
David Wallimann will cover all of the topics necessary master the art of improvisation. He will cover theory, including intervals, scales and modes as well as techniques to improve ones improvisation.
Lesson 1
Before one can truly understand music theory the concept of intervals must be introduced. This lesson covers that topic in great depth.
Length: 27:40 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
David teaches the minor pentatonic scale. He explains its scale formula, various fretboard positions, and how it can be used.
Length: 20:03 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
David Wallimann moves on to cover the the major pentatonic scale. He teaches its scale formula, all five patterns, and gives advice on how the scale can be used.
Length: 9:46 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
In this lesson, David covers both the minor and major blues scales. He explains the formulas and patterns for each scale. In addition, David has included a backing track for you to play along with.
Length: 9:08 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
David Wallimann introduces three minor modes. In this lesson he covers Dorian, Phrygian and Aeolian modes.
Length: 11:37 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
David Wallimann covers three major modes in this lesson. He covers the Ionian, Lydian and Mixolydian modes.
Length: 8:53 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 7
David Wallimann introduces the Locrian mode. He explains its formula in terms of scale degrees as well as its five fretboard patterns. A few fun arpeggio-based ideas are also demonstrated.
Length: 20:37 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
David Wallimann teaches a magic formula that will allow you to play each of the modes up and down the entire fretboard. He also teaches some exercises to help cement this knowledge.
Length: 11:49 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 9
David Wallimann talks about how modes can be classified and thus used in a musical context. This is a valuable wrap-up lesson to the mini-series on modes.
Length: 13:24 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 10
David Wallimann explains how to write diatonic chord progressions. This lesson features excellent practical music theory.
Length: 12:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 11
David Wallimann teaches a valuable fusion guitar technique that he calls "Easy Outside Tricks."
Length: 8:31 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 12
David Wallimann demonstrates how minor pentatonic scales can be used when improvising over the minor modes.
Length: 22:03 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 13
David Wallimann shows how the major pentatonic scale can be used in modal playing.
Length: 11:13 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
About David Wallimann
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David was born in Aix-en-Provence, South France in 1977. At the age of 15, he picked up the guitar and started developing a true love for instrumental music and composition.
In 1999 he was recognized by Ibanez for his promising musical achievements and received an artist endorsement. That early recognition in David's musical career encouraged him to consecrate more time on crafting his musical art and apply to the school of modern music Artist' in Cavaillon, France. He received a full scholarship there where he graduated with honors.
In 2001, David won first place for the Tal Farlow French national jazz contest which gave him a full paid scholarship to the CMA school of modern music in Valenciennes, France. He graduated specializing in advance guitar with honors.
Following his school years, David spent the next 5 years working with several bands recording, writing and playing shows in France and Belgium. It's during that time that Wallimann was exposed to the world of progressive rock which opened new doors to his musical creativity.
Deep inside the Mind is his first release as a solo artist in which he exposes his Christian faith. The album was well received in the specialized press and was compared several times to some of Frank Zappa's approach to music adding an element of humor to deep subjects.
In 2005 he joined the internationally renown progressive band Glass Hammer based in Chattanooga, TN. He released several studio albums and live DVDs with the band.
David is today working on his next upcoming solo release and is also spending quite a bit of time teaching guitar in his studio and online at JamPlay.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Thanks David. This brings a lot of clarity to some things that have been confusing me on putting together chord progressions. I understand the sequence or pattern of major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, minor b5 in the major scale. What is the pattern if you are playing in the minor scale?
I still can't understand....
Brilliant, thank you so much for this. Very useful.
great lesson as always-thanx
Really nicely packaged lesson. Love your style of teaching and good uses of graphics that punctuate you videos. I could feel the hinge on the great music door open a little further with this lesson. Thank you so much for sharing.
Very nice lesson. Could you give examples of Minor b 5 chords and is it common to use this minor b5 chord in rock, blues music? Are there other names for this seventh position? diminished, suspended, etc..???
This chord is mostly referred to as diminished. Technically it is a minor chord with a flatted 5th, hence b5. In fact I only know it as diminished. Suspended chords are something completely different. In that case the 3rd is replaced by either a major 2nd (sus2), or a perfect 4th (sus4). Suspended chords are used quite a lot in rock music, especially in acoustic guitar playing. Diminished chords, well you might run across them every once in a while, but not really a lot. Hope this helps, until Mr. Walliman comes up with a better / more thorough explanation. Keep on rockin' ...
Can you give more details on how you got those 2 chord progressions? Did I miss something or did you leave a few details out? Thks...
Could you post the picking pattern?
Love the lesson and your teaching style.
great ideas there man, cant wait to add to my routine