THE ART OF SOLO PLAYING #2
Fingerstyle Jazz with Francesco Buzzurro
Second appointment with Master Buzzurro: continue to discover fingerstyle and refine your solo playing with advanced techniques, expressive rhythms, and strategies for arranging, accompanying, and improvising creatively.
The care for every detail allows us to offer a nearly live educational experience with the teacher, directly at your home.
A true master who offers you a unique educational path, enriched by what he himself has developed over years of experience.
Once you purchase the course, it will be yours forever and we will always be ready to offer you assistance to allow you to use it freely whenever you want.
THE COURSE DETAILS
The course "Fingerstyle and the Art of Solo Playing #2", curated by Francesco Buzzurro, offers an in-depth and practical path for guitarists who wish to enrich their technical and artistic skills.
Following the success of the first module, this second chapter focuses on how to master fingerstyle and develop full autonomy in solo playing.
Through 12 lessons, the teacher guides participants on a journey that explores fundamental and advanced techniques, the harmonization of famous themes, such as "Over the Rainbow", and the dynamic management of complex solos, as in the famous piece "Spain" by Chick Corea.
The lessons provide practical tools to tackle different genres, from pop to jazz, including bossa nova and funk, offering a solid foundation for creating personal arrangements and building expressive solos.
Particular attention is given to the conscious use of scales, arpeggios, chromaticism, and the optimization of dynamics.
Each lesson encourages the development of a personal style through targeted exercises and the practical application of accompaniment and auto-comping techniques.
Thanks to the clarity of teaching and the wealth of musical examples, including those of an absolute master like Joe Pass, the course represents a unique opportunity for those who wish to improve their performance skills and musical creativity, with the support of one of the most appreciated contemporary guitarists.
Cherry on the cake: a fantastic booklet of over 100 pages, with all the transcriptions of the parts played by the Maestro.
The transcriptions were made by Francesco Di Giovanni and Lorenzo Cion, while the curator is Giuseppe Negri.
Photo by Cristian Gennari.
START NOWAnalysis of the fundamental practices of study, focusing on posture, relaxation, finger pressure, and useful exercises to improve muscle control and prevent physical issues.
Organization of a study routine, with short, medium, and long-term goals, improving melody, harmonic structure, arpeggios, and improvisation skills.
Strategies to improve concentration and attention during study, avoiding distractions, working on complex steps, and adopting a positive and methodical attitude.
Techniques for arranging a theme for solo guitar, with examples of harmonizations, substitutions, and tensions inspired by Joe Pass.
Introduction to self-comping: the art of accompanying oneself with simplicity, maintaining the rhythmic pulse and clarifying harmony with triads and shell voicing.
Study of walking bass as accompaniment, with examples of chromatic and diatonic movements to create connections between chords smoothly.
Techniques for performing pop songs live, harmonizing and enhancing the rhythmic pulse with riffs, octaves, and effective strumming.
The importance of solo accompaniment for singers or instrumentalists, with a focus on discreet voicings, melodic lines, and rhythmic integration in bossa nova style.
Application of funk rhythm in solo accompaniment, using sixteenth notes, rhythmic variations, and chromatic connections in the style of Pastorius.
Dynamic management of a solo: creative use of scales, arpeggios, embellishments, and alterations to create interesting musical variations.
"In-depth study on the construction of a solo: dynamics, conscious use of scales, colorations, harmonic tensions, and a roadmap to improve improvisation."
Exploration of the performance of a ballad like "Over the Rainbow": use of free rhythms, harmonic tensions, grace notes, chromaticism, and arpeggios to create an expressive and stylistically free environment.
COURSE EXTRACTS
THE COURSES ON MUSICEZER
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User satisfaction level
87%
Course completion rate
STRENGTHS
A video educational course in 4K and HD audio, the complete booklet of all the transcriptions of the musical parts analyzed and played by Francesco Buzzurro, a teacher and musician universally recognized for his deep knowledge and exceptional technique.
AUDIO/VIDEO QUALITY
The care for every detail allows us to offer a nearly live educational experience with the teacher, directly at your home.
A MASTER AT THE TOP
A true master who offers you a unique educational path, enriched by what he himself has developed over decades of career.
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For the maximum learning, our team has accurately transcribed all the teaching material proposed by the teacher.
FRANCESCO BUZZURRO
Francesco Buzzurro has been playing the guitar since the age of six and alongside his passion for classical music, he has a deep exploration in the field of jazz that has led him to quickly develop a unique way of improvising in a solo version.
Graduating in Classical Guitar, Foreign Languages, and Jazz Music with honors and a mention of merit, he joins the Sicilian Jazz Orchestra and shares the stage with legendary international jazz musicians including Phil Woods, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Shurr, Bireli Lagréne, Toots Thielemans, Bob Mintzer, Christian McBride, Yamandù Costa and many others.
He collaborates with the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra and with some of the most well-known representatives of Italian pop such as Antonella Ruggiero, Fabio Concato, and the late Lucio Dalla. He is the author of the soundtrack for "Io Ricordo", a docu-fiction about the victims of the mafia by the Muccino brothers, for which he was awarded by President Napolitano.
"Borderline and unconventional guitarist, he holds unified seminars for the classical and jazz guitar departments at the University of Southern California USC in Los Angeles and has recorded numerous albums under his name in quartet and as a soloist, including the very successful 'The Explorer'."
"Awarded the title of Ambassador of Peace with Music by the Lions Delegate to the UN in 2009 in Minneapolis, he is also a Jazz Guitar instructor at the "Scarlatti" Conservatory in Palermo."
Francesco uses archtop nylon string guitars by Mirko Borghino and nylon strings Savarez.
He carries out an intense international concert activity and also holds masterclasses with a strong following of students at Italian and foreign academies, music schools, and universities.
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