Mike's Master Classes

Solo Guitar Concepts

1 lessonsIntermediate
5.0 (4 reviews)
John StowellBy John Stowell
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Solo Guitar Concepts
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1 lessons • John Stowell

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What You'll Learn

In this jam-packed class on Solo Guitar Concepts, John will cover Chord Melody Components: How to Develop Unusual Chords (both wide and close intervals, open string voicings), Creating Cadences with Unusual Voicings, Internal Movement Inside a Chord, Pedal Points, Isolating Individual Notes in a Chord, and Employing Fragments of a Chord to Suggest the Harmony.  In addition, he will teach Right Hand Techniques: Demonstration of Pick/Finger Combinations to Isolate Individual Notes in a Chord and Play Double Stops or Triads on Non-Adjacent Strings.  Also, John will hold a Disucussion and Demonstration of Note Duration in an Arrangement (staccato vs. legato).  Other topics include: Demonstration of Playing in Time, Rubato, Pulse with No Fixed Meter, Combinations of all Three Techniques.  Demonstrations of Walking Bass Lines in an Arrangement.  Dicussion/Dissection of a Chord Melody Arrangement.  Demonstration of Modulations inside and Arrangement.  Whew! This class was streamed live from the Cadenza Academy in Portland, OR.

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George Kormendi
7/5/2009

John, thank you for giving this master class! I enjoyed it very much and am going through it again slowly, when I have time, to make sure I can hear and find all your examples. Very inspiring for me! Lot's of great ideas for organizing and developing solo guitar. I also downloaded solitary tales from itunes -- maybe I already mentioned that to you last time we met, but worth repeating that I enjoy that recording very much too -- and it is a great compliment to this class : )

Brandon Foster
2/13/2008

What a beautiful class. John presents a lot of ideas to get you thinking about your own chord melody arrangements and demonstrates each with awe inspiring ability. <br /> <br /> John teaches very clearly and breaks things down very easily for one to grasp. <br /> No PDF's; but not really needed.<br /> <br /> What a player!!!!

Az Samad
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12/28/2007

Jaw-droppingly good class with so many insightful examples. I learned so many new concepts and am looking forward to practice the material.

james seaberry
10/2/2007

This class is one of the best I've ever taken, and I have done quite a few of Mike's classes so far. Not only is this jam-packed, but Mr. Stowell was kind enough to correspond with me afterwards as I was unable to sit in the live version, and he even sent me some materials of his without my asking!!! This is one great artist who deserves our support.