In this course just for guitarists, we start from the very beginning and build a complete approach to improvising on the guitar. If you have always dreamed of truly understanding music and being able to improvise with complete freedom on the guitar, this is the course for you!
Deep Foundations for Guitar
Deep Foundations for Guitar
If you long to understand how music really works and how to improvise with complete freedom on the guitar, this course will be transformational for you. You will learn to understand the entire fretboard at once, allowing you to break out of memorized scale drawings and truly express yourself creatively.
You will master improvising over the seven chords of the major scale, and you will learn to express your own musical ideas over these chords. You'll even learn to improvise your own chord voicings on the guitar just as freely as you can improvise melody lines.
You do not need to know anything at all about music theory to begin, and you don't need to be able to read sheet music.
This course will give you a solid foundation in both harmony and improvisation on the guitar that will serve you for the rest of your life.
Here are some of the skills you will learn:
- Break free from memorized scale drawings. Learn to solo across the entire fretboard in any key.
- Discover the inner workings of modern harmony and master improvising over all seven chords of the major scale.
- Learn how to play directly from your imagination, expressing your own melodic ideas exactly as you hear them in your mind.
- Move beyond licks and patterns. Understand how music really works and create your own music right from the first day.
- Learn how to add chords to your solos, improvising your own chord voicings anywhere on the fretboard.
- Gain a deep understanding of the "modes" and learn to express these sounds in your own music.
- Learn the foundation of chord melody technique for totally unaccompanied solo guitar performance.
- Method 100% integrated with your ear, with creative exercises for both guitar and voice.
- No prior knowledge of music theory or the IFR method is required. Everyone is welcome!
Learn from a professional guitarist and experienced teacher
David Reed is a professional guitarist based in New York City. He is the co-founder of IFR and the author of "Improvise for Real". David's guitar lessons combine soloing, comping and chord melody technique right from the start, giving you a complete understanding of harmony and improvisation on the guitar. He also teaches many beautiful creative exercises with step-by-step demonstrations and lots of playing examples to inspire your creativity.
What students say about this course:
"I completed the Deep Foundations course in the Fall and the more I practiced with the jam tracks, the more moments of magic I had. I also found myself looking forward to practice, which is rare for me. So I am convinced IFR is the way forward."
Sean McGann (Bainbridge Island, WA)
"This method is by far the best music learning system I have ever experienced."
Benny Elie Levi (Lod, Israel)
"Improvise for Real has helped my improvising more than anything else I've ever studied. For me, it’s not a substitute for what I already know, but a complement to it. But if I had to do it all over again, I would have learned the IFR method first. It’s the most liberating, creative, intuitive approach to learning music that I have come across."
Larry Basirico (Burlington, NC)
Download the complete course today
Get the complete course including all video lessons and jam tracks for just $150. You can watch the videos online or download them to your own permanent collection. All materials are yours forever.
Just click on the “Add to cart” button to purchase this course for $150. You can make your purchase with any major credit card and you can access the entire course immediately. And if you don't agree that this course is the best investment you ever made in your guitar playing, just send us an e-mail within 60 days and we'll give you a full refund.