World of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar is definitely NOT for beginners or even intermediate players. A solid understanding of chord spellings and a relatively good ear is necessary before checking out this DVD.
Martin Taylor basically introduces a singular approach to solo performance using the different chord tones as melody, bass, and accompaniment. The rest of the DVD simply reinforces this one concept. Mr. Taylor demonstrates his approach with five standards, and then shows a few variations of those standards. If you don’t have an understanding of chord spellings, (what’s the 3rd? 7th?!?) then you WILL be completely lost, and this video will be of little use.
If nothing else, this video serves as an excellent example of some very fine playing with an introduction to some basic solo jazz techniques. This DVD is great for some motivation, or just fast-forward through the repetitive instruction and check out the excellent PDF file for some more explicit information.
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