Bruce Forman - Bebop Guitar Masterclass

Description: In this full-length bebop guitar lesson, acclaimed jazz guitarist (and USC professor) Bruce Forman shows you how get inside the bebop style. Bruce discusses and demonstrates bebop phrasing, send-offs, lines, tails, using ornaments and more. If you want to take your bebop guitar playing to the next level, this guitar masterclass video is for you!

Topics Covered: Bebop guitar, note length, legato picking, emphasis notes, feel, swing, phrasing, using dynamics, touch, articulation, bebop send-offs, slurs, crescendos, range, using ornaments, lines, adding tails, chromatic connection, the “brues” scale, context, telling a story, improvisation, etc.

[mongoharry]

No one better than Be For Man to talk about Bebop!

[armandovico]

by just watching this short video you can become aware of the height of this player but l took note 25 years ago and I remember me commenting... this is one of the best, roundest solos l've ever heard....Mr Forman is, without a doubt, one of the best musicians alive.. Mariano Vico Guitarist and English teacher from Havana Cuba.

[Jazzguitarguy]

What's the chord progression he's playing over at the start?

[jackkovar]

Can't do it. This stuff gets stuck in my head

[iloverumi]

is there notation or tab for these lines?