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Hey Everyone
Here's the discussion thread for our new eBook:
The Easy Guide To Chord Melody And Chord Soloing
check it out!
Matt
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12-13-2016 08:43 AM
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Hi, by the title, i've found it very interesting but would it be possible to post a sample or the index of it, just to understand what it explore?
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Hey, yes we're putting that together for later this week, it'll be up shortly.
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Nice! Thanks! The promotion will be up to when?
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It's a week long, but we often extend it a few days since people get paid at the end of the week etc.
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OK, what the hell, I don't need it, but I bought it as a reference book. I'm curious to see where this pedagogy lies in the continuum between Martin Taylor's elegant root movement + guide tones + melody and Robert Conti's err, clumsy "plug and chug" chords
Downloading now.
I think you all should buy it as a way to support the site.
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OK, perused through the TOC. Wasn't what I expected. Looks like it covers a lot of territory and approaches. So no mere plug and chug, this, apparently.
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Thanks for checking it out, yeah it's not a plug and play method, goes into a lot of different concepts with the ultimate goal of having the reader build their own chord melodies and solos by the end. Hope you enjoy it.
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Well I blew through the first 60 pages in no time. I was wondering why it started out so basic, but then I realized that there's about 5 billion plectrum picking threads on this site, and you can count all the entire P-I-M-A threads on your P-I-M-A.
It makes perfect sense why it starts out so basic, people have no clue how to properly use the fingers and that that has to be conditioned and built-up, step-by-step . What may be perceived as easy and basic is actually a very thorough way of learning to do it right, from the ground up.
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Cheers, glad you liked the fundamentals. Yeah it's a new skill for many people, hybrid or fingerstyle, so it's worth shoring up on before going on to the trickier material later in the book.
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Originally Posted by NSJ
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I have been in Martin Taylor's online school for almost a year, bought and carefully worked through both Conti books, and have done Vignola's two Trufire courses. Soon I might be able to fake my way through a solo jazz tune . So what could this new book possibly add?...
Oh, who am I kidding? I know I'm going to buy this book too. Damn you Matt!!!
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Thanks for checking it out! The book is designed to get your through your first solo tune, so hopefully it'll make a productive addition to your bookshelf.
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We put together a preview of the book to check out if people are interested.
https://www.jazzguitar.be/store/file...%20PREVIEW.pdf
Cheers,
Matt
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Just bought the book and it's my first purchase from this site.
I'm excited to dive in, but also a little nervous. Much of the beginning chapters focus on proper technique related to fingerstyle plucking, and all I've ever really used is a pick, so it's uncharted territory for me. We'll see how it goes but I'm hopefully optimistic. Every journey begins with a single step, and all that.
Also, I should add this is my first real exploration of jazz or jazz technique, so it's really a new beginning...
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Originally Posted by m78w
And I will buy this.
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Originally Posted by rsantos11
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Originally Posted by va3ux
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Yeah, I think there's enough benefits in pick, pick and fingers, and fingers only to work on all three. And I'm usually a guy who say versatility is overrated, but not here.
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Thanks guys, glad you're digging the book, it was great working with Greg on this project, hope to do more like this in the future!
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Bought the ebook yesterday after going through the free preview, worth every penny but I have bought all your ebooks. If it has easy in the title, it's for me. Excellent work!
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Cliff
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thanks Cliff, glad you dig it. Enjoy the book!
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Thanks for the ebook, it's been great to start breaking down these techniques from the start.
Question - starting w/ Example 99 (on page 122) - What finger(s) should we be using to pick the top/melody notes? I'm trying to stick with hybrid picking which means at first it seems like I should be trying to use my pinky, but should I switch over to using my pick after the initial chord is plucked (including the 3rd & 7th)?
My apologies if this was covered earlier in the book, I might've easily overlooked it.
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It really is a fantastic and comprehensive book. Well done!
The fundamentals chapters reminded me why I having problems getting up to tempo on a line--because I was repeating a finger and not strictly alternating I-M, I-M (that can trip you up when you are integrating 8th notes and triplets, 2 note patterns and 3 note patterns). Really basic crap, but yeah, it's really important. Doh!
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Thanks man, glad you dig it. The basics are always sneaky, we think we've got them down, until we don't.
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