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50% Sale!!

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:10:31 -0400

The following items are on sale at a 50% discount for the month of May!

Four on Six Lesson

My One and Only Love Lesson

Slash Chord Lesson

Stella by Starlight Lesson

Secret Jazz Chord Lesson

All the Things You Are Transcription

Jordu Lesson

I Hear a Rhapsody Lesson

Intros and Endings Lesson

Round Midnight Lesson

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April Update

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:18:12 -0400

Heading back to NYC in May! Playing at the Bar Next Door on May 26th and 27th with Marco Panascia on bass and Jerome Jennings on drums. Totally psyched. New video lessons posted. This month lessons focus on the tunes "All the Things You Are" and "Jordu".

Transcriptions!

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:03:40 -0400

WIthout question, the most often requested addition to the lesson videos has been transcriptions of the solo performances. I plan on having six completed by the middle of April. These have all been professionally transcribed and contain both notation and tablature. They correspond directly with the performance portion the video lesson. All transcriptions are priced at 19.99

Lessons for March

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:16:57 -0500

A Study in Rhythm and Time. By request, a look at ways of improving overall consistency in time feel. I also discuss using blues vocabulary on standard tunes in the style of guitarists George Benson and Pat Martino.

Beautiful Love. Another request! One of the most beautiful tunes in the jazz repertoire.

Someday My Prince Will Come. A look at playing in 3/4. Subjects include phrasing, melodic development, and the passing diminished chord.

I have included Garage Band files of my performances of the musical examples. Mac users can take these files and isolate the comping or solo tracks, copy them to other programs etc….

PDF and Garage Band files included with all lessons

New Video Lessons

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:53 -0500

Stella by Starlight. This one has been a long time coming :) One of my favorite tunes of all. Stella contains so much harmonic material to study particularly in the area of minor harmony. Topics include re-targeting II-V's, diminished substitutions, chromatic II-V's and derived pentatonics.

All of You. One of my favorite tunes. It's interesting to see how Cole Porter's original harmony has been modified to please the jazz improvisor. Topics include alternate methods of harmonization, dealing with the flat III Diminished chord, turnarounds and minor chord/diminished chord walk ups.

Slash Chord Harmony/ Triadic Improvisation. By request, a look at some modern ways of dealing with jazz harmony. All slash chords are studied, as well as triad pairs derived from major, melodic minor and diminished scales. Many linear examples are provided.

PDF file included with all lessons

New Lessons for January

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:57:48 -0500

I've completed three lessons for the new year :)

Caravan, a study on the diminished scale.

One Finger Snap, learn how to play on modal minor chords!

The Secret Jazz Chord. It's a secret.

New Barry Greene Trio Videos

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:31:44 -0500

Check out my youtube page to see full videos of my gig with Marco Panascia and Mark Ferber at the Bar Next Door! Really happy about how the gig went :) Hope to be back to the city in 2012!

Lesson pages reformat.

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:37:21 -0500

I had a few suggestions about the placement of the "add to cart" button. I've changed the lesson pages to reflect that and have added more lessons on each page, to make browsing easier. I also put an older video "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" back online:)

Video Lesson Gift Cards!

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:57:46 -0500

Give a guitar playing friend a $15.00 video lesson gift card! After your purchase you will receive a unique code that you can paste into an email. Each code can be used once on the total of any items. Click here for more information.

40% off End of the Year Sale!!

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:24:43 -0500

For the remainder of the year, all video lessons and CD's can be purchased at 40% off! Use the code "frosty" to receive 40% off all items in your cart. A happy and healthy holiday season to all.

NYC Was Great!

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:47:43 -0500

Thanks to drummer Mark Ferber and bassist Marco Panascia! The music was killin' and the vibe was great. Saw some old friends and made some new ones:) Thanks again to Peter Mazza for the invitation to perform at the "Bar Next Door" I will be coming back!!!

Check out these video clips from the gig:

Unit 7

Alone Together

Days of Wine and Roses

New Video Lessons for December

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:13:16 -0500

I've uploaded 2 new video lessons for December. Since it is the holiday season I've done a lesson on the very beautiful Christmas tune "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". The entire arrangement is provided on a PDF file and I fully discuss all of the techniques and voicings used. I've also done a lesson on Joe Henderson's tune Punjab. A fairly challenging tune! I discuss topics such as pentatonics, voicings in 4ths and melodic voice leading. You tube examples are located on my youtube channel!

New Site!

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:18:23 -0400

Let me know what you think of my new website!

NYC Gigs!

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:13:04 -0400

Very excited about this! Playing at the La Lanterna Cafe with Marco Panascia on bass and Mark Ferber on drums. The date is December 10th. Here is a link to the venue. The following night I am playing with fellow guitarist Peter Mazza. Check him out, an absolute monster! It's a small place, so reservations are recommended. Hope to see you there:)