When you know how chord progressions work it's much easier to learn new songs. When you understand a song's chord structure you're not just memorizing letter names; in fact you can play the tune in any key. Learning howsongs are put together also develops your musical ear and enhances your appreciation of music in general. In this lesson Fred Sokolow draws from several musical genres (rock blues jazz pop and country) to illustratemany standard types of chord movement and song structures. You'll learn about chord families the twelve bar blues circle-of-fifths changes diatonic chord movement and more. Along the way you'll learn how to play and comprehendthe progressions of many classic tunes including Stand By Me I Got Rhythm Your Cheatin' Heart St. Louis Blues Like A Rolling Stone All Of Me Alice's Restaurant Five Foot Two Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone andmore. Fred's easy-going instructional style makes learning easy and many of the musical ideas presented here are written out in tab and music or with diagrams. You're guaranteed to finally understand the circle of fifths which motivates countless songs! 93 minutes - Level 2 - Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD. DVD is region 0 playable worldwide.
