bbarrett
Verified buyer
05/12/26
Good course.
Great teacher.
Surf Guitar (JamPlay)
Study the ideas and techniques of surf artists like Dick Dale, The Ventures and more!
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About this course
Study the ideas and techniques of surf artists like Dick Dale, The Ventures and more!
What you'll learn
- Apply different scales to different chords in a progression
- Construct and play dominant 7th scales (major scale with flatted 7th)
- Understand how surf music relates to blues chord progressions
- Understand the importance of thematic consistency in surf songwriting
- Understand the historical context and origins of surf guitar
Release date: 12/29/2014 • 1h 03m runtime
Sample lessons
Surf & The Blues
Surf & The Blues
Surfin' & Strummin'
The Gallop
Make It A Double Harmonic
Double Harmonic Scale
What's included
10 lessons • 5 charts • 1 Jam Tracks
What Is Surf Guitar?
What do you need to know to play surf guitar? What styles of music does surf draw from? How has surf music influenced other styles? How does technique play into playing in this genre? Answers to all of these questions and more are in this series! Dig in and have fun!
Surf & The Blues
If you know the blues, the song forms and chord progressions in surf music are going to make a lot of sense to you. If you are not that familiar with the blues, that's ok! We go over the similarities in this lesson and so you can learn about two different genres at the same time!
Surf & The Blues
If you know the blues, the song forms and chord progressions in surf music are going to make a lot of sense to you. If you are not that familiar with the blues, that's ok! We go over the similarities in this lesson and so you can learn about two different genres at the same time!
Surfin' & Strummin'
Starting with some of the background layers that are present in some surf songs, you'll learn about two different ways to approach the guitar in a rhythmic context similar to a track performed by the Ventures.
Surfin' & Strummin'
Starting with some of the background layers that are present in some surf songs, you'll learn about two different ways to approach the guitar in a rhythmic context similar to a track performed by the Ventures.
Ice That Arm
Fast alternate picking with thick spring reverb and strange sounding scales is the first sound people think of when someone mentions surf guitar. This lesson breaks down the alternate picking component of that sound.
Ice That Arm
Fast alternate picking with thick spring reverb and strange sounding scales is the first sound people think of when someone mentions surf guitar. This lesson breaks down the alternate picking component of that sound.
+ 3 more lessons
Reviews
7 results
piermotta
Verified buyer
03/25/26
Amazing course!
teowarn
Verified buyer
01/06/26
Great course.
Everything is well explained and clearly presented.
weltonjeffrey
Verified buyer
10/28/25
Good module, wish there were more!
This is a good introduction to the surf sound. I'd love to be able to get more modules expanding on what is here.
ghostbunny
Verified buyer
07/02/25
Great Course, A Lot of Fun
Instructor is great and the riffs are a blast!
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