About this Jam Track:
The simplest choice for soloing over his modern smooth jazz guitar backing track is A major/F#m pentatonic and A major blues scales. Slide into your phrases for that jazzy sound!
Track details:
- Key: A
- Tempo: Medium
- Suggested Scales: Major Pentatonic, Major Blues Scale
Effortless Guitar - Essential Acoustic Textures
This is the acoustic guitar DVD course for expanding your creative guitar playing into the more exotic personalities of the acoustic guitar. 'Essential Acoustic Textures' provides an easy-to-learn method for learning Caribbean, South American and Spanish guitar styles that can work well in all musical situations. Learn about: - The samba style - rhumba - reggae - bossa nova - authentic flamenco guitar techniques - rasgueado and golpe acoustic guitar technique - innovative plucking and strumming - recommended acoustic guitars and strings Richard Smith is a session guitar player and recording artist who lives in Los Angeles, California. His nine recordings have garnished praise such as 'Best Contemporary Jazz Guitar Album' (Tune Up Magazine), a nomination for 'Record of the Year' (Ad Lib Magazine, Tokyo), and 'Best New Artist' (Radio & Records Magazine). Richard is also a Senior Professor and Chair of the Studio/Jazz Guitar department at the University of Southern California. His USC students are working with a diverse array of artists from Maynard Ferguson, Ray Charles and the L.A. Philharmonic, to Mark Anthony, the Back Street Boys, Madonna, Beck, Arrested Development, Snoop Dogg and Run DMC.
