gkmoore42
Verified buyer
09/22/25
Chase the threes
Mike knows what he is talking about, and he has the chops to show you. He is very good at showing AND explaining.
Jam Band Toolkit (JamPlay)
Learn How To Improvise Long-Form Jam Band Guitar Solos
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About this course
Cherrypicked from JamPlay, our sister TrueFire Studios’ company, Michael Palmisano’s top-ranked curriculum of video guitar lessons, Jam Band Toolkit has been upgraded with all of TrueFire’s advanced learning tools for the optimal “anytime, anywhere, any device” learning experience. Now available for download and streaming!
” The Jam Band genre has become the center of extended improv and
creativity for guitarists. Over the last 50 years, we’ve enjoyed countless
innovative long-form guitar solos from The Grateful Dead, The Allman
Brothers Band, Phish, and many other top artists and bands.
You may ask yourself - how do I get my playing to that place? Knowing a
bunch of scales and arpeggio exercises doesn't always cut it in this genre.
Learning to create melodies is key to keeping your extended solos interesting.
I’ve designed this course to pass on many subtle, yet effective techniques for creating melodies to build your solos around.
This Jam Band Toolkit focuses on using chord tones to create melodic
phrases and motifs. Michael kicks off the course with a review of some music theory and chord theory basics and then shows you how to visualize chord tones quickly and easily. You’ll learn to use these chord tones as the building blocks for your melodic ideas, which you’ll then use to craft your very own long-form solos.
As you play your way through the course, Michael will explain and demonstrate all of the Jam Band concepts and approaches required to hold your own in any Jam Band setting!
JamPlay’s lessons feature multiple viewing angles and you’ll have all of TrueFire’s advanced learning tools at your fingertips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace.
You can loop, slow down, or speed up any lesson section. Plus, all of the tabs and notation are synced to the videos for the optimal learning experience. You’ll also get the tab and standard notation files to print out, Guitar Pro files, and all of the backing tracks to practice with.
Grab your guitar, and let’s jam with Michael Palmisano!
For the consummate vocabulary of ear-bending Jam Band licks, check out Michael’s 30 Jam Band Licks You Must Know, a top-ranked favorite by TrueFire students.
Take your chops to the next level with one or more of TrueFire Studios’ top-tier music education companies featuring TrueFire, ArtistWorks, JamPlay and FaderPro.
Ignited we stand!
” The Jam Band genre has become the center of extended improv and
creativity for guitarists. Over the last 50 years, we’ve enjoyed countless
innovative long-form guitar solos from The Grateful Dead, The Allman
Brothers Band, Phish, and many other top artists and bands.
You may ask yourself - how do I get my playing to that place? Knowing a
bunch of scales and arpeggio exercises doesn't always cut it in this genre.
Learning to create melodies is key to keeping your extended solos interesting.
I’ve designed this course to pass on many subtle, yet effective techniques for creating melodies to build your solos around.
This Jam Band Toolkit focuses on using chord tones to create melodic
phrases and motifs. Michael kicks off the course with a review of some music theory and chord theory basics and then shows you how to visualize chord tones quickly and easily. You’ll learn to use these chord tones as the building blocks for your melodic ideas, which you’ll then use to craft your very own long-form solos.
As you play your way through the course, Michael will explain and demonstrate all of the Jam Band concepts and approaches required to hold your own in any Jam Band setting!
JamPlay’s lessons feature multiple viewing angles and you’ll have all of TrueFire’s advanced learning tools at your fingertips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace.
You can loop, slow down, or speed up any lesson section. Plus, all of the tabs and notation are synced to the videos for the optimal learning experience. You’ll also get the tab and standard notation files to print out, Guitar Pro files, and all of the backing tracks to practice with.
Grab your guitar, and let’s jam with Michael Palmisano!
For the consummate vocabulary of ear-bending Jam Band licks, check out Michael’s 30 Jam Band Licks You Must Know, a top-ranked favorite by TrueFire students.
About TrueFire Studios
Over 3 million music students, pro musicians, and music educators, from virtually every country in the world, “practice smart and play hard" with TrueFire Studios’ massive library of interactive video music lessons, patented learning systems, and an all-star faculty of artists and educators.Take your chops to the next level with one or more of TrueFire Studios’ top-tier music education companies featuring TrueFire, ArtistWorks, JamPlay and FaderPro.
Ignited we stand!
What you'll learn
- Integrate major pentatonic phrases between chord changes
- Combine triad voicings with melodic fragments
- Slide into chord tones for smooth transitions
- Think holistically about rhythm and lead playing as one integrated approach
- Build melodies using complete triad outlines
Release date: 08/01/2022 • 5h 49m runtime
Sample lessons
Your First Jam with Connecting Triads
Connecting Triads
Your First Jam with Connecting Triads
Practice Session
Your First Major Melody
Your First Major Melody
Your First Major Melody
Practice Session
What's included
59 lessons • 36 charts • 11 Jam Tracks
Jam Band Toolkit
Get ready to jam! In this introduction, Michael takes you through some of the key concepts in this series.
Major Scale Formula
First, let's review some basics. The foundation of everything we'll learn in this course is the major scale. After you memorize this simple formula, you'll be able to play the scale from anywhere on the guitar.
Major Scale Formula
First, let's review some basics. The foundation of everything we'll learn in this course is the major scale. After you memorize this simple formula, you'll be able to play the scale from anywhere on the guitar.
Chords in the Major Scale
Every note, or degree of the major scale has a chord associated with it. In this lesson, Michael shows us another formula for learning these chords, which will be the building blocks for future chord progressions.
Chords in the Major Scale
Every note, or degree of the major scale has a chord associated with it. In this lesson, Michael shows us another formula for learning these chords, which will be the building blocks for future chord progressions.
Essential Major Triads
Now it's time to start distilling our full chord shapes down to smaller chord shapes or triads, which are more manageable, both audibly and physically.
Essential Major Triads
Now it's time to start distilling our full chord shapes down to smaller chord shapes or triads, which are more manageable, both audibly and physically.
+ 52 more lessons
Reviews
10 results
kuhnr32858
Verified buyer
03/19/25
Gets your creatity flowing.
Inciteful and Easy to follow. Each video gives me enough material to come up with variations for a week. . . I have to remind myself there's more videos to watch!
bdasource
Verified buyer
01/01/23
Awesome path for the jam band lover.
Great avenue for anyone looking to jam. Gives you the tools you need to open up your jams.
Inmobob
Verified buyer
12/19/22
Great teacher
Excellent teacher and excellent content. Production very good too.
chimaeraobscura
Verified buyer
11/10/22
Great Tookit!
I wasn't familiar with Michael Palmisano, but his Jam Band Toolkit is a great refresher for getting back to jamming post-Covid (yes, I'm rusty, and some of you are, too). Michael is a great player, very congenial, and his emphasis on melody is great.
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