Brief Introduction
Learn to play the Congolese way and direct the dancefloor like never before with your new African lead guitar groovesDescription
Many people think that African Music is something inherently felt and difficult to learn.
That's simply not true.
By breaking down into easily understandable guitar riffs the mystery is revealed. In this course you'll learn:
How to create your own ULTIMATE Soukous guitar licks.....WITHOUT having to transcribe hundreds of old Congolese records.
The SIMPLE trick to deliver an Authentic African Tone with easy amp and pedal settings
VARIETIES of Different Genres and Techniques designed to develop your repertoire of Afro Guitar Grooves
For the first time online, the secrets of Soukous, Rumba and more African guitar styles are made public in an understandable method that can be learnt by musicians from all backgrounds. No matter what genre you're used to, you're guitar technique, lead lines and groove can be developed through discovering these styles. The barrier between many enthusiastic Western musicians and comprehending African styles often lies with the difficulties of master African musicians struggling to explain a genre they've always intuitively felt and never had to learn in an academic scenario. One of the unique benefits of learning with a musician like Jeannot Bel is that although he is an expert virtuoso with superior technique, his teaching style became much more universally accessible than his counterparts since relocating to the UK and studying music theory and production at the university of West London.
There are many great guitarists throughout the African diaspora but being on the road throughout his continent and globally since the age of 15 makes Jeannot the perfect candidate to translate these long unexplained styles into easily understood guitar lines. This will benefit all aspects of your playing, especially as all of the guitar parts are supported by downloadable notation and tablature making this the clearest explanation of African music available anywhere online. Then, towards the finale of the course once you've digested these new lines you can put in to practice what you've learnt by creating your own guitar parts over the backing tracks on different chord progressions and rhythms.
What is covered?
Basic broken chords and lead guitar lines
Rumba lead and rhythm parts
African Salsa
Makossa (Cameroon)
The styles of the legendary Franco Luambo Makiadi
Combining different guitar parts
Lead and rhythm guitar amp settings and pedals
Mi-solo (middle guitar parts)
Sebene lines
Working with intervals
Different chord sequences
The Aeolian mode in soukous
Ensemble playing
Whether you're experienced in African music or just curious about discovering new ways to strengthen your playing - the joyful, hypnotic, arpeggiating, unique varieties of Soukous, Rumba and Makossa will bring fresh sounds to your strings.
Requirements
- Requirements
- A readiness to discover new genres of music
- A six string guitar
- No previous knowledge of African music needed
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