Description
Marc-Andre Seguin – Chord Melody Mastery
Exploring Advanced Techniques for Writing Chord Melodies
Master the art of solo guitar chord melody
…with this follow-up course to Chord Melody Crash Course and Chord Melody: Beyond Top Note!
In Chord Melody Mastery, the third and final instalment in our Chord Melody 100 series, you will be tackling some of the most complex, beautiful, and impressive solo guitar techniques out there. But don’t fret – this course breaks them all down for you so that they’re easy to learn, and gives you the perfect opportunity to master them!
Chord Melody Mastery makes advanced chord melody techniques…simple!
In this course, you will master:
- Counterpoint
- Bass Melodies
- Arpeggiated Comping for Chord Melody
- a suite of Chord Substitutes, so you can create more motion and more interest in your harmony
- …and Full Swing/Walking Bass Accompaniment and Bossa Nova accompaniment!
Master solo guitar with our “arranging first” approach!
The above chord melody skills can be hard but, like any skill, it can be taught, learned…and mastered. All you need is practice, and this course provides the perfect opportunity with our “Write Your Own” arranging exercises:
- First, learn a chord melody technique or concept from an example we’ve written.
- Then, get familiar with a song form or a short section of a popular standard.
- Finally, experiment with the technique you’ve learned on that section – the more you practice creating chord melody lines, the better you’ll get at it!
Your Instructor
Marc-Andre Seguin is the webmaster, mastermind and teacher on JazzGuitarLessons.net, the #1 online resource for learning how to play jazz guitar.
He draws from his experience both as a professional jazz guitarist and professional jazz teacher to help thousands of people from all around the world learn the craft of jazz guitar.
Course Curriculum
- Chord Melody Mastery – All Exercises (PDF, XML, SIB) – Download Here FIRST!
- How to Use Soundslice – please watch if you haven’t used Soundslice before! (6:17)
- Introduction – How To Use This Course (3:08)
- Chord Melody Beyond Top Note Review (3:37)
- Backing Track Files for Chord Melody Mastery
- Lesson 1 – Static Melody with Active Counter-Melody (3:31)
- Lesson 2 – Ladybird Counterpoint to Static Melody
- Lesson 3 – Write Your Own #1- Static Melody with Active Counterpoint (2:00)
- Lesson 4 – SOLUTION #1 Here’s That Rainy Day (1st 8 Bars)
- Lesson 5 – Active Melody with Contrary Motion (2:34)
- Lesson 6 – Here’s That Rainy Day (2nd 8 Bars) Contrary Motion to Active Melody
- Lesson 7 – Write Your Own #2- Active Melody with Contrary Motion (1:36)
- Lesson 8 – SOLUTION #2 Like Someone In Love
- Lesson 9 – Final Thoughts on Simple Counterpoint (2:19)
- Lesson 10 – Flip the Melody (to the Bass) (2:51)
- Lesson 11 – “Someday My Prince”- Bass Melody with Off-Beat Chords
- Lesson 12 – Write Your Own #3- Bass Melody with Off-Beat Chords (3:40)
- Lesson 13 – SOLUTION #3 Autumn Leaves
- Lesson 14 – Break It Up! (2:51)
- Lesson 15 – Corcovado – Arpeggiated Comping
- Lesson 16 – Breaking It Down – Corcovado A Section
- Lesson 17 – Breaking It Down – Corcovado B Section
- Lesson 18 – Write Your Own #4- Arpeggiated Comping (2:36)
- Lesson 19 – SOLUTION #4 – Meditation
- Lesson 20 – Final Thoughts on Arpeggiated Comping (0:54)
- Lesson 21 – More Choices! Vol. 1- Diatonic Substitutes (4:49)
- Lesson 22 – Exercises for Diatonic Substitutes
- Lesson 23 – More Choices! Vol. 2- Modal Interchange (4:20)
- Lesson 24 – Exercises for Modal Interchange
- Lesson 25 – More Choices! Vol. 3- Dominant Substitutes (4:13)
- Lesson 26 – Exercises for Dominant Substitutes
- Lesson 27 – Final Thoughts on Chord Substitutions (1:32)
- Lesson 28 – Walking Bass Rules! (6:09)
- Lesson 29 – Walking Bass Lessons
- Lesson 30A – All The Things You Are – Walking Bass only
- Lesson 30B – Full Swing Accompaniment for All The Things You Are
- Lesson 31A – Bossa Nova Accompaniment – Explanation (3:05)
- Lesson 31B – Bossa Nova Accompaniment Part 2 – Demonstration (1:49)
- Lesson 32 – Full Bossa Nova Comping – Girl From Ipanema
- Lesson 33 – Final Thoughts on Full Stylistic Accompaniment (0:51)
- Lesson 34 – Wrap-Up (2:03)
- BONUS: Endings (14:59)
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