Jimmy Bruno’s Method of learning 6 fingerings to cover the fretboard. Show u how to play dorian, mixolydian, etc.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
stop talking …
stop talking just play
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Jimmy is trying to …
Jimmy is trying to teach guitar the way he figured it out.
The best thing you can do is figure it out for yourself. Study your theory and modes, and figure out songs by ear, and you’ll be making the same kind of discoveries for yourself.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
too much bullshit.. …
too much bullshit…..
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I teach guitar for …
I teach guitar for a living a local academy and I provide more logical instruction than this, maybe I should make a video.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
he plays the lydian …
he plays the lydian mode in ex. 3
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Hey this is great. …
Hey this is great. Where is the rest?
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
sorry. i wasnt …
sorry. i wasnt clear. what i meant was jimmy shows you how to reach all those scales modes etc in clear language. many books shows strange fingerings where jimmy gives you the basics.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
‘you’d have to live …
‘you’d have to live to be 400 years old to get em all’
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Yes, indeed I can. …
Yes, indeed I can. I have played jazz professionally for 30 years and I have been a full time jazz faculty member at a local College for 25 years where I teach jazz guitar as well as all of the jazz Improv courses.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
If you consider …
If you consider scales, modes, chords, picking, (did you want to include arpeggios as well?) to be “bull”, then I’m not exactly sure what you would be left with in terms of actually playing jazz guitar. Jimmy does provide some practical tools but, guess what, his suggestions are all based on scales, modes, chords, arpeggios, and picking etc.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I don’t know how …
I don’t know how good a teacher Jimmy Bruno is, but I can tell you that he is probably the best technical jazz guitarist I have ever come across. I can’t say whether or not his system works, but check out his albums “Burnin” and “Sleight of Hand” if you want to really hear him in action.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
So what’s wrong …
So what’s wrong with the CAGED system? I can see the use in 3 note-per-string fingerings, but this guy actually seems to be complicating the issue.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
excellent tutor … …
excellent tutor … he gives you some great practical tools in the full video and cuts past all that bull you find in a lots of instruction booklets. scales, modes , chords, picking etc.
highly recommend it.
he’s played with tony bennett, sinatra, streisand and many others.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
can any of you …
can any of you wits actually play?
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
The previous “I …
The previous “I disagree” reply is actually from tonyjazzman…I sent it from a friends computer. Cheers.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I disagree. Show me …
I disagree. Show me any fingering and I guarantee it will be found within the 7 fingerings. This includes any shifting or single string scales or open string scales as well. Any and every shifting fingering that can be conceived of will be a combination of two or more of the 7 fingerings. It’s not as complicated as some may think. I’ve been teaching College level jazz guitar for 25 years and in that time I have helped hundrends of students simplify the whole major scale/modes/arpeggios concept.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Actually there are …
Actually there are 12 in position scales not just 7. There are also playing the scales on any one string at a time, open string scales, 2 string symmetrical scales and so on. 7 in position fingerings will most definitely leave you with some grey areas.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I’m actually with …
I’m actually with you there. I agreed with him when he said there’s no shortcuts for learning the major scale. He proceeded to provide us with a bit of a shortcut. I prefer to learn the seven big patterns and then learn one octave fingerings for all seven modes. Gives you a little bit more inside out knowledge.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Dear Jimmy, There …
Dear Jimmy, There most certainly are not “9 zillion” major scale fingerings but rather, a total of 7, within which one will find any and every possible combination. While your fingerings are very useful, they do not cover the entire finger board in a way that allows the player to have no grey areas. Within these same 7 fingerings are all of the 7 major scale modes in all of their possible fingerings. It’s a matter of applying a bit of theory which has been around for centuries. Too academic?
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
But WHY should you …
But WHY should you be able to do that? Doing it for the sake of doing it is meaningless. The point is not to know a zillioin different scale patterns. The point is to make music. There are only 12 notes. There are endless scales, but only 12 notes. How you get to those notes is not as important as what notes you play.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
yeah depending on …
yeah depending on the key of the song your playing over but im guessing your on about guitar in general so your right
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I dont know if I …
I dont know if I like this guys Method…. seems limited. You should be able to play any scale at any position wherever you are on the guitar, in my opinion.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Jimmy knows his …
Jimmy knows his guitar. Excellent instruction.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
jesus that guitar …
jesus that guitar us huge!!! maybe he just small?
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
is this the guy …
is this the guy from the supranos tv show?