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January 2008 \ Features \ Premier Clinic \ Premier Clinic, Powered by TrueFire

Premier Clinic, Powered by TrueFire



Premier Clinic The relentless pursuit of tone is a journey brimming with the discovery of gear, electronics and chops. This brand new Premier Clinic section focuses on the latter with a continuing series of lesson plans across blues, rock, jazz, fingerstyle and special techniques.

Crafted with our friends at TrueFire and powered by their massive library of top-notch educational content, Premier Clinic lessons are presented with a variety of lesson assets including text overviews, video lessons, rhythm tracks, notation and Power Tab, all of which are available online.

This month we continue our lesson plans designed to beef up your blues, rock and jazz chops, along with a special arrangement for all of our fi ngerstyle players.

Blues - Accompanying the Blues
Larry Carlton shows us how to accompany with slow, bluesy rhythms
(originally from Larry Carlton’s 335 Blues)

Rock - Creaming “Badge”
Andy Aledort examines Eric Clapton’s technique on the solo to “Badge”
(originally from Andy Aledort’s Kings of Blues and Rock Vol. 5)

Jazz - Standard in C
Mimi Fox explores a versatile 32-bar progression in the key of C
(originally from Mimi Fox’s Graduated Solos)

Fingerstyle - Leisure Larry
Matthieu Brandt teaches us how to slap, frail and thump in “Leisure Larry”
(originally from Matthieu Brandt’s Slap, Frail and Thump)



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