Swing and Jump Swing music and dancing has enjoyed a phenomenal popular resurgence in the last few years. Both the current and classic bands build their sound on swinging guitar rhythms. In this DVD lesson, Dix Bruce will teach you all the basics that you need to know in order to play this energetic music:

• Moveable chords
• How to get that "swing feel"
• Right and left hand technique, and much more.

You'll learn eight carefully chosen and extremely well-known songs that every swing musician plays. Dix starts you off with easy-to-learn two and three chord songs and gradually works through some of the greatest hits of the era with more advanced chord changes in the keys of G, A minor, F, Bb, and Ab. By the end of the session you'll know swing and jazz chord forms and be able transpose thousands of songs to any key effortlessly!

When you finish with this lesson you will have the confidence and basic tools to play with any swing or jazz band.

Titles include: Lady Be Good, Take Me Back to Tulsa, Minor Swing, Careless, Sweet Georgia Brown, Honeysuckle Rose, Blues in Bb #1, Blues in Bb #2, Rose Room and I Got Rhythm

84-min DVD / Level 2 / 32 page tab/music booklet

gw 309dvd   $29.95