Description
Description
Book One Page One: Fundamentals Masterclass [Moving Voices] Class Content | Sid Jacobs
If you’ve been playing guitar for years, but still feel a gap in your playing – this might be what you’re looking for.
In “Book One Page One”, Sid Jacobs explores musical fundamentals that seem simple but are powerful. Taking a page from his friend the late great Joe Diorio, “We’re always on Book One, Page One”.
You’ll discover in this Masterclass:
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Two essential voice leading exercises through the circle of fifths (these seem obvious, but the way Sid does it shows you how to hear and see the changes even clearer)
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The way you can simplify a song into melody & countermelody (and get out from the grip chord trap)
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See how Sid takes a single Jimmy Wyble Etude phrase & transforms it into a powerful exercise that makes your contrapuntal playing even better
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Great sounding voicings that you can use that incorporate open strings and fretted notes in “Moon River”
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More applications of fundamental music concepts in the tune “Two for the Road” by Henry Mancini
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See how Sid adds moving lines to make his arrangement of the Bill Evans tune, Very Early sound more orchestral (he even explains how you can outright steal certain moves that you can use in your own arrangements!)
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Why and how the song All The Things You Are can be a perfect vehicle to apply Bach like contrapuntal approaches and good voice leading
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Secrets to make you can sound more like a contrapuntal pianist rather than a typical chord melody style guitarist
This is really a masterclass that will benefit you for years to come!
The best part of it all is that every time you watch it, you get even more of the subtle details in Sid Jacob’s masterful playing. And, in addition to the video, you also receive 12 pages of Sid’s personal solo guitar arrangements so you can study closely his contrapuntal & harmonic approach.
Ready to allow your guitar playing to level up into an even higher level? Let’s begin now with “Book One Page One”!
Class Length: 203 Minutes
Full Class + Download | |||
Book One Page One – Part I Download | 01:37:32 | ||
Book One Page One – Part II Download | 01:45:31 | ||
Segments | |||
1. Welcome | 00:01:35 | ||
2. Voice Leading Exercise 1 – Cycle of 5ths | 00:03:37 | ||
3. Voice Leading Exercise 2 – Contrary Motion Elaboration | 00:03:59 | ||
Working with Jazz Tunes | |||
4. Wyble Etude 1 | 00:08:36 | ||
5. Cadences | 00:04:24 | ||
6. Moon River – Voice Leading | 00:11:26 | ||
7. Two for the Road – Mancini | 00:05:06 | ||
Soundsliced: Two for the Road Excerpt | FREE | 00:00:59 | |
Soundsliced midi practice: Moon River | 00:02:00 | ||
Soundsliced midi version of Two for the Road | 00:01:30 | ||
8. Bill Evans – Very Early – Working with moving voices | 00:21:39 | ||
9. All the Things You Are | 00:15:07 | ||
10. Duke Ellington Tune – Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me – Cadence Work – Counter Melody | 00:14:48 | ||
11. Bill Evans – We Will Meet Again | 00:07:24 | ||
Sid Teaches in Conversation with Student | |||
12. Cycle of Fifths continued – conversation style | 00:13:39 | ||
13. All the Things you Are – cycle of fifths with thirds – conversation style | 00:13:38 | ||
14. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Maria | 00:12:30 | ||
15. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story – Conversation style | 00:11:47 | ||
16. Chromatic scale in contrary motion | 00:05:53 | ||
17. Leonard Bernstien – Diatonic in A Major scale | 00:08:49 | ||
18. Maria conversation continued | 00:15:22 | ||
19. Maria played by Sid | FREE | 00:03:01 | |
20. Sub-dominant cadence exercise | 00:20:51 |