App Detail » Blues Revolution Mobile

Published by: TrueFire

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $9.99
Current Version: 1.0
Released: November 15, 2012

App Description

Robben Ford's Blues Revolution: Mobile Version

Embraced by listeners and players alike, Robben Ford's innovative and soulful musicality triggered a revolution in electric blues guitar styling. This mobile version of Robben's master Blues Revolution course features 24 video lessons (101 minutes!), which were cherry-picked from the 6-hour master class to compile a cross-section of topics ranging from his Chicago blues influences, to his rhythm guitar techniques, to the improvisational approaches Robben uses to craft the fresh, contemporary lines that comprise his signature sound.

This mobile version of Blues Revolution works on iPhone and iPad and includes the following video lessons:

Melodic Vocal Styling - FUNDAMENTALS: Insight
Five Pentatonic Notes - FUNDAMENTALS: Playing Example
One Chord Vamp - FUNDAMENTALS: Playing Example
Free Yourself of Patterns - FUNDAMENTALS: Demonstration
Multi-Task Workout - FUNDAMENTALS: Demonstration
School of Little Walter - CHICAGO BLUES: Insight
Country Blues - CHICAGO BLUES: Performance
Blues Shuffle in E - CHICAGO BLUES: Performance
Comping Principles - RHYTHM: Insight
Comping the Shuffle - RHYTHM: Performance
Comping Breakdown - RHYTHM: Demonstration
Misdirected Chords - RHYTHM: Demonstration
G Vamp - RHYTHM: Performance
G Vamp Breakdown - RHYTHM: Demonstration
Blues in D: Rhythm - RHYTHM: Performance
That Albert Collins Thing - RHYTHM: Demonstration
Chords Are Everything - CHORDS: Insight
12 Bar Blues in A - CHORDS: Performance
Crafting a Guitar Solo - SOLOING: Insight
Soloing Example - SOLOING: Performance
Misdirected Blues - SOLOING: Performance
Blues Solo in A- SOLOING: Performance
Blues Solo in DSOLOING: Performance
Solo Blues - SOLOING: Performance

The app's technical feature set accelerates the learning process and includes:

- 101 Minutes of Video Instruction
- Video Lesson Player with PIP and Zooming
- Tab/Notation for all of the performances
- Lesson Text Narrative
- Practice Rhythm Tracks with Charts

Whatever style of blues you favor, Blues Revolution: Mobile delivers solid instruction for developing your own voice, expanding your vocabulary of chords, advancing your comping skills, solidifying your command of the fretboard, and lighting your soloing and improvisational chops on fire.

ABOUT ROBBEN FORD

Robben Ford is one of the premier electric guitarists today, particularly known for his blues playing as well as his ability to be comfortable in a variety of musical contexts. A five-time Grammy nominee, he has played with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Phil Lesh, Bonnie Raitt, Claus Ogerman, Michael McDonald, Bob Dylan, John Mayall, Greg Allman, John Scofield and many others. He was named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by Musician magazine.