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When comes to smooth jazz George Benson is one of the go-to guys. I've always been a huge fan of George Benson and his guitar playing even his more sweet songs like on his CD Breezin. In this tutorial I'll show you some tricks and tips how to play a song pretty much in the style of breathing by George Benson with the chords Dmaj7 / Bm7 / Em7 / A7. This is a so-called 1625 progression which is normally displayed with Roman letters. In this tutorial I first show you the chords, then explain the progression, then show the used scales and then show you a simple theme which really works nights on this progression. The theme is very simple to play and give you an idea how you can develop a theme with simple melodic lines. Then I'll show you how to make variations on a theme by using the associated scale in this case this is the D major pentatonic. Since the major pentatonic sounds a little bit sweet I show you a trick how to use an approach note on the third note of the major pentatonic scale to create a more bluesy sound. For the concept to play smooth jazz theme song is to first play the theme then start to do variations on the theme then go into improvisation with a major pentatonic and then give you the more highlighted line with the Blues Licks and at the end you come back to the theme. Discounted is very similar to normal Jazz improvisation and it smooth jazz you just going to work more in a bluesy kind of way. At the end of the tutorial I going to play for 3 minutes example how to develop your ideas on improvisation on variations on a theme and to make it interesting to the listener. Orange Smooth Jazz ( I VI II V ) .pdf Orange Smooth Jazz ( I VI II V ) .gp grabbel_jam.mp3

Romantic Rock Balade - Guitar Lesson Here I talk about a romantic rock guitar balade. If you want to play a romantic rock balade and express your feelings then a balade in 6/8 is the one to go for. Why is 6/8 great for romantic rock ballads ? Because any measure in 3 or 6 creates a circle which is the sign of eternity and this gives the music you are playing that eternal vibe which has to be created. In romantic balades it’s always about emotions and not the technique or playing fast - but the bad news is that in my opinion slow songs on 6/8 are the hardest thing to play if you play an instrumental version of it. Why is that like this ? Because you have a lot of time to play the wrong notes. So in this tutorial I give you all information on how to create a song in 6/8 and to avoid the main mistakes which can be made. Balade.pdf Balade.gp balade backing track Cm 80.mp3

You want to play an expressive 80s rock ballad and style of Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Gary Moore or others this is the tutorial which might solve your questions. This tutorial I show you how you figure out which are the long notes you want to Target in your soloing and how to express them and how to move from one to the other to create a really great melody line. When it comes to slow rock ballads low notes are the really important part of the soloing and the melody creation. If you cannot match the long notes and the target notes the rest will not sounds really cool the runs So before you start your guitar solo you need to analyze the chords of a song and then proceed as I'm showing in tutorial. And this song the chords are like this : G / Em / C / D / G / Em / C / D / Em / C D / Em / C D / Em / C D / Am / D Expressive 80's Rock Balade.pdf Expressive 80's Rock Balade.gp pop rock balade G 80.mp3

I have always been a huge fan of Steve Vai. For me is still the unchallenged number one rock guitar player. It's about time to make it to make a tutorial about his types of instrumental rock ballads. They often come along in the measure of 6/8. I created a track in the key of E minor in the measure of 6/8 and in this tutorial I show you how the rhythm guitar is played and after that very short introduction to 6/8 rhythm guitar I going to give you some easy going instructions how to create great rock balade lead sounds and how to create those long notes which make them so great. The really great feature of Steve Vai’s guitar playing is it absolute perfect tone control in every situation of lead guitar. I give you some insight how you can work with slight pinch harmonics and slipping the tone into overtones and to create great long notes with your lead guitar. So this tutorial doesn't really talk about how to do the typical Steve Vai guitar licks. It’s more about tone control and how you can control with your tone with your vibrato, your bendings and the distortion settings in combination with pinch harmonics. Rock Balade ( Steve Vai Style ).pdf Rock Balade ( Steve Vai Style ).gp rock balade ( steve vai style ).mp3

Here you can learn my tips and tricks how to master a rock balade in the typical 80's style such as artists like Gary Moore, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani or others. This masterclass is not about licks and speed – it's about filling the room with you expression and your musical presence so you need to have your things already a bit together. Below the chapeters : Chords 2:09 Analysis 4:11 Scales 4:42 Expression with Vibrato 10:41 Work with Overtones 15:51 Opening Phrases 20:37 Runs 23:03 Final Notes 26:33 Rock Balade - Guitar Masterclass.pdf rock balade ( 2 ) Am 75.mp3

Here you can learn a nice long meter rock balade lick which you can play to the backing track of my song " Winter Blues " which I recorded some time ago. winter blues jamtrack.mp3 Long Meter Rock Balade Lick ( Em ).pdf

Here some tips and tricks how to play an emotional and powerful rock love balade. You find the backing track here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KJ9g... Listen to an extended version of this song here :