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335 Hits
Interactive video lessons featuring nine of larry's greatest hits
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About this course
Larry Carlton has been very generous to students of guitar over the course of his career. He’s given us countless solos and rhythm parts to study and emulate across his 3,000 sessions, 200 hit singles and 100 gold albums as a session player (some of us are still trying to nail that Kid Charlemagne solo!). Then he gave us the gift of 31 albums as a solo recording artist earning him 4 Grammys and 19 Grammy nominations. He’s treated us to a master series of lessons revealing his signature techniques, harmonic approaches and improvisational prowess in 335 Blues and 335 Improv. Yet over all these years, Larry’s never showed us exactly how he plays his hit songs from the first measure to the last... until now!
Larry Carlton’s 335 Hits is the first time that Larry lifts the hood on the exact voicings, melodies, fingerings and improvisational approaches that he uses when performing nine of his hit songs on stage; Room 335, Smiles & Smiles To Go, Alone But Never Alone, Hello Tomorrow, RCM, High Steppin’, Terry T, Kid Gloves and Red Hot Poker.
Using both electric and acoustic guitars, Larry performs each of the songs over the actual rhythm tracks from his Grammy-nominated Greatest Hits Rerecorded album.After each performance, Larry steps you through the song melody and rhythm parts measure-by-measure, chord-by-chord, note-by-note. True to Mr 335 form, the solos are improvised following the principles that Larry outlined in his 335 Improv course. While Larry does not break down the solos, we transcribed them note-by-note and include the corresponding tab, standard notation and Guitar Pro files in the course.
Larry also includes all of the original rhythm tracks from the album to work with on your own. That means you’ll be playing with top session players Jeff Babko on keyboards, bassist Travis Carlton, über-drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and saxophonist Paul Cerra. Like we said... very generous!
Larry, on behalf of your guitar-playing fans all around the world -- thank you, thank you, thank you!
Larry Carlton’s 335 Hits is the first time that Larry lifts the hood on the exact voicings, melodies, fingerings and improvisational approaches that he uses when performing nine of his hit songs on stage; Room 335, Smiles & Smiles To Go, Alone But Never Alone, Hello Tomorrow, RCM, High Steppin’, Terry T, Kid Gloves and Red Hot Poker.
Using both electric and acoustic guitars, Larry performs each of the songs over the actual rhythm tracks from his Grammy-nominated Greatest Hits Rerecorded album.After each performance, Larry steps you through the song melody and rhythm parts measure-by-measure, chord-by-chord, note-by-note. True to Mr 335 form, the solos are improvised following the principles that Larry outlined in his 335 Improv course. While Larry does not break down the solos, we transcribed them note-by-note and include the corresponding tab, standard notation and Guitar Pro files in the course.
Larry also includes all of the original rhythm tracks from the album to work with on your own. That means you’ll be playing with top session players Jeff Babko on keyboards, bassist Travis Carlton, über-drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and saxophonist Paul Cerra. Like we said... very generous!
Larry, on behalf of your guitar-playing fans all around the world -- thank you, thank you, thank you!
What you'll learn
- Play the signature rhythmic lick with hammer-ons and double stops
- Play the complete chord progression for Larry Carlton's 'Kid Gloves'
- Play the melody over the chord changes
- Play the main fifth-based riff that forms the foundation of RCM
- Understand the complete song structure for performance and improvisation
Release date: 11/21/2013 • 1h 50m runtime
Sample lessons
Room 335
Performance
Smiles and Smiles To Go
Performance
Red Hot Poker
Overview
Red Hot Poker
Performance
What's included
29 lessons • 10 charts • 9 Jam Tracks
335 Hits
Larry Carlton has been very generous to students of guitar over the course of his career. He’s given us countless solos and rhythm parts to study and emulate across his 3,000 sessions, 200 hit singles and 100 gold albums as a session player (some of us are still trying to nail that Kid Charlemagne solo!). Then he gave us the gift of 31 albums as a solo recording artist earning him 4 Grammys and 19 Grammy nominations. He’s treated us to a master series of lessons revealing his signature techniques, harmonic approaches and improvisational prowess in 335 BLUES and 335 IMPROV. Yet over all these years, Larry’s never showed us exactly how he plays his hit songs from the first measure to the last... until now!
“I recently recorded a new album on which I re-recorded nine of my most popular tunes from over the years. My fans really seem to dig the album, and I get asked all the time to show other guitar players my parts for the tunes. I thought it would be cool to produce a course where I demonstrate first-hand how I play my parts on all nine of these songs and thats exactly what were going to do here in 335 Hits.”
Larry Carlton’s 335 HITS is the first time that Larry lifts the hood on the exact voicings, melodies, fingerings and improvisational approaches that he uses when performing nine of his hit songs on stage; Room 335, Smiles & Smiles To Go, Alone But Never Alone, Hello Tomorrow, RCM, High Steppin’, Terry T, Kid Gloves and Red Hot Poker.
Using both electric and acoustic guitars, Larry performs each of the songs over the actual rhythm tracks from his Grammy-nominated Greatest Hits Rerecorded album. After each performance, Larry steps you through the entire song measure-by-measure, chord-by-chord, note-by-note. True to Mr 335 form, the solos are improvised and so you’ll also get fresh improvisational solo material to work with as well.
Everything is transcribed, tabbed and notated. You’ll also get interactive tablature and notation (Guitar Pro 5/6 and Tux) so that you can loop any section of the song, see and hear the notation, adjust the tempo and play along to your heart’s delight.
BONUS CHARTS! Larry also includes the actual lead sheets that he and the other musicians used in the studio during the recording of Greatest Hits Rerecorded! You can find them in the BONUS CHARTS folder.
Larry also includes all of the original rhythm tracks from the album to work with on your own. That means you’ll be playing with top session players Jeff Babko on keyboards, bassist Travis Carlton, über-drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and saxophonist Paul Cerra.
“I recently recorded a new album on which I re-recorded nine of my most popular tunes from over the years. My fans really seem to dig the album, and I get asked all the time to show other guitar players my parts for the tunes. I thought it would be cool to produce a course where I demonstrate first-hand how I play my parts on all nine of these songs and thats exactly what were going to do here in 335 Hits.”
Larry Carlton’s 335 HITS is the first time that Larry lifts the hood on the exact voicings, melodies, fingerings and improvisational approaches that he uses when performing nine of his hit songs on stage; Room 335, Smiles & Smiles To Go, Alone But Never Alone, Hello Tomorrow, RCM, High Steppin’, Terry T, Kid Gloves and Red Hot Poker.
Using both electric and acoustic guitars, Larry performs each of the songs over the actual rhythm tracks from his Grammy-nominated Greatest Hits Rerecorded album. After each performance, Larry steps you through the entire song measure-by-measure, chord-by-chord, note-by-note. True to Mr 335 form, the solos are improvised and so you’ll also get fresh improvisational solo material to work with as well.
Everything is transcribed, tabbed and notated. You’ll also get interactive tablature and notation (Guitar Pro 5/6 and Tux) so that you can loop any section of the song, see and hear the notation, adjust the tempo and play along to your heart’s delight.
BONUS CHARTS! Larry also includes the actual lead sheets that he and the other musicians used in the studio during the recording of Greatest Hits Rerecorded! You can find them in the BONUS CHARTS folder.
Larry also includes all of the original rhythm tracks from the album to work with on your own. That means you’ll be playing with top session players Jeff Babko on keyboards, bassist Travis Carlton, über-drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and saxophonist Paul Cerra.
All In Good Time
"All in Good Time" - from my On Solid Ground album, 1989.
When I go back and listen to that album I can see that my head was in a place of bigger production, writing songs that I could produce with a bigger sound. And it wasn't so much focused on my soloing as a guitar player, although of course I play solos all over the album, but you'll notice that the production is more than I had done in the past.
So let me show you how I played this one.
When I go back and listen to that album I can see that my head was in a place of bigger production, writing songs that I could produce with a bigger sound. And it wasn't so much focused on my soloing as a guitar player, although of course I play solos all over the album, but you'll notice that the production is more than I had done in the past.
So let me show you how I played this one.
All In Good Time
"All in Good Time" - from my On Solid Ground album, 1989.
When I go back and listen to that album I can see that my head was in a place of bigger production, writing songs that I could produce with a bigger sound. And it wasn't so much focused on my soloing as a guitar player, although of course I play solos all over the album, but you'll notice that the production is more than I had done in the past.
So let me show you how I played this one.
When I go back and listen to that album I can see that my head was in a place of bigger production, writing songs that I could produce with a bigger sound. And it wasn't so much focused on my soloing as a guitar player, although of course I play solos all over the album, but you'll notice that the production is more than I had done in the past.
So let me show you how I played this one.
All In Good Time
"All in Good Time" - from my On Solid Ground album, 1989.
When I go back and listen to that album I can see that my head was in a place of bigger production, writing songs that I could produce with a bigger sound. And it wasn't so much focused on my soloing as a guitar player, although of course I play solos all over the album, but you'll notice that the production is more than I had done in the past.
So let me show you how I played this one.
When I go back and listen to that album I can see that my head was in a place of bigger production, writing songs that I could produce with a bigger sound. And it wasn't so much focused on my soloing as a guitar player, although of course I play solos all over the album, but you'll notice that the production is more than I had done in the past.
So let me show you how I played this one.
Room 335
"Room 335", from the Larry Carlton album in 1979.
I ran across the original lead sheet for this song recently. It was called "Room 314" - Why? I have no idea. I don't know if that was a hotel room I was in when I got the idea for the melody, I have no idea. But anyway it was kind of funny to see that we had crossed through the "14" and made it "335". The first recording of Room 335 was for a project that I was doing with the great composer Michel Colombier. We were assigned to do a duet album and the first band to ever record Room 335 was Michel Colombier on keyboards, Jaco Pastorius on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums. I don't have a copy of it and I've never heard the final mix of it, and it wasn't released on Michel's album, we saved it for my Warner Bros album.
As most of you know the classic version of Room 335 was Greg Mathieson on keyboards, Abe Laboriel on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums - that's the one we all kind of fell in love with.
So let me show you how I play Room 335.
I ran across the original lead sheet for this song recently. It was called "Room 314" - Why? I have no idea. I don't know if that was a hotel room I was in when I got the idea for the melody, I have no idea. But anyway it was kind of funny to see that we had crossed through the "14" and made it "335". The first recording of Room 335 was for a project that I was doing with the great composer Michel Colombier. We were assigned to do a duet album and the first band to ever record Room 335 was Michel Colombier on keyboards, Jaco Pastorius on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums. I don't have a copy of it and I've never heard the final mix of it, and it wasn't released on Michel's album, we saved it for my Warner Bros album.
As most of you know the classic version of Room 335 was Greg Mathieson on keyboards, Abe Laboriel on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums - that's the one we all kind of fell in love with.
So let me show you how I play Room 335.
Room 335
"Room 335", from the Larry Carlton album in 1979.
I ran across the original lead sheet for this song recently. It was called "Room 314" - Why? I have no idea. I don't know if that was a hotel room I was in when I got the idea for the melody, I have no idea. But anyway it was kind of funny to see that we had crossed through the "14" and made it "335". The first recording of Room 335 was for a project that I was doing with the great composer Michel Colombier. We were assigned to do a duet album and the first band to ever record Room 335 was Michel Colombier on keyboards, Jaco Pastorius on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums. I don't have a copy of it and I've never heard the final mix of it, and it wasn't released on Michel's album, we saved it for my Warner Bros album.
As most of you know the classic version of Room 335 was Greg Mathieson on keyboards, Abe Laboriel on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums - that's the one we all kind of fell in love with.
So let me show you how I play Room 335.
I ran across the original lead sheet for this song recently. It was called "Room 314" - Why? I have no idea. I don't know if that was a hotel room I was in when I got the idea for the melody, I have no idea. But anyway it was kind of funny to see that we had crossed through the "14" and made it "335". The first recording of Room 335 was for a project that I was doing with the great composer Michel Colombier. We were assigned to do a duet album and the first band to ever record Room 335 was Michel Colombier on keyboards, Jaco Pastorius on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums. I don't have a copy of it and I've never heard the final mix of it, and it wasn't released on Michel's album, we saved it for my Warner Bros album.
As most of you know the classic version of Room 335 was Greg Mathieson on keyboards, Abe Laboriel on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums - that's the one we all kind of fell in love with.
So let me show you how I play Room 335.
Room 335
"Room 335", from the Larry Carlton album in 1979.
I ran across the original lead sheet for this song recently. It was called "Room 314" - Why? I have no idea. I don't know if that was a hotel room I was in when I got the idea for the melody, I have no idea. But anyway it was kind of funny to see that we had crossed through the "14" and made it "335". The first recording of Room 335 was for a project that I was doing with the great composer Michel Colombier. We were assigned to do a duet album and the first band to ever record Room 335 was Michel Colombier on keyboards, Jaco Pastorius on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums. I don't have a copy of it and I've never heard the final mix of it, and it wasn't released on Michel's album, we saved it for my Warner Bros album.
As most of you know the classic version of Room 335 was Greg Mathieson on keyboards, Abe Laboriel on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums - that's the one we all kind of fell in love with.
So let me show you how I play Room 335.
I ran across the original lead sheet for this song recently. It was called "Room 314" - Why? I have no idea. I don't know if that was a hotel room I was in when I got the idea for the melody, I have no idea. But anyway it was kind of funny to see that we had crossed through the "14" and made it "335". The first recording of Room 335 was for a project that I was doing with the great composer Michel Colombier. We were assigned to do a duet album and the first band to ever record Room 335 was Michel Colombier on keyboards, Jaco Pastorius on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums. I don't have a copy of it and I've never heard the final mix of it, and it wasn't released on Michel's album, we saved it for my Warner Bros album.
As most of you know the classic version of Room 335 was Greg Mathieson on keyboards, Abe Laboriel on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums - that's the one we all kind of fell in love with.
So let me show you how I play Room 335.
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Jazzer2and4
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06/13/25
This series of lessons from Larry Carlton is just what I needed to focus my learning. The technology in the presentation is incredible. I am completely motivated and feel we will have a long term relationship Thank you Howard Bloom
IanT2019
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03/05/25
This course is like finding treasure for Larry Carlton fans
This course is a unique opportunity to learn from a guitar master. I've been a fan of Larry Carlton's playing for a few years now and admire how he combines BB King/ blues phrasing with jazz harmony. It's a real treat to watch Larry explain his approach to his songs from this hit album as well as having the original rhythm tracks to play along with and lead sheets. So glad I found this course. So much to learn.
Christophert333
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09/06/24
Vault of musical awesomeness
Most melodic and rhythmic player of all time.
gypsyblues73
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05/12/22
Unparalleled insight
What an incredible treasure. For a Carlton fan, it's a dream come true to be able to get this kind of insight directly from the man himself. And although he doesn't break down every single note in his solos, everything is transcribed!
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