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o believe that actually playing solo guitar isn't beyond me. Brilliantly accessible with a focus on playing music, I now look forward to purchasing "The Formula" and having a look at some of the improv courses too in the coming weeks. Thanks again.
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ut yourself. While there is some value to that (and I don't think I could have maximized the value I got from this course if it wasn't for some of the other training I've done), Conti does a phenomenal job of removing all the guess work. By giving you a limited set of options to get started, you immediately have all the voicings you need to start figuring out arrangements. After I finished the course I popped open the real book and just kept working on applying the voicings every day, sometimes to different standards, sometimes to the same one to internalize a certain set of voicings more deeply. And it works. After just a few months of practice, I can genuinely say I have some ability to play chord melody, and I find myself surprised by what my hands are able to do on the guitar. It's an immense joy to be able to do a little bit of justice to this music and to find what I'm capable of, and I absolutely could not have done it without this course. Thank you Robert Conti!!!
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e fingerboard. I still couldn't play. I went for lesson after lesson and was told to keep practicing the major scales. Learn passing tones and all that kind of nonsense. I learned this in 1990 and was not able to solo or use my extensive chord knowledge. I ended up studying classical for one year and thought all I need is to learn to read better. I ended up quitting in 1997 because that did not help. I started playing again in December 2008 and took instruction from a Jazz guitarist who showed me how to use my extensive chord knowledge , 2 5 1 etc. I will be forever grateful to him as he taught me the necessary chords and to leave the unnecessary ones out.Then I stumbled on to Robert Conti on the internet and purchased the Chord Melody Assembly Line. I realized my chord knowledge was more extensive but for others it would help. I then ordered Ticket to Improv Volume 1 and it has changed my life ever since. I started to compare my music studies to my dental studies and realized why I failed in music. I was told I was not a natural. I realized that was not the case for I would over come my disadvantages with hard work.  Before Robert Conti I was given what was comparable to anatomy in dental school - that is what I would call the modes and scales. I would compare chord theory to a course in physiology. With these courses you would never figure out how to be a dentist. If we were told to figure out the techniques on our own we all would have failed and would still be there trying to figure it out.When we were taught dental procedures we were not told to figure it out on our own. Neither are surgeons because these techniques have been tested and passed down through the generations. This would have been impossible to figure out on your own. That is where the jazz licks come in. It is impossible for a beginner or intermediate to figure out the licks to a standard on your own. Most jazz standards have over 300 notes to a solo. The jazz licks have been used over the generations. What Robert Conti does is pass them on to you and than you get to put your own flavor on them. Robert, I will be forever grateful to you. You made it all make sense and showed us that unnaturals like myself can learn what was shared in the clubs years ago. These clubs do not exist any more except in happening places with a music scene. I live in the suburbs in central New Jersey and do not want to go out in the late evening in New York City trying to learn some licks. Thank you!
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rd melody arrangements. I've been playing guitar for a number of years and am now just starting with Chord Melody. I must say that your Chord Melody Assembly Line book with DVD has broken the code for me. Your straight forward approach to presenting the material has answered my numerous questions and unleashed the mystery of Chord Melody. The videos are outstanding and makes the information easier to understand by watching and hearing you go through the material. The added side notes not covered in the book are also invaluable. Your books have given me the confidence that I can learn Chord Melody by getting it under my fingers. Thank you again and I look forward to going through both books. Mike Setunsky
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ild DVD. The instructional material is very good, very fast, easy and funny to learn. I am all the day looking for my guitar to play every moment I can. Thanks.Jos
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rrangements. I've been playing guitar for a number of years and am now just starting with Chord Melody. I must say that your Chord Melody Assembly Line book with DVD has broken the code for me. Your straight forward approach to presenting the material has answered my numerous questions and unleashed the mystery of Chord Melody. The videos are outstanding and makes the information easier to understand by watching and hearing you go through the material. The added side notes not covered in the book are also invaluable. Your books have given me the confidence that I can learn Chord Melody by getting it under my fingers. Thank you again and I look forward to going through both books.
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) learning, studying, absorbing and playing, e.g. working out things in all keys, playing lots of tunes, etc. I have done in that year and one half what I am relatively certain I NEVER would have accomplished without your Chord Melody Assembly Line and The Formula. Your books provided the switch that turned on the light for this style of block chord type chord melody playing.
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ling my own arrangements I am looking forward to really taking off. I have come a looonnng... way already thanks to you. Mucho Respecto Master Conti!
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Works! The Formula is on its way and I can't wait. I just want to say a big 'Thank You' to Mr.Conti. I can't recommend the Assembly Line any higher
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ly. Am looking forward to working through it and then on to the more advanced programmes. Keep up the good work - and what about a visit to New Zealand one day for some concerts and workshops?
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