In this exciting program, John Carlini thoroughly teaches 5 complete chord solo masterpiece tunes & expounds on, analysis, technique, & artistic insights. The tunes are taught both with fingerpicks & flatpick & cover a variety of musical styles. What makes this series so special is the absolutely stunning beauty of these arrangements. (booklet inside) (85 minutes) (your choice of DVD or VHS)
Customer Review: Great performer – So-so teacher
Chord soloing is playing chords over a melody. Doing this on a guitar faces some challenges: mostly, you play four string chords and you need to outline the chord and the melody on top of it. Piano players have it so easy.

Most jazz tunes have frequent chord changes and alterations, so it’s certainly tricky. What an interesting topic to try to teach, isn’t it?

Mr Carlini is a great jazz guitar player, but he’s not an interesting teacher. Most of the songs are mostly show offs. He hurries over the necessary explanations and just refers to the booklet.

He misses these points:
# how do you play these songs?
# what are chord options and why can you substitute to other chords?
# how can you work through chord options to get the optimum playing

My advice to Mr Carlini is to cut down the number of songs to three or four and thoroughly walk through them.

Unfortunately, there aren’t tons of other instructional DVDs in this area, but hope you find something else. “BUY NOW”

Acoustic guitars are guitars that work without electric current. They can be played anywhere and provide great quality of sound. Custom acoustic guitars are guitars that are customized according to the specifications of a specific guitar player. Generally, acoustic guitars are easy to handle and are popular with most guitarists. But still, people like to have guitars especially made for themselves to meet their specific comfort and usage needs.

The concept of customizing things came up with the increasing expectations of people for comfort with whatever they use. With custom made objects, you just don’t have objects in your hands, but you have your desires, expectations, taste, and desires in a simple package. In addition to guitars, custom clothing, cars, accessories, bikes, and furniture have enjoyed increased popularity over the years. Acoustic guitars are not an exception s and they can be customized according to the needs of just about any type of guitarist with relative ease, if the guitarist is willing to pay the sometimes expensive fees.

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Custom acoustic guitars are made in smaller numbers only for the people who want them. So, they are bound to be costlier than mass-produced ones. It is also possible to get custom made replicas of famous guitars from the past.