Derryl Gabel: The Performance Series

Derryl Gabel:  Just a reminder, one of my newest guitar instructional videos, Fretboard Intensive Training is now available This two and a half hour, dual layer DVD is a must have for any serious guitarist no matter what style of playing.  Over 100 examples and 78 fretboard diagrams are provided as well as backing tracks to help you achieve fretboard domination and get FIT on guitar! Here's a few of the testimonials I have received so far... "Hi, Derryl! You must be the greatest gift to the guitar-playing community! I just hope that more people understand what your instructional releases can do for their development as players. Thank you for your willingness to share from you wealth of guitar-knowledge. You truly are a gem! Thank you!Happy holidays, Derryl! Take good care of your family!  Rune Berre from Norway" (Check this guy out on Youtube.  Excellent player!) "Hey Derryl I have been checking your FIT video... very good stuff!!You should have done it as first video! :-)CiaoMau from Italy" "Hey D, Just a quick thank you for adding the "Diagonal Shifting" scale approach on your 2nd FIT DVD.  It's really unlocked the secret I was searching for to Bret Garsed's style. I've always watched Garsed over and over moving over the fretboard in that sort of "reverse diagonal - major 7 shape" approach, but I could never quite "get it" as to architecture he was using to move around like that on the fretboard - until now!!  I've always been a diagonal player, but only moving in the opposite direction than the way you show on the video (i.e. moving from nut to bridge in direction vs. the way you show on the video).   What you show is almost like seeing the modes in a "reverse" fashion from bridge to nut.  I love it!Oh, and by the way, the 4 note per string patterns on the FIT DVDs are laid out extremely well!!  I'd been looking for a more (shall I say) "scientific" approach to 4 notes per string, but was unable to really find that "one way to do it".   However, your FIT approach of "right, right, middle, middle, left, left, spread" is EXACTLY what I was looking for.  Just realizing that architecture is already making a big difference in my improv skills. Thanks so much for putting that in the video.  It's simply a spectacular piece of teaching. Thanks again for a great DVD lesson!Yours,John M. from Michigan USA"

FIT DVD Fretboard Intensive Training DVDs Over the years of teaching I've found that many students struggle with visualizing scale patterns. In this two and a half hour dual DVD set I cover exercises that I have developed that will help you to see the entire scale matrix in your minds eye or as you look at the fretboard. This will enable you to create patterns that you might not normally play and traverse the fretboard in any direction with virtually no boundaries. If you learn a new pattern you will be able to see the diatonic development superimposed on the scale matrix. This is useful not only in improvisation but composition as well. I also cover common yet essential tools every guitarist should use such as string dampening, motion efficiency, and proper angles for achieving a greater reach. In addition to this I will show you exercises that will help you develop finger independence, speed, accuracy, and endurance.  Most examples include large, on screen neck diagrams to make it super easy to follow along. Chapters include... Introduction Guitar Setup Placement and Angles String Dampening Isometrics Motion Efficiency Speed Picking Note Recognition The Major Scale Modes Modal Octave Linking Three Notes Per String Scale Pattern Numonics Shifting Twelve Key Study Rolling Exercises Sequencing Vertical Rolling Shifts Zigzag Rolling Shifts Diagonal Rolling Shifts Diagonal Rolling Shifts 2 Four Notes Per String Performance

Derryl Gabel: http://www.derrylgabel.com/ The Performance Series, a selection of performance videos demonstrating techniques that you can learn from his innovative video series.
Derryl Gabel: The Performance Series