Truefire - Bill Evans : The Language of the Blues - Magesy ®

Publisher: Truefire | Language: English
Video: MP4, 960×540 (16:9), 760 Kbps 29.97 fps
Audio: MP3, 192 Kbps, 48 Khz, 2 channels
Size: 639 Mb

Bill recorded six albums with Miles Davis, three albums with John McLaughlin, 19 solo albums, earned tons of Grammy nominations, and co-led bands with many top guitarists including Mike Stern and Robben Ford, worked with Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Willie Nelson, Bela Fleck, Mick Jagger, Allman Brothers, John Scofield, Carlos Santana and many more giants of jazz, blues, and popular music.

What can master saxophonist Bill Evans teach you about playing the blues on guitar? In a word — everything! In fact, whatever instrument you play, The Language of The Blues will impart priceless harmonic wisdom, street-smart creative approaches, and killer blues playing examples (tabbed and notated for guitar!), that will majorly lift any player’s blues craft.

”Learning how to play the blues and say more while you do it is something that will give you a feeling of adrenaline that you can get addicted to! I love playing on the blues, with so much of pop, rock, and jazz being based on it. In this course, I’ll present 15 key creative and harmonic concepts that will not only help you become a better blues player, but they will also help you express the ‘you’ in your playing whatever style of music you play!”

Bill organized the course in two sections. In the first section, Bill demonstrates 15 essential concepts and approaches for blues soloing and improvisation: Starting Simple, Resolving is Key, Using Expressions, Building Motifs, Blue Notes, Swing Timing, Tension & Release, Chromaticism, Leaving Space, Major & Minor Applications, Licks & Phrases, Call & Response, Jazz Blues Color, Pentatonic Approaches, and Think Like a Singer.

10 soloing performance studies are presented in the second section. For each of the studies, Bill will indicate which of the key concepts and approaches are being applied. Bill performs the solos over backing tracks ranging across a variety of keys, feels, and tempos. All of the solos are tabbed and notated for guitar.