Don Mock, master guitarist and educator, reveals his favourite chord voicings and comping concepts while demonstrating them in the context of soulful jazz and blues chord progressions that are easily applied to any situation. Includes: the 'best' and most useful chord voicings, chord extensions and alterations, chord substitutions and secondary dominants, powerful 'half-step connections', and several complete 12-bar blues progressions. This DVD has all the tricks to help you go beyond the basics of playing jazz rhythm guitar.
The uniquely American music and art form, jazz, is one of America's great contributions to world culture. Now you can learn the basics of jazz and its history in a course as free-flowing and original as jazz itself. Taught by Professor Bill Messenger of the Peabody Institute, the lectures in this course are a must for music lovers. They will have you reaching deep into your own music collection and going straight out to a music store to add to it.