A Nuts And Bolts Approach To Chords

Waste Not Thy Time-Rolly Brown has been practicing the Guitar for 50 years and in that time he?s developed a large armamentarium of tools to aid and motivate himself and his students.In this two hour DVD starting with his ruleof ?half work half play? he shares many of these ideas interspersed with teachings to help you better enjoy and understand music and the guitar from a simple ?nuts and bolts? point of view. Whatever style of music you play youwant ways of practicing rhythm harmony and melody the 3 building blocks of music.Whether you flatpick or fingerpick play bluegrass jazz or folk music; whether you?re trying to learn your first F chord or looking fora method of practicing arpeggios to inform your jazz solos this video offers tools and advice to improve your playing.The topics covered include:On Creativity and Structuring Your TimeScales andModesHow To Rapidly Master New ChordsArpeggios: Bridging the Gap Between Chords and MelodyRight Hand TechniqueUsing a MetronomePracticing with Rhythm TracksSample PracticeRoutines

To Chords-This lesson is designed to set you on the road to playing chordal swing and jazz guitar with the freedom of an accomplished improvisor. It can help you hold a large repertoire of chords in your head without recourse to ?chord dictionaries? or other written material and to then learn how these chords go together into sequences commonly found in swing and jazz standards and other music of the past century and beyond. Material covered includes:The simple ?240 chord? exercise: 3 minutes a day to develop a great chord repertoire. The five stringsets for 4 note chord voicings. The 3 basic chord families; how they work with eachother and how the art of ?chord substitution? provides an infinite amount of variability. The 3 most common systems of chord progression and their variations. How to start applying this material to actual tunes.