TrueFire Jazz.U. Complete Course Guitar Instruction

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JAZZ U is the first quick learning system for guitar to employ a cognitive format, which adapts itself as well to beginners as it does for advanced players. Eight semesters of top notch instruction cover every style, technique and nuance of jazz guitar. This study course is unlike anything youve ever seen. Students may cherry pick their starting point. You dont need to read music. You dont need to learn theory. Each semester includes over 2 hours of audio instruction, 40 60 hours of practice material and is formatted in MP3 (audio), PDF (tab) and Power Tab which allows you to see and hear tab played out at any tempo in perfect pitch. Semesters are packaged on CD and include an interactive manual and a free full version of Power Tab software.

On your knees! This first semester of Jazz U recognizes some of the greatest players and pioneers in jazz guitar history. We include not only lessons about them, but also lessons written by these jazz giants. Unless youve got a time machine parked in your garage, youre not going to find yourself any closer to many of these vanguards.

Module 1: Jazzmen On High
Lessons about (and by) the wise men on the mountain: Django Reinhardt, Jim Hall, Grant Green, Johnny Smith, George Benson, Kenny Burrell and Tal Farlow.

Module 2: Wes Bound Wes Montgomery changed the future of jazz guitar with his thumping thumb and his signature use of octaves. Master his elusive styling in this module.
Digging Wes Thumb
Movin Wes
Wes Montgomerys Magic Box
Turning The Corner
Baritone Wes
Instant Wes

Module 3: All Lenny A unique opportunity to get inside the incredible mind and unorthodox techniques of Lenny Breau, featuring four lessons penned by Breau himself.

Lost Lenny Breau
Breaus Comping Workout
Harp Harmonics
Jazz Blues Comping
Breaus Blues
Liquid Fourths
Comping The Blues
The Atkins Style
Piano Picking

Lets re discover the heart of jazz guitar with a few classic tunes and techniques
youll perform au naturel no band, just you and that big box. First we go soup to nuts on the elusive art of chord melodies. Once youre a solo guitar virtuoso, youll be ready to build your repertoire of classic jazz standards. Next time someone calls for a Duke or Trane tune, youll be ready to deliver.

Module 1: One Man Band: The Art of Chord Melody Every thing you need to know to manage bass lines, chord changes, and melodies all at once.

Joe Pass: Chord Melody
Secrets Jazzy Comping
Fingerstyle Walking Bass
Chord Melody Secrets
More Melody Secrets
Raise Your Voice
Fingertip String Quartet
Harmonic Conversation

Module 2: Standards Revisited All new arrangements and some outstanding new takes of classic jazz heads like My Funny Valentine, Blue Trane, and Harlem Nocturne.

Blue Trane
In A Sentimental Mood
My Funny Valentine
Sentimental Mood Gets Tougher
Sophisticated Lady
Sophisticated Lady Returns
Riding Dukes Caravan
Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo: Stretching A Point
Harlem Nocturne
It Dont Mean A Thing

The evolution of jazz has given way to some remarkable contemporary players. This semester focuses on some of the newer cats and their innovative approach to harmonics and melodic pathways. Turns out you really dont need a Super 400 and flat wound strings to get cred amongst the jazz set. Stern (a couple of them), Carlton, Coryell, Hunter and a few others will show you the way.

Module 1: Shed, Dont Shred Hunker down with these four tutorials to catapult your lead chops into jazz territory and go outside from within. Amazing what a little shape shifting and modal improvisation can do for the soul.

Shape Shifting
Understanding Arpeggios
Modal Improvisation
Go Outside From Within

Module 2: Stern Family Picnic Head out for a long, cool afternoon with Mike and Leni Stern.
Single String Arpeggios
Sonic Snapshot: Mike Sterns
Sixteenth Note Storms
Jazz Tripping
Mike Sterns Monster II V Is

Module 3: Hep Cats Exploring the styles of Bill Frisell, Charlie Hunter, Larry Coryell, Larry Carlton and other monster jazzers will help you find your own voice.

Charlie Hunters Funky Jazz
Using Melody (Or Not)
Jazz Guitar Master Class
The Big Bang
Money Notes
Martino Goes Schonberg

Its a great big delicious gumbo, this jazz thing. Mix in a few spicy ingredients from other styles and cultural influences from around the world and youve got a tasty feast of musical bliss. This semester pays special attention to the intersections of jazz with rock, blues, country, rockabilly, and several exotic styles from other parts of the planet. Come on down, put your napkin in your lap and dig in.

Module 1: Fusion Contusion Throwing off heat where power rock meets jazz sophistication. Heres a couple of key lessons and 5 rhythm guitar lessons and jam tracks guaranteed to inspire your rhythm and solo chops.

Quartal Chops
Three For One Special
A OK
Barrys Porn Ride
Ode To JFP III
Slow J
The Carefree Marsupial

Module 2: Hold Everything A quartet of lessons to master or at least take a good crack at the stylings of Mr. Allan Holdsworth.

Guitar Astronaut
Line Games
Workingmans Holdsworth

Module 3: Jazzabilly?! The unlikely pairing of jazz and rockabilly is going to leave your bolo tie in a knot. Gatton and Setzer blaze the trail towards this challenging and ear pleasing style.
Setzers Rockabilly Jazz
Gattons Hotrod Jazz
Bop A Billy Basics
Rockabilly Jazz
Jazz/Rockabilly Combo
Comping A La Shamblin
Young Meets Gallup
Rippin Cowboy Jazz

Module 4: Notes from All Over Ready for the exotic? Bluesmen, Brazilians, boppers and bossa nova lovers saddle up to the bar and try a few of these on for size.

Brazilian Vamps
Jazzin The Blues
Mclaughlins Indo Jazz Fusion
Mbira & Kora
The Soukous Secret
Guest Guru: Robben Ford
Bebop Bender
Bossa Nova Basics

When it comes to jazz combos, laying down rhythms and harmonies can be the difference between ho hum and holy mother of Satchmo! While theres always more glamour in the solo spotlight, comping is the bread and butter of jazz guitar. Its also the key to getting invited back to the jam sessions. Time to learn how to play nice with others.

Module 1: Hearing Voices This module features a slew of thoughtful lessons which will greatly expand your harmonic vocabulary. These lessons will have you flying through changes and voicings from corners of your psyche you didnt even know existed.

Guided By Voicings
Guitar In Fourths
Half Step Voicings
Hybrid Voicings
Comping With Bass Lines
Guide Tone Comping
Swing Comping
Upper Register Chords
Seven Deadly Strings
Ten Piquant Ending Chords
Walking Bass
Up The Down Escalator
Modal Harmony Secrets
Tinting With Inversions
Stretching Out

Module 2: Piano Style Nothings quite as rich to the ears as solid piano comping on guitar. Piano players enjoy the luxury of a linear keyboard and all ten fingers available for chord voicings. This module breaks down what is possible with guitar and offers up a few tricks that will have your fellow band mates grinning ear to ear.

Pianist Envy
Youve Got To Monkify
Stretch O Rama
Duke Robillards Piano Blues
The volume of Rhythms and Leads is a great catch all for anyone wanting to jazz up their chops, performances and compositions. Whether you choose to wade in slowly or jump headlong into the deep end, this curriculum will keep you well and afloat in jazzs warm waters. Well rounded and thorough, this semester is taught by some of our top professors of jazz and will seriously color up your musical personality.

Module 1: Jazzed Up Lets start by taking your blues and rock chops and jazz them up a bit. You already know more than you think you do. This module will apply what you know in new and colorful ways.
Jazzy Sounds For Rockers
Superimposed Arpeggios
Offset Pentatonics
Fistful Of Blues
Aeolian Blues

Module 2: The Swing of It Now lets jump on the fast track and get a little more adventurous with your rhythms, harmonies and comping. Dollars to donuts says you wont believe your ears.
Stripped Down Voicings
The 9 For 1 Substitution
Recycle Those Voicings
Back Track: Slash Chords
Jazzbo Chord Workout
Comp The Scale
Supercharge Your Swing

Module 3: Prelude to a Lead Before you can be, and before you can bop, you have to rethink your approach to leads. Dig into these lessons before your chorus comes around.

Get Fat!
A Jazzy Turnaround
Building Lines w/ Guide Tones
Montgomerys Punchy Octaves
The Essentials Of Jazz
Melodic Minor Spice
Bebop Redux

Lets get serious here. If youve nailed the techniques and ideas in Vol. 1, then its time to step up and jam with the upper classmen. This semester examines more advanced concepts in the essential art of comping and then settles in with some serious pick work and improv techniques.

Module 1: Rhythm Works More rhythm workouts to give your playing and the band a strong grooving backbone. More piano comping techniques, a little Hammond organ simulation and a few left of center chordal ideas.

Piano Style Comping
Organisms
Jigsaw Chords

Module 2: Solo Spots Time to wail. Step slips, bop arpeggios, gypsy scales, jazzy sweep and other picking acrobatics will morph your chops

into the scary zone. Proceed with extreme caution not for the faint of heart!
Silky Smooth Voice Leading
Common Ground
Half step Slips
Relating Modes To Polychords
Slick Add 9 Voicings
Melody Magic
Symmetry Diminished Treasure
Bebop Augmented Arpeggios
Accidents Will Happen
Building Dominant Bebop Lines
Gypsy Scales & Oriental Modes
Jazzy Sweeps
Liquid Clusters
Monk On Guitar
Steppin Out

Time to spread your wings, grasshopper. Heres where the roof comes down. This graduating semester is all about applying your newly developed way of thinking to riffs, licks, lines and leads. A mondo collection of dizzying, soaring, growling lines these lessons will put you over the top. Master these tricks and watch the jaws drop.

Module 1: In The Mode Lets pull both standard and alternate modes out of the lesson books and into your solos.

Melodic Minors 5th Mode
Creating Scales
Harmonic Major Scale
Lydian Pentatonic
More Harmonic Major
Lydian Dominant Strategy
Modular Modal Lines
Take This Scale & Shove It

Module 2: Catching Changes Expressive solos dont rely on a single scale or mode to swing and sing over changes. Add the spice with this modules collection of tips for specific chords, with particular emphasis on doms and dims.

Angle On Altered Dominant
Altered Dominant Runs
Altered Dominatrix
Altered Dominant Sounds
Whole Half Scales
Half/Whole Favors
Mastering Dominants
Diminished Capacity

Module 3: Full On We wrap with a roller coaster ride of tricks, tips and fingerpicks for jazz lead work and solos. Superimposed arpeggios, back cycling, weaving triads, octave displacement, sax styling, chord soloing and plenty more enlightenment to quicken your hands and heart.

Towers Of Fifths
East Meets West
Kansas City Swinger
Squeeze Play
Octave Displacement
Old Dogs, New Tricks
Chord Over Chord Soloing
Playing Outside
Superimposed Maj7b5
The Saxophone Lesson
Swing Dreams
Diminished Spirals
Melodic Minor Mayhem
Backcycle Bonanza
Sax Lines For 6 Stringers
Tribute To Sonny
Weaving Triads
Open Up
Roller Coaster Bop



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