Expert step by step guidance provided. All you have to do is follow the instructions on each video, and we'll show you, step by step, how to:
Use what you have already learned about blues and country scales to branch out into minor and major scales
Choose when to slim down to the pentatonic major and minor scales
Learn and use the melody of a song as a basis for improvising.
Quickly and easily work out what key a tune is in and select the right scales to use over it to guarantee great sounding lead lines
Develop a good ear for improvising and gain the confidence that you really can play along to anything you hear
Learn in great detail, exactly how to really get 'inside' a song so that you know it well enough to turn in a stellar performance when playing lead over it live on stage or in a studio recording situation
Also included in the course files are 18 mp3 audio tracks specially recorded for the course to use as backing tracks in a wide variety of musical styles and genres. These include a range of standards like:
Blues Bossa
Summertime
Sunny
Moondance
Ain't Nobody's Business
(Nobody knows you when you're) Down and Out
Georgia on my mind
Home on the Range
Amazing Grace
...and many more
Follows straight on from the Intermediate Lead Guitar Course
This course assumes no previous music theory study and shows you in detail how to master the scales you need, to play along to a wide variety of tunes in different styles and in both major and minor keys.
Good for electric or acoustic guitar players This course works equally well on either acoustic or electric guitar.sts
By the end of the course you will have completed the foundational work required to become a highly versatile lead guitarist. By following the advice in the last video on the course, you will quickly develop a mastery of key-specific improvising.
You will have laid firm foundations from which you can further develop your lead playing into any area of modern popular music - blues, rock, country, jazz, folk, funk - you name it.
You will also have built an ideal technical platform from which to take off into the wonderful world of chord-based improvising - a must for anyone wanting to explore more advanced improvising and, in particular, mastering jazz lead guitar.
Prompt, friendly support available if required. We do all we can in the design of these lessons to anticipate every question or problem that each individual student may have, but of course we know this is impossible. So please, if you have any difficulties at all following this course, or any questions that the materials don't seem to answer, email us for support - we are always pleased to hear from you!
Course comprises: 7 Video lessons 18 Backing tracks 5 Printouts
