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Wait, there's still plenty of jazz coolness left on DVD 2. Next, you'll learn:
How to stack chords for a cool variety of chordal sounds
(48:42)
How to "minorize the dominant" -
a favorite trick of greats like
Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino
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How to practice scales "in between shapes" - a handy trick to help you tie the neck together (1:08:31)
A Charlie Christian trick that anyone can do and gives you a cool sound instantly (1:09:53)
Keep in mind, Charlie Christian influenced Wes Montgomery, which brings us to the third part of this package.
DVD 3: The Guitar Style of
Wes MontgomeryIn this third and final DVD, you'll go deep into studying the jazz style of Wes Montgomery. Here's a few highlights:
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The octave strum technique eliminates the need for fingerpicking and gives you a killer "punchy" percussive sound (9:35)
Learn how to play "Road Song", an amazing jazz song, and you'll get all the tabs too. (11:17)
Wes' best tricks
decoded and explained.
Listen to Adrian's brilliant explainations of some of Wes' most effective chordal harmonizations and substitutions (16:49)
How to combine jazz chords with bluesy pentatonic sounds (19:02)
Plus:
Use the exact fingerings
and positions Wes used.
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How to use arpeggios to get the typical "Wes Montgomery" Sound (33:01)
You'll also learn some specific licks and arpeggios to get you started playing these sounds immediately. These babies are tabbed out in the booklet for you to jam with right away.
Oh and check this out. This is probably the coolest part of this package:
Get 4 no-brainer formulas
for getting a characteristic
Wes Montgomery soloing sound.
More "trademark Wes" signature sounds at 39:05.
Get hip with tritone substitutions, a tried-and-true potent Be-bop device. Wes used this substitution in every aspect of his playing. Get the specific instructions on how to do it (43:08)
Learn several unique twists on the flat-five substitution. Wes created these interesting sounds to get those "sweet as possible" chord progressions. (51:08)
Learn Wes' classic tune "4 on 6".
AND...
Learn "West Coast Blues", perhaps Wes Montgomery's best known tune.
The secret of chromatically moving progressions, a favorite trick of horn players like Dizzy Gilespie.
The secret of alternating inversions - another Wes trick decoded. These example sound great instantly. 1:04:36
Even more stuff:
Discover the minor6 and minor9
inversions that Wes liked
to use most often.
How to create lots of interesting movement with chord inversions , Wes style... 1:10:57
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