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you are, (it can be a shady area), we recommend one of two courses. |
Level
1 & 2: Guitar
Made Simple By Chris Standring
From absolute beginner to solid intermediate,
this course walks you through absolutely everything necessary
to give you a strong grounding in a wide variety of guitar
styles. You will learn open chords, strumming patterns, single
line melodies, 25 well known songs, notes on the fretboard,
sight-reading, Blues, rock, classical, single string improv
and venture into a little jazz, and much much more. All with
audio, video, TAB and traditional music notation. More info
and order Guitar Made Simple here
"Move over Mel Bay! 'Guitar Made Simple'
is an extremely well thought out beginners program, with a
very thorough and personal approach to help you easily learn
how to play the guitar... correctly! So much more than trying
to learn alone with just a book, this brilliant system connects
with you as if an instructor is right with you in your own
home. Well done Chris!" - Corky
James LA studio guitarist with Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff,
Kelly Clarkson, Leann Rimes, Backstreet Boys, Liz Phair, Nick
Lachey and Mandy Moore
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Level
2 & 3: Play
What You Hear By Chris Standring
From
intermediate to advanced level, this highly acclaimed course
teaches you how to "play what you hear". You will
learn the jazz vocabulary and understand how to improvise
using this vocab over many different harmonies. You will learn
to hear major, melodic minor and blues scales and learn harmony
and how to see it all very simply on the fretboard. Over 300
audio examples and tons of play along tracks. More info and
order Play What You Hear here
"By far the most innovative and effective
ear training program for guitarists I have seen! Simply the
best learning method to come along since Jamie Abersold. Chris
has hit on something really good and much needed today Players
of my generation learned to play on the bandstand as we were
forced to "play what we heard" and if we didn't,
we had to get it together pretty darn quick. This course will
help speed up that learning process rapidly. I will recommend
this course to my students highly!" - Ron Eschete
Concord Recording artist and educator
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From
intermediate to advanced, this cutting edge video software
program presents Chris Standring in the first of a jazz
guitar masterclass series. In this 11 lesson program Chris
discusses building vocabulary, connecting new phrases to
existing vocab, rhythm & comping including walking basslines
and comping at the same time, and six live performances
by Chris, all transcribed with notation and TAB. Comes with
play along tracks, spiral bound workbook and optional DVD.
"I downloaded the course and found
it to be much more informative than I expected one of these
courses to be! You lay it out very clearly and the musical
ideas are all super cool, especially the II - V - I bebop
phrases. I also liked your solos over "All the Things
You Are" and the other tunes, too. In fact, all your
solos have good, solid construction and a very swinging
feel. I think this course will be very helpful to anyone
that's looking to play over changes. Playing through this
course will give the serious student of the instrument a
more linear way to play up and down the neck, and in turn
expand their range on the guitar. I can tell a LOT of work
went into this project....All the best!" - Carl
Verheyen, LA studio guitarist
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From
intermediate to advanced, Chris Standring presents the second
of his jazz guitar masterclass series. Focusing entirely
on improvising in chord melody style, Chris discusses the
art of playing melodies with chordal accompaniment in the
style of the great master jazz guitarists like Joe Pass,
Ted Greene and George Van Eps. In this 11 lesson program
Chris discusses building harmonic vocabulary, ammassing
ideas over the 2, 5 and 1 chord families as well as performing
3 solos on camera, utilizing all the information he discusses
throughout the program, all transcribed with notation and
TAB. Comes with play along tracks, spiral bound workbook
and optional DVD.
Hello Chris. I have had a quick glance through the programme
and I can honestly say that it is brilliant. The next 6
months are going to be exciting for me. I would really like
to thank you for all the work you have put in to it. It
will be invaluable to me! - Michael Watters
Hi Chris - I thought that JGVM vol 2 really hit the mark.
It's the kind of instruction that makes playing guitar fun.
I've always leaned toward playing the standards; in particular
ballads. The tunes you provided and the treatment afforded
each was just right for someone like myself. Nice job! -
Bob DeVivo.
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