Book One Page One: Fundamentals Masterclass [Moving Voices]
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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
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Section 1
1. 1. Welcome
1m 35sSection 2
2. 2. Voice Leading Exercise 1 - Cycle of 5ths
3m 37sSection 3
3. 3. Voice Leading Exercise 2 - Contrary Motion Elaboration
3m 59sSection 4
4. 4. Wyble Etude 1
8m 36sSection 5
5. 5. Cadences
4m 24sSection 6
6. 6. Moon River - Voice Leading
11m 26sSection 7
7. 7. Two for the Road - Mancini
5m 6sSection 8
8. 8. Bill Evans - Very Early - Working with moving voices
21m 39sSection 9
9. 9. All the Things You Are
15m 7sSection 10
10. 10. Duke Ellington Tune - Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me - Cadence Work - Counter Melody
14m 48sSection 11
11. 11. Bill Evans - We Will Meet Again
7m 24sSection 12
12. 12. Cycle of Fifths continued - conversation style
13m 39sSection 13
13. 13. All the Things you Are - cycle of fifths with thirds - conversation style
13m 38sSection 14
14. 14. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Maria
12m 30sSection 15
15. 15. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story - Conversation style
11m 47sSection 16
16. 16. Chromatic scale in contrary motion
5m 53sSection 17
17. 17. Leonard Bernstien - Diatonic in A Major scale
8m 49sSection 18
18. 18. Maria conversation continued
15m 22sSection 19
19. 19. Maria played by Sid
3m 1sSection 20
20. 20. Sub-dominant cadence exercise
20m 51sMain Content
21. Book One Page One - Part I Download
1h 37m22. Book One Page One - Part II Download
1h 45m23. Soundsliced midi practice: Moon River
2s24. Soundsliced midi version of Two for the Road
1m 30s25. Soundsliced: Two for the Road Excerpt
59sReviews & Ratings
"Perfecto!"
Love Love Love It , Perfect Lessons,Exactly what I needed , something really clicked with this one , Much Gratitude to Maestro Sid Jacobs !
"Book One Page One"
I SO SO SO wish I could give this 5 stars because Sid is one of the most amazing musicians, persons, teachers, everything, there is, and I jumped at this class from the moment I saw it posted; not a single second thought. There is a fantastic amount of great, unique material here, but the section with Sid and a student left me aggravated and ready to...... I dunno, bite the head off a possum. (OK, that's an exaggeration). The problem is that Sid conveys SO much good info, but the student kept talking over Sid, interrupting, noodling while Sid was trying to explain things, that it became very distracting for me, as a second-level observer, to glean the ideas that Sid was trying to offer. I'm sure the student is a wonderful guy, and maybe nervous being on camera, but he got in the way of what Sid has to offer, which is A LOT.