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(More customer reviews)This DVD is an amazing instructional tool for learning how to play some of Charlie's music. It is better than the other things I have seen in the Signature Licks DVD series. At first I was concerned that there is no tab booklet with this dvd, but Andy is such a great instructor that I soon realized you really don't need it, and it would probably just be a distraction from the real instruction available here if it was included. Andy plays each head, explains the structure of the song, shows in slow motion what is going on, suggests some theoretical analysis of Charlie's approach, and plays each segment up to speed. He then shows how to play several solos for each piece. You get the Head, solos and strucure for each piece broken down and also in full speed.
Before I bought this DVD I was concerned that he could not thoroughly cover each song on one DVD, as was the case on other DVD's I have seen in this series,but somehow he really does it here. You can really learn all eight songs (Air Mail Special * Benny's Bugle * Gone with "What" Wind * Grand Slam * Seven Come Eleven * Shivers * Solo Flight * Till Tom Special.) at a performance level entirely from this one CD.
Andy's ability to explain the essence of each lick is truly amazing and very effective. The pedagogy here does expect an intermmediate ability. Andy makes theoretical reference to basic song structure and chord construction with out going into a long winded explanation of the theory behind it, but it is all pretty basic. If you can understand what the I, V, VI, and II chords are in the key of F, C and B-flat, and know the difference between a major and minor third, you will have more than enough theory to follow along with no problem. If you want to learn Charlie's style or just want to learn how lead guitar was approached by the guy who invented it, all from one of the best guitar teachers you could ever find, then this DVD is for you!
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Product Description:
Explore the riffs, solos and sounds of the original electric jazz guitar virtuoso with this in-depth analysis of 8 songs
Songs: Till Tom Special : Benny's Bugle : Gone With 'what' Wind : Grand Slam : Air Mail Special : Solo Flight : Seven Come Eleven : Shivers
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