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Posted on December 10, 2008 by Audrey Tan | Posted under Reference and Education
What will you learn during jazz guitar lessons?
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Our jazz guitar lessons have been divided into different modules and phases. Each phase will take you one higher and close to the advanced level. In the first phase, you will learn to be comfortable with your guitar. The higher the ease of holding your guitar and playing it, the easier it becomes to handle different scales and chords. It will also include learning about the various parts of the archtop guitar and how each of the parts is responsible for making the magical sound that you often hear jazz greats strumming out. In the second phase, you will learn to understand, play, and master the basic jazz chords starting with Major 7 and moving on to Minor 7, Dominant 7, Diminished 7 and more. At the same time, you will learn to understand and play with a basic rhythm while focusing on the three basic group of chords: the major, minor, and dominant. By the end of the second phase of jazz guitar lessons, you will be ready to play altered chords as well as the Bebop scale. The Bebop scale was played by some of the pioneers of Jazz including Charlie Parker. The fourth and the last phase in basic jazz guitar lessons will include learning and playing specific scales like the Lydian Dominant Scale, blues scale or pentatonic scale, chromatic notes, Arpeggios, alternating triads, and soloing. Our basic jazz guitar lessons will not just teach you the basics of jazz guitar playing but will cover intermediate as well as advanced lessons so that you can get to learn the most important concepts of jazz guitar. Jazz Guitar - The Soul Music Jazz is predominantly an American musical genre that has deep roots in African-American communities and has existed since 1910's. The jazz guitar is a musical instrument that represents this genre of music and can be played as a solo instrument or in an ensemble. There is no specific guitar that can be said to represent a jazz guitar because you can play jazz on an acoustic guitar as well as on an electric guitar. But the most common type of guitar that is associated with jazz is the archtop guitar, which can be differentiated on the basis of humbucker pickups and F-holes, the latter being predominant in violins. Some of the greatest jazz guitarists of all times include Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Al Di Meola, John Abercrombie, Les Paul, Chet Atkins among many others. Some of the all time top jazz guitar compositions include Secrets by Allan Holdsworth, Birds of Fire by John McLaughlin, Elegant Gypsy by Al Di Meola, and The Light Beyond by Frank Gambale among others. The only way to learn how to play like Wes Montgomery or Al Di Meola is by doing it the hard way, which is taking jazz guitar lessons and practicing. After all, practice makes a man perfect! About The Author: Guitar Lessons Singapore is the Only Guitar Agency In Singapore. Master The Guitar Quickly And Easily. Fun & Inspiring Guitar Lessons. Call Audrey @ 6844 8985. Learn more at http://www.guitarlessonssingapore.com |
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