Composing & Arranging for Solo Guitar

Name: Composing & Arranging for Solo Guitar
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Duration1h 28m

Modules13

LevelIntermediate

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (1h 28m)

- 01. PCH (performance)
  3:09
- 02. PCH (lesson)
  Free lesson
  11:01
- 03. Liquid Amber (performance)
  3:50
- 04. Liquid Amber (lesson)
  9:19
- 05. Gardenia (performance)
  3:41
- 06. Gardenia (lesson)
  13:37
- 07. Mosaic (performance)
  3:49
- 08. Mosaic (lesson)
  10:21
- 09. Stolen Glances (performance)
  3:51
- 10. Stolen Glances (lesson)
  11:20
- 11. Bullet Train Boogie (performance)
  3:52
- 12. Bullet Train Boogie (lesson)
  8:42
- 13. Concluding lesson
  1:30

About this course

Two-time GRAMMY winner Laurence Juber teaches six of his most exciting compositions for solo acoustic guitar, walking you through each tune step by step and discussing the reasons for his musical choices as a composer and the techniques needed to make these tunes sing in performance.

Laurence aims this course at players who want to add advanced repertoire to their playing.

Laurence Juber, the former lead guitarist for Paul McCartney and Wings, is a superb fingerstyle guitarist and a generous teacher who never sacrifices musicality for technical virtuosity.

Please note: The original source for this online course is a DVD. The artist/teacher may refer to a DVD and sometimes a book, neither of which are included with your purchase. Instead, you will have lifetime access to stream the course on all your devices and PDFs of the transcriptions from the book. DVDs get damaged and lost and books can go missing, but these courses are available to you whenever you want and wherever you are!

Songs include three compositions from Juber's PCH album as well as fan favourites 'Stolen Glances' and 'Mosaic'.

Who it's for

Intermediate fingerstyle players ready for richer repertoire
Returning guitarists wanting demanding, rewarding pieces to learn
Self-taught players curious how arrangers shape solo guitar

What you'll learn

Perform six full solo guitar pieces from memory
Hear why an arranger picks one voicing over another
Shape melody, bass, and harmony into one musical line

What you'll need

An acoustic guitar you are comfortable playing
Solid grasp of fingerstyle basics and chord shapes
A few minutes most days to work passages slowly

Meet the Guru

Laurence Juber

Laurence Juber first became known as lead guitarist in Paul McCartney's band Wings. Since then he has built a career as a fingerstyle guitarist, composer and arranger, working largely in the DADGAD tuning that earned him the nickname 'the Duke of DADGAD'.

He has been voted Guitarist of the Year by readers of Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine and named among the top guitarists by Acoustic Guitar magazine, alongside a long list of solo albums and worldwide touring.

In his courses he teaches his fingerstyle technique and the DADGAD tuning he's known for, how to arrange melody, harmony and bass together for solo guitar, and the pieces - like his signature 'Wooden Horses' - that bring it all together.

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Published with

Solid Air

Solid Air Records is the largest US independent label specialising in instrumental guitar - acoustic guitar instrumentals across pop, blues, Celtic and jazz, plus a library of original and cover tracks for film and TV. A Grammy winner for Pop Instrumental Album of the Year, the label was an early pioneer of instructional guitar video, including its Multi Angle format.

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