Sunday, August 29, 2010

general skill plan

Harmony
chords - jazz guitar masterclass
low comping
high comping
substitutions (tritone substitution)
take simple tunes and make them jazzy
take jazz standards and make them simple

Melody
scales (caged, 3 notes)
pentatonics
arpeggios
modes
scales in intervals
scales for chords

Ear
solefeggios
ear master daily
transcribe in guitar pro
transcribe harmony with guitar and without
berklee transcribe harmony
singing tunes


Technique
develop tremolo picking
develop string skipping
sweeping
legato all combinations
learn flight of the bumblebee
accenting in 2,3,4,5,6,7

Composition
compose tunes with harmony defined
compose tunes with melody defined
compose tunes with lyrics defined
write own tunes with lyrics
analysis of Beatles
analysis of Bach

Interpretation
bends
playing in legato
playing crescendo, diminuendo
effects


Learning tunes
101 blues licks
rock tunes
Bach
Beatles

Reading
jazz standards
Bach
find material for progressive reading

Rhythm
playing against time
play scales in diff rhythms
study rests
odd groupings (5,6,7)
odd time signatures

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