New Lessons… Bringing You the Best on the Web!
WorkshopLive has some great news for you—the arrival of our newest teacher, David Saenger. Saenger is a jazz, rock and classical guitarist from Chicago, bringing you some outstanding beginner and intermediate jazz song lessons including chord/melody arrangements of standards such as “My Funny Valentine,” “Our Love Is Here to Stay” and “Come Rain or Come Shine.” You’ll find his teaching style to be fun, direct and insightful, so be sure to check out the lessons.
In addition to six new David Saenger lessons, we also want to announce 20 new beginner and intermediate blues lessons taught by Texas Blues man Scott A. Smith. In these lessons, he’ll teach you everything from how to combine box patterns to how to spice up your sound using awesome note-sliding techniques. Here’s a list of his new lessons:
Solo Combining 1st and 2nd Boxes
1st Box in 2nd Position
2nd Box in 4th Position
Major Pentatonic Versus Minor Pentatonic
Introduction to Overlapping Boxes (Mix Maj/Min Pentatonic)
Phrasing
Theory of 3rds
Theory of 6ths
Rhythm Patterns with 3rds and 6ths
Soloing with 3rds and 6ths
Introduction to Slide
Solo Over Minor I-IV-V Progression
A Minor Pentatonic and A Blues Scale
12-Bar Blues in C (5th-String Root)
12-Bar Blues in C Minor (5th-String Root)
Developing Bending Feel and Ear
A Shuffle and 9 Chords
Riff-Based Blues with 9-Chord Turnarounds
Standard Turnaround (I–IV–I–V)
Augmented Chord Replaces Last V Chord
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