delivers Mr Carlton, cant say enough about Brad's dedication to turning mere mortals into musicians.
mbell49
11/10/19
Slow Blues Progressions Vol 1
Used a short scale guitar (24") to get all the chords because some of the chords are difficult unless you are blessed with long fingers - well worth the effort.
kuhnkilian
Verified buyer
10/15/19
Finally got it
Its very good explained; good songs. Not too complicated.Just wright for not so experienced players.
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