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\uffe5Shot on location at Tim Lerch\u2019s West Coast studio, Jazz Blues Foundation is an exploration of very simple and very effective ways to frame your jazz solos and improvisations with hip sounding chord punches. Players like Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Hollywood Fats and all the great B3 players incorporate this creative approach into their playing all of the time.<\/p>\n
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\u201dAs guitarists, we\u2019re lucky to play a polyphonic instrument that is not only capable of playing expressive solos, but also the harmony and rhythm as well. Often we think of melodies and chords as two different things: \u201cNow I\u2019m taking a solo\u201d, \u201cNow I\u2019m playing chords\u201d, but it doesn\u2019t need to be that way!<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve designed this course to help you blur the lines between soloing and rhythm by integrating small harmonic punctuations into your solos that spell out the harmony, adding context and form to your lines. You\u2019ll play your way through the course right along with me \u2013 just like we\u2019re working on a lesson together in person!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Tim organized Jazz Blues Foundation into six progressive lesson sets. Each set begins with a simple harmonic & rhythmic workout and then you\u2019ll put those skills to use in a jazz blues etude to help you better understand how to apply the concepts in your own ways.<\/p>\n
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\u201dIn the first set I\u2019ll explain the \u201cTwo-Note Magic\u201d principle \u2013 paring down the chords to just two essential notes that lie right under our fingers and creating a rhythmic template with space to add simple melodies. Then we\u2019ll apply that approach to a very basic medium tempo swing Blues in A.<\/p>\n
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Set two continues with this theme of simple melodies with harmonic support. We\u2019ll expand the harmonic palette with a quick IV in bar two, and a I VI II V turnaround.<\/p>\n
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Our third set changes the key and we move up the neck to discover that the \u201cTwo Note Magic\u201d principle is available to us up there as well. Set 4 changes things up a bit more with a Gospel inspired Minor study that opens up possibilities in both the melodic and harmonic areas.<\/p>\n
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In set 5, we widen the scope harmonically by introducing suspended sounds on a Funky Rumba groove while keeping the melodies simple and to the point. And in the final set, we take on a classic 8 bar blues inspired by Ray Charles that puts all of the elements together in a smoky, slow-burn, 12\/8 groove.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Tim will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You\u2019ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you\u2019ll be able to use TrueFire\u2019s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.<\/p>\n
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Grab your guitar and let\u2019s dig in with Tim Lerch!<\/p>\n
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