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Open String Voicings for Guitar
July 3, 2010 Saturday
Steve Herberman
Using chord voicings that feature open strings can help create a rich and complex atmosphere for comping, chord-melody playing and soloing. They are a perfect way to enhance a composition with textural nuance and are adaptable to fit any style of music.
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Guide Tone Lines: Soloing on a "Bird" Blues
April 25, 2010 Monday
Steve Herberman
Guide Tones lines can be the missing link for many improvisers when soloing over chord changes. Knowing the chord tones of each chord and their possible chord scales are only part of the equation. Using the Charlie Parker tune
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Artful Intros
March 17, 2010 Thursday
Steve Herberman
If you are looking for both basic and new concepts to devise intros and endings, then this class is for you! The 16 pages of written material (including TAB)
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The Diminished Scale In Improvisation
October 18, 2009 Monday11:00 AM
Steve Herberman
The diminished scale is perhaps the most fun and challenging scale used in improvising adding spice and a modern vibe to melodic lines.
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Chord-Melody 101/201
July 7, 2009 Wednesday11:00 AM
Steve Herberman
Chord-Melody 101/201: Making Great Sounding Arrangements with Block Chords - With TAB and standard notation.
You already know a handful of cool sounding voicings but chord-melody arrangements may still be tough. Ever listen to Wes Montgomeryâ??s
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Quartal Harmony and Intervallic Soloing
April 26, 2009 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
With TAB and standard notation.
Quartal harmony can really spice up ones comping and soloing bringing them into the modern realm.
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Comping Concepts Part 3: Rootless Voicings & Chord Substitutions
March 8, 2009 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
(with TAB!) Often guitarists will reach for chord â??gripsâ?? that have roots in the bass, sometimes out of habit.
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Developing A Personal Practice Routine
January 20, 2009 Wednesday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Practice is always changing and evolving. One key is to let the actual music be the guide keeping practicing fun, interesting and most importantly, practical.
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Melodic Embellishment
December 21, 2008 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Wes Montgomery, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, and Louis Armstrong were true masters of the art of melodic embellishment. In this class weâ??ll look at the techniques utilized by these jazz greats and others who excelled at melodic invention on the popular s
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Comping Concepts Part Two: Ballads and Jazz Waltz
November 16, 2008 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
In this second class on comping weâ??ll look at ballads and jazz waltzes and the types of comping that work well for each. Tunes will include
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The Inner Line
September 21, 2008 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Improvising in the chord melody style can be taken to new heights when inner lines are employed that are musical and played with finesse. This class will deal specifically with inner lines, or lines that are played between a melody note and a bass note. T
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Electric Fingerstyle Guitar
July 13, 2008 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Playing fingerstyle on an electric guitar or steel string acoustic can be a very different experience than on a classical guitar.
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Composing and Improvising Strong Melodies
June 9, 2008 Tuesday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Creating memorable melodies can be challenging, especially in the midst of an improvised solo. In this class weâ??ll examine a wide array of great melodies and see what makes them eminently sing-able and memorable. The makings of a great melody involve t
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Fundamentals Checkpoint
April 27, 2008 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
We all know how important fundamentals are. But are they mastered to the point that they can be called upon at any instant during performance?
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Odd Meters
March 16, 2008 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Although utilized for many years in jazz and other styles, odd meters has become an essential part of todayâ??s jazz.
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Comping Concepts Part One: 4/4 swing
January 22, 2008 Wednesday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
In this class standards such as Stella By Starlight, In A Mellotone and Confirmation are used to demonstrate a variety of comping concepts
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Exploring the Chord/Single Note Line Connection
December 16, 2007 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Harmonically rich single note lines are embedded in many chord forms! Certain chord forms can be arpeggiated to yield beautiful
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Swing and Big Band Chordal Riffs and Shout Choruses
November 11, 2007 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell are two guitarists that loved to imitate a horn section with chordal riff figures.
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Single Note Soloing Concepts on Rhythm Changes
September 30, 2007 Monday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
The chord changes to "I Got Rhythm" are required study for any jazz musician.
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Practicing and Memorizing Tunes
July 15, 2007 Monday11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
In Practicing and Memorizing Tunes: A Systematic Approach For All Levels, Steve will take you through the process of learning new tunes with an emphasis on hearing the melody and changes and how they fit together.
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Motion and Chord Voicings - Part II
June 4, 2007 Tuesday 11:30 AM
Steve Herberman
George Van Eps used to say that "Guitarists put too damn many notes in their chords."
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Motion and Chord Voicings - Part I
April 22, 2007 Monday 9:00 PM
Steve Herberman
Joe Pass always talked about the importance of motion as it pertains to solo guitar.
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Harmonized Triads and Seventh Chords of the Melodic Minor Scale
February 25, 2007 Monday 9:30 PM
Steve Herberman
Harmonized triads and seventh chords of the Melodic Minor scale and their practical applications over altered dominants and two-five-ones.
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Contrapuntal Improvisation
January 12, 2007 Saturday 9:30 AM
Steve Herberman
This Saturday morning class on Contrapuntal Improvisation for pickstyle and fingerstyle guitar will be live from the IAJE in NYC.
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7-String Jazz Guitar for All Levels
December 19, 2006 Wednesday 9 PM
Steve Herberman
7-String Jazz Guitar for all levels will cover a wide range of topics for the 7-string player.
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Guitar Masters Sampler
November 26, 2006 Wednesday 9 PM
MMC
This 38-minute Guitar Masters Sampler lets you get a glimpse of 8 of Mike's Master Guitarists.
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Chord melody arranging & soloing inspired by George Van Eps
November 19, 2006 Monday 9 PM
Steve Herberman
Utilizing ideas for voice motion and chord substitution inspired by George van Eps, Steve will take the often played "Autumn Leaves" and send out a chord melody arrangement in the Van Eps style.
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Applications of Triad Motion Studies Inspired by George Van Eps
October 15, 2006 Monday 9:30 PM EDT
Steve Herberman
I often get requests to demonstrate how Van Eps' triad studies in Harmonic Mechanism's can be applied to comping and soloing as well as chord/melody. In this masterclass we'll see how his multi-line triadic approach can add depth and interest to triads
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Lenny Breau Style: How to comp while soloing
September 20, 2006 Thursday Noon
Steve Herberman
Breau's use of 2 and 3 note comping chords while he played melodies was a big leap forward for guitarists. Learn the techniques Lenny used to achieve this swinging jazz piano sound and play some of his favorite phrases and comping chords.
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