Intermediate Lead Guitar Course
Learn to Improvise to almost any piece of music! This course will build on your blues improvising skills and help you branch out from there, using the Key-specific Improvising Method
The course in detail...
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 :
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What exactly is meant by ‘Key-Specific Improvising’.
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How to greatly accelerate your development as a lead guitarist.
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How to build the confidence to play anywhere on the fretboard, in any key, in any direction – all without getting lost!
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How to improve your speed and fluency.
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How to use blues scale patterns to play country scales.
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How to switch instantly from major to minor keys.
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A special selection of useful new country-based guitar licks.
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How to learn solo parts by ear alone.
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To improve your ability to ‘remember’ tunes you have learnt, even when you haven’t played them for ages.
Learn to play along to songs...
The course shows you what to do to take a major step forward towards becoming more independent as a musician. Along the way we’ll use plenty of examples and help you improvise over backing tracks designed to cover a range of songs in all styles from folk to Jazz. Using songs as diverse as:
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Stormy Monday Blues
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Sunny
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Folsom Prison Blues
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For what it’s worth
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Georgia on my mind
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Home on the range
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House of the rising sun
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Oh when the Saints go marching in
Prerequisites and expected outcome...
Not for beginners!
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To get the best from this course it will help if you already have a bit of guitar playing experience under your belt. You should be reasonably good at using all four fingers on your fretting hand so that you can play scale patterns across the fretboard. If you’re a complete beginner then we really advise completing one of the courses from the beginner’s level of this site before proceeding with this course.
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By the time you get to the end of this course … …you will have laid the foundations to be able to play lead guitar at a professional level.
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The video content is supported by printouts showing clear diagrams for all exercises on the course and tab for all the specific licks taught.
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Course comprises: 13 Video lessons 19 Backing tracks 11 Printouts