Frank DiBussolo

Excellent Videos

Frank's videos are so excellent. thx.

Brilliant Class - Each session I spend with Frank, I gain more confidence and my playing becomes richer. Even tho I am a bassist, Frank conveys his ideas for all players whether a harmony or melody instrument. I am recommending his courses to a couple horn players I know....they would benefit tremendously from his concepts on musical phrasing. Thanks for giving access to this kind of class via the net.....Keep it up, Frank!!!!<br /> <br /> Dave Annoni

This class will help you deveolp the phasing and feel to make your playing more musical. Frank is very responsive to questions, and the video quality of the download is good. Have your Real Book handy, as Frank uses standards to illustrate his points, and you can play along with &quot;Cherokee&quot; and &quot;There Will Never Be Another You&quot; to get a feel for how this master interprets them.

If you're interested in the &quot;artistry&quot; of guitar playing, this class is a winner. It's one thing to learn the technical aspects of playing, and we all have to do that. But the ability to interpret music and to add those all to often missing elements of &quot;taste&quot; or &quot;feeling&quot; is another dimension. Frank does a great job of explaining and demonstrating what it's all about. Great class with a lot of good interplay with students on line.<br /> <br /> Dave Williams

Chord melody has been my primary motivation for many years of studying guitar. To me, nothing on the instrument is more beautiful and rewarding. While every one of Frank's classes has been outstanding, this one really put a lot of things together for me. I have a much clearer idea of where to focus my efforts and of what things must be mastered to reach the goal of &quot;churning out&quot; a good chord melody. I higly recommend this class to any serious student of guitar, and I can't wait for Frank's next class on this topic.<br /> <br /> Dave Williams

This was my first experience with the master class. Dr. DiBussolo was an excellet instructor who took a very complex subject and made it simple to understand for ever level of player. His response to questions and response to comments were very genuine and sincere. His sense of humor and teaching style is one that puts the student at ease and you can sense by his interation that he knows his students on a personal level. As a novice, I am very excited about learning more from Dr. DiBussolo and increasing my knowledge and appreciation of music from someone with this much talent. Thanks to mikesmaster classes for having such a quality person as an instructor!

I just downloaded and reviewed the first in the series of Frank's General Tonal Center Concept for Jazz Improvisation. This is brilliant stuff! I am a bass player who spent time studying at Berklee in Boston and have been playing the bass for more than 20 years. The concepts that Frank delves into in this first class already has given me great confidence in my jazz bass solos. He simplifies the improvisation process into a concise methodology that I can grasp and apply immediately. I will be downloading the next 3 classes in this series over the course of the next week or 2. I can't wait!!!!!! This series is GOLD!!!!

To me, Frank's series about the General Tonal Center Concept is an excellent tool. I never could figure that Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel or none of the great players could improvise wondering &quot;now, which mode shall I play over this chord&quot;. Frank goes straight to the point where you can create your own lines,free enough to become yourself. The General Tonal Center Concept brings you from a very basic to a very sophisticated level of improvisation where you can play using all the altered tones you could dream of, BUT never losing your own voice. Frank shows many great tunes to illustrate his concept and answers very kindly and clearly to the questions asked during the class. SIMPLY ESSENTIAL !

I downloaded this one because I got a lot of great information from Frank's first lesson. I wasn't disappointed. Frank follows up the discussion and demonstration of his general tonal center approach to improvisation with an eye-opening demonstration of a very simple, common sense way to use modal &quot;colors&quot; in conjunction with tonal centers. Excellent instruction and good responses to students online, with the bonus of hearing some oustanding playing by Frank on his new Benedetto. - Dave Williams, SC

After hearing Frank play as part of the Benedetto Players, I was excited to find this lesson. This is an excellent presentation of using tonal centers in improvision. Frank has a way of simplifying what can often seem like a mysterious and hard to implement approach. It is evident that he has been teaching this stuff for a long time, and he knows how to effectively articulate the important points. I especially appreciate his use of some of the great standards to illustrate how effective his approach can be. To cap things off, Frank includes some monster playing. I found this class an inspiration as well as a first rate learning session.

Frank presents a logical and organized system which is helping me to be able improvise freely and musically. i was able to play along with the standards he uses to demonstrate and hear how he is using major scales and chord tones to formulate musical ideas. i am planning to take his next class and learn about secondary dominants.

I really enjoyed Frank's class on The General Tonal Center Concept for jazz improvisation. I found the class to be very informative and inspiring. Frank's Tonal Center concept really simplifies the thought process by using major scales as a basis to create musical ideas. Frank clearly demonstrates this by playing several tunes including Satin Doll, All The Things You Are, Misty and Stella By Starlight. I certainly look forward to his next class !!