Pmalla
Verified buyer
02/28/25
Great course, really enjoying the teaching style and knowledge on how to approach the slow burn soloing style.
Essentials: Slow Burn Soloing
Learn how to craft guitar solos that tell a story and connect you to your listeners
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Adam Levy
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About this course
Every guitar player should know how to craft a solo that tells a story. Storytelling means having a clear beginning, middle, and ending - maybe with some drama and perhaps even some humor too. That kind of soloing helps us connect with our listeners, and that's what Adam Levy's Essentials: Slow Burn Soloing course is all about.
A few of the guitarists who we would consider to be masters of this slow burn soloing technique are Jeff Beck, Larry Carlton, Otis Rush, James Burton, and even John Mayer. Learning to create slow burn solos is essential because it help us to think beyond the guitar and in more compositional ways. Not just playing licks, but digging deeper and making more musical choices.
In this course, you'll jump right into the playing. Adam Levy will guide you through 10 performance studies in different keys and feels. You'll touch on soft rock and mellow melodies, Beatles-esque slow jams, phrasing across bar lines, and you'll also play over more sophiscated changes, visit the blues with a longer-form solo, and touch on soul jazz, which is a natural fit for slow burn soloing. Finally, you'll cook up some Memphis soul stew and drop the tempo for a sophisticated shuffle.
Adam will perform every piece and then break it down for you. Everything is tabbed and notated for you, and you'll even get the live band rhythm tracks to play along with as well. So grab your guitar, leave your pet licks behind, and get ready to make some real music with Adam Levy's Essentials: Slow Burn Soloing.
A few of the guitarists who we would consider to be masters of this slow burn soloing technique are Jeff Beck, Larry Carlton, Otis Rush, James Burton, and even John Mayer. Learning to create slow burn solos is essential because it help us to think beyond the guitar and in more compositional ways. Not just playing licks, but digging deeper and making more musical choices.
In this course, you'll jump right into the playing. Adam Levy will guide you through 10 performance studies in different keys and feels. You'll touch on soft rock and mellow melodies, Beatles-esque slow jams, phrasing across bar lines, and you'll also play over more sophiscated changes, visit the blues with a longer-form solo, and touch on soul jazz, which is a natural fit for slow burn soloing. Finally, you'll cook up some Memphis soul stew and drop the tempo for a sophisticated shuffle.
Adam will perform every piece and then break it down for you. Everything is tabbed and notated for you, and you'll even get the live band rhythm tracks to play along with as well. So grab your guitar, leave your pet licks behind, and get ready to make some real music with Adam Levy's Essentials: Slow Burn Soloing.
About the Series
Designed for intermediate and advanced students, TrueFire's Essentials courses consist of performance studies focused on the essential harmonic and technical characteristics of a particular style of playing. Educators first perform the study for demonstration purposes and then break it down for the student. Performance studies include tab, notation and practice rhythm tracks.What you'll learn
- Apply compositional thinking to improvisation
- Solo over sophisticated chord progressions
- Create emotionally connected solos that engage audiences
- Develop melodic, vocal-like solos rather than technical displays
- Build intensity gradually from simple low-register playing to complex syncopated phrases
Release date: 02/23/2015 • 2h 26m runtime
Sample lessons
On A Bus
Overview
On A Bus
Performance
On A Bus
Breakdown
Mr. Smith
Overview
What's included
32 lessons • 10 charts • 10 Jam Tracks
Essentials: Slow-Burn Soloing
Every guitar player should know how to craft a solo that tells a story. Storytelling means having a clear beginning, middle, and ending - with some drama and perhaps even some humor too. That kind of soloing helps us connect with our listeners, and that's what this Essential Slow-Burn Soloing course is all about.
On A Bus
"On a Bus" is based on the solo section of Norah Jones' song "Come Away with Me." We'll utilize two slow-burn concepts in this solo. The first concept is to think about the shape we want the solo to take, even before we start playing. The send is to target chord tones in order to connect our melodic lines with the underlying chords.
On A Bus
This chord progression is in the key of C major, in 6/4 time. It's five measures long. We'll go twice through the sequence, for a total of 10 measures. That gives us plenty of time to tell a story.
On A Bus
Technique-wise, this solo is easy to play, so you shouldn't have too much trouble with it. The thing to work on here is the nuances. Try to play as fluidly as possible. Also, notice that the second half of the solo is basically the same as the first half, taken up an octave.
The Way She Moves
The Beatles' "Something" was the inspiration for "In the Way She Moves." (Check out George Harrison's gorgeous solo on that, if you've never heard it before.)
The Way She Moves
This solo is a little more adventurous than "On a Bus," though we'll focus on chord tones again (3rds, mostly). We'll also craft bits of melody from triad shapes. Notice that while the notes in this solo stay within a fairly limited register, the rhythms are less predictable, bobbing and weaving around the band's laid-back 4/4 groove.
The Way She Moves
The tactics here are simple enough. We'll start in the guitar's middle register and work our way up the neck. We'll build intensity slowly by using spacious phrasing at first, then playing faster rhythms towards the finish.
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Reviews
16 results
MarekT
06/05/23
Always on point
Love Adam’s approach to lead playing, always melodic, grooving and from the heart. His experience of having to come up with ‘slow-burning’ solos over fairly laid back tunes is explain in a clear and accessible way - really utilising the subtle yet lyrical style that the guitar can offer.
Starglazer
Verified buyer
02/26/23
Good Tittle
great soloing pieces a excellent teacher that approaches the pieces very well.
JoDepraetere
Verified buyer
06/17/22
Great teacher, explains how to melodic soloing. Adam gives examples in different keys. It made me a better soloist, I don't play only scales anymore!
grayham
Verified buyer
05/25/21
NIce slow and not so easy at times but well put together and becomes easier as you try harder
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