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Entrada Archtop Guitar
Scott Tarulli
Berklee Professor Reviews Lefty Entrada

See Attached Video Review by Scott Tarulli of Boston, MA

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Vol. 4 - Ticket To Improv
gerald mckinnon
volume four

Super excellent

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The Jazz Lines
Jack Marchewka
Just getting started

Worked though the first two lessons of the Jazz Lines book (more to go), but it opened a door for me. I’ve come to understand there is a difference between theory and harmony. This is about learning harmony. If you want to play jazz learn harmony.

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Vol. 4 Wave
Mike Sanders - Las Vegas, NV
One of Conti's Best Solo Lessons

All of the Robert Conti DVDs are top-notch, but this one takes the cake. He takes what some consider to be a harmonically complex tune and breaks it done into the simplest of terms. From here, the viewer is taken through the lesson a few measures at a time, with each concept explained in detail and with care. Once you have the lesson under your hands, you not only have an impressive solo but an increased vocabulary of lines to use on other songs and a better understanding of how to approve improvisation over any song. Great fun and well worth the effort. If you are new to improvisation, I recommend learning from a few of Conti’s “Ticket to Improv” DVDs first as you will internalize the lesson much faster and have a greater understanding of the concepts presented.

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Preferred Gauge Strings
Jack Marchewka
My choice of strings

For my Entradas. These strings came with my Entradas so I’m sticking with them. Live the wound 3rd string. Great tone and playability!

Chord Melody at Its Best!

This is a great DVD to start building your chord melody repertoire. Mr. Conti walks you thru the classic “Since I Fell for You” and provides you with several ways to approach the tune using a series of different chordal harmonic arrangements. Besides learning to play the song several different ways, Mr. Conti is at the ready with his famous “Off the Sheet” tips. These are items that not part of the regular lesson plan, but are sure to help take your chord melody playing to an even higher level. Of the Chord Melody arrangements, this is my personal favorite, but after finishing the DVD, I purchased ALL the other Chord Melody DVDs as I was so inspired to learn more.

Vol. 4 Satin Doll

$14.95

Your right of passage into the world of advanced jazz guitar. If you’ve been through Ticket To Improv, Vol. 1, then we suggest Satin Doll as a good entry point into the advanced solo series.

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Lesson solo over chord progression to: Satin Doll

INCLUDED:

  • Printable PDF of lesson solo over chord progression to Satin Doll, in notation & tablature
  • MIDI & MP3 files of single note solo and rhythm section.
  • Complete Second Solo! (PDF)

DVD Running Time: 1 Hour, 43 Minutes

Conti plays a pro level (more challenging than the Ticket To Improv series) solo over the chord changes to an in-demand jazz tune. Then, in his straight-forward approach, he teaches you to duplicate the entire solo, close-up, measure-by-measure, note-by-note. As documented by scores students in written testimonials, and their performance videos, you learn to play jazz, by playing jazz, not talking about modes or scales.

You must get the idea out of your head that you’re “just learning someone else’s solo.” When a child learns to speak, he/she emulates words that they have heard before. No one says to the child, “you’re just learning someone else’s words.” The child learns a word, then another word. The pattern continues until the child can speak in complete sentences (and without knowing the “theory” behind language.) As you develop your jazz vocabulary, you’ll soon reshape the ideas for applications over other tunes. These DVDs are for you if you’ve got serious chops, but don’t know what to do with them. If you practice modes and scales all the time, that’s what your solos will sound like – boring and uninteresting to say the least. Learn hip jazz lines, and have lots of fun doing it.

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User: Mitch on TrueFire
Information is timeless!

What a master! This course may be old - but the information within is timeless!

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Gary Tokarcik - Beverly, WV
Second learning DVD from Conti...

This is my second learning DVD from Robert Conti and I couldn't ask for a better or more talented instructor. I have laid off my guitar for a few months due to health reasons, so this is going to take some time--and I'm sure I will enjoy every minute of it.

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Robert Austin - Westerly, RI
most fun practicing that I have ever had

I am having the most fun practicing that I have ever had. Mr. Conti's comprehension of what we, as much lesser players, need for tools to learn, is a tremendous testament to his genius as not only a player of unparalleled brilliance but also as a teacher on the same level of his incredible playing. For years (I haven't practiced in almost 10 years) I played scales and arpeggios until I could play them at very fast tempos. But when I tried to jam with real jazz players I had no library of lines, to rely on so my solos were just sterile scales which frustrated me to no end.I was not playing music. Just playing rote gymnastics.

I can't thank Mr. Conti enough. He has finally shown me that there is a way to learn jazz. BY PLAYING IT! I apologize for being so long winded about this. It's just that I am so excited that I know in a while from now I believe I will finally be able to play music. Play jazz.  Anyway, I could write for hours about how glad I am that I found out about Mr. Conti,  his playing and teaching skills, but I won't bore you any more right now. Thanks (again!)

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Gary Tokarcik - Beverly, WV
very impressed with the DVD

I am very impressed with the DVD and with Robert Conti's playing and ability to explain and demonstrate the material clearly.  I first learned of the DVDs from samples on you-tube.  I just need to take time work with the DVD and will send more comments later.

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Doug Fritch - Lansing, MI
Impressive

Hello, just heard about this site thought I'd check it out. impressive!

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Dave Ruggiero - Summit, NJ
Making the learning far less steep

With this being my first foray into the intermediate/advanced level bebop improvisation, I was impressed with both the lines themselves and the presentation of the lesson. What was an originally a flurry of notes followed by "what the hell was that?" became lines that are being worked into my own vocabulary. The lines themselves challenged both my left and right hand techniques and the effort has paid off as they have both improved tremendously.

The other benefit to this DVD from an educational perspective, at least from the standpoint of someone making a shift from the Ticket to Improv series, is that once the bulk of the Ticket to Improv series got under my hands and once I started understanding the lines, ideas and underlying harmonic concepts in that series, I was able to see them in this DVD, thereby making the learning far less steep and providing an important first step and confidence to tackle the challenge. This speaks as much for the Ticket to Improv series for its ability to prepare students as much as it does for this DVD to further increase that knowledge and ability to play.

As I've mentioned before, the ability to obtain results speaks volume about an educator's ability to educate as well as the credibility associated with the ability to deliver the results promised. Robert Conti has hit a home run on both counts!

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Anderson Abreu - Sao Paulo, Brazil
The ability to obtain results speaks volumes

Hello, I'm a Professional Musician in Brazil, and I got this DVD Conti give to us an amazing theory and style improvisation that you MUST know, I'm so glad to learn with Conti. Thank You Very Much!

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