Welcome to the Jazz Guitar MasterClass 'Lesson a Day' Page!
Welcome to the Jazz Guitar MasterClass 'Lesson a Day' page.
The Jazz Guitar MasterClass is a fully featured instructional music program containing interactive guitar lessons. Master jazz guitarist Oliver Gannon is your teacher in this software program designed to illustrate basic skills to the beginning guitarist while enhancing the skills of more advanced guitarists. These files have been created to give you a sample of what the Jazz Guitar MasterClass program has to offer. Listen to Oliver Gannon as he covers elements of Jazz and Pop guitar playing - from 'Chords' to 'Improvisations'.
Oliver GannonYou'll be studying 60 lessons with topics such as Chord Voicings, Inversions, Right Hand Techniques, Comping, Scales, Modes, Arpeggios, Common Progressions, Improvisation, Chord Melodies and more. Each lesson has an accompanying exercise and a tip on how to practice it. The lessons refer to the 10 program tunes, which feature common chord progressions in a variety of styles and tempos. There are also reference sheets and practice (backing) tracks.
Full program includes:
- Over 5 hours of digitally recorded audio lessons covering complete topics.
- On-screen guitar fretboard shows you which notes are being played.
- Focus on any section with the versatile loop feature.
- Print all the lessons and leadsheets (chords, and notation) to study anytime.
- Lesson techniques are applied to one of the 10 program tunes, which have
- typical styles and progressions. This is 'learning by example' at it's best
- Reference Sheets
- Practice Tips
- Learn at your own pace!
- Jump to any position in the lesson.
- Jukebox mode for continuous play.
- Mark and play your favorite lessons.
- Play along with the lesson/exercise in real-time.
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Jazz Guitar Master Class Lesson-a-Day - The Lessons...
Note: These files do not reflect the full program, they are audio only and do not provide the full experience of the Jazz Guitar MasterClass CD-ROM, such as printable notation and the on-screen fret-board. You can find out more about the full program by visiting the Jazz Guitar MasterClass product page.
Intro
- Lesson 1: Program Intro [Duration - 2:03]
Section 1 - Chords
- Lesson 2: Introduction to the Chord Method [Duration - 2:39]
- Lesson 3: Basic Chord Theory [Duration - 3:36]
- Lesson 4: Chord Voicings [Duration - 3:53]
- Lesson 5: Chord Inversions [Duration - 0:59]
- Lesson 6: Chord Types [Duration - 6:39]
- Lesson 7: The Chord Method - Phase 1 [Duration - 8:20]
- Lesson 8: Chord Method phase 2 [Duration - 4:28]
- Lesson 9: Chord Method - The Remaining Chord Types [Duration - 10:36]
- Lesson 10: Typical Chord Progressions [Duration - 5:52]
- Lesson 11: Chords - 'Boundary Bay' [Duration - 10:09]
- Lesson 12: Chords - Dominant 7th Alterations [Duration - 6:30]
- Lesson 13: Chords - Minor 9, Minor 11, Minor 13 [Duration - 2:56]
- Lesson 14: Right Hand Techniques [Duration - 4:11]
- Lesson 15: Comping 1 - Solo, Duo and Trio Situations [Duration - 3:33]
- Lesson 16: Comping 2 - Comping Styles For 'The Dream' [Duration - 5:28]
- Lesson 17: Comping 3 - Practicing Chord Voicings For 'Indigo' [Duration - 6:08]
- Lesson 18: Comping 4 - Comping in a Bossa Style [Duration - 3:56]
- Lesson 19: Comping 5 - Jazz Waltz Style [Duration - 2:47]
- Lesson 20: Comping 6 - Basic Blues - and 'Jay's Blues' [Duration - 5:31]
Section 2 - Melody and Improvisation
- Lesson 21: Intro to Section 2 - Scales, Modes & Improvisation [Duration - 0:52]
- Lesson 22: C Scale in the 2nd Position [Duration - 4:39]
- Lesson 23: C Scale - 2 Next 6 Positions [Duration - 5:25]
- Lesson 24: Major Scale - Discussion [Duration - 5:59]
- Lesson 25: C Scale - Connecting the 7 Positions [Duration - 5:49]
- Lesson 26: C Scale - Patterns [Duration - 3:47]
- Lesson 27: Modes 1 - Ionian, Dorian and Mixolydian [Duration - 5:23]
- Lesson 28: Modes 2 - Phrygian, Lydian, Aeolian and Locrian [Duration - 5:07]
- Lesson 29: Modes 3, II, V, I, VI Progression [Duration - 4:03]
- Lesson 30: The II, V, I, VI Progression in a Major key [Duration - 6:10]
- Lesson 31: II, V, I, VI Progression in a Minor Key [Duration - 4:26]
- Lesson 32: Improvisation - General Discussion [Duration - 2:27]
- Lesson 33: Arpeggios [Duration - 7:36]
- Lesson 34: Arpeggios - Boundary Bay [Duration - 7:21]
- Lesson 35: Arpeggios - The Dream [Duration - 4:37]
- Lesson 36: Arpeggios - Pentatonics and Other Patterns [Duration - 6:14]
- Lesson 37: Soloing Devices - Appogiaturas [Duration - 4:09]
- Lesson 38: Dominant 7th Chord Scales [Duration - 6:57]
- Lesson 39: The Tri-Tone Substitution [Duration - 5:23]
- Lesson 40: Improvisation - Motifs [Duration - 5:41]
- Lesson 41: Improvisation - Motifs Continued [Duration - 2:03]
- Lesson 42: Improvisation - Other Topics - The Dream [Duration - 5:49]
- Lesson 43: Pentatonics and Triads Over the Different Dom 7th Scales [Duration - 2:56]
Section 1 - Chords (Advanced)
- Lesson 44: More Advanced Comping 1 - Duo Situation [Duration - 4:57]
- Lesson 45: More Advanced Comping 2 - Trio or Quartet situation [Duration - 4:57]
- Lesson 46: More Advanced Comping 3 - Trio situation [Duration - 3:51]
- Lesson 47: More Advanced Comping 4 - Other Topics [Duration - 4:46]
- Lesson 48: Walking Bass Lines & Chords [Duration - 4:26]
- Lesson 49: Bass Lines - Connecting the Chords [Duration - 4:51]
- Lesson 50: Bass Lines 3 - Walking Bass and Chords [Duration - 5:40]
- Lesson 51: Bass Lines 4 - Walking Bass and Chords Review [Duration - 3:29]
Section 2 - Melody and Improvisation (Advanced)
- Lesson 52: Bebop and 'Rhythm' Changes [Duration - 7:13]
- Lesson 53: More Improvisation Examples [Duration - 6:14]
Section 3 - Chord-Melody
- Lesson 54: Chord-Melody - Harmonizing a Scale [Duration - 5:10]
- Lesson 55: Chord Melody - Gardenia [Duration - 8:25]
- Lesson 56: Chord-Melodies - Continued [Duration - 1:12]
- Lesson 57: Pop Tunes and Sambas [Duration - 2:34]
- Lesson 58: Repertoire and Sight Reading [Duration - 6:24]
- Lesson 59: Practicing Strategies and Other Topics [Duration - 6:13]
- Lesson 60: The Great Jazz Guitarists [Duration - 4:00]
- Lesson 61: The Coda [Duration - 0:07]
Master Class Series