Shankar Mahadevan (Photo: Kelly Davidson) The Indian Ensemble, a dynamic group of Berklee students representing various countries throughout the world, studied the artist’s work throughout the semester and capped it off with a sold-out show featuring Mahadevan on lead vocals.
Alternatively, students can use a digital camera, smartphone, or tablet to record assignments.BOSTON–On Tuesday night, Shankar Mahadevan and the Berklee Indian Ensemble brought dance, art, music and joy to a full house at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston.
Required Textbookīerklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary by Rick Peckham, Berklee Press/Hal Leonard Software Requirements Guitar tablature and chord blocks, in addition to traditional notation, will be used throughout the course. Guitarists should have at least one year of playing experience and the ability to play some chords on the guitar. Play triads over bass notes and alterations.Play and know the voicings of various chord qualities such as a major triad, minor triad, diminished triad, augmented triad, dominant 7, major 7, and minor 7.Have a greater knowledge of constructing triads, seventh chords, some extended voicings, and inversions.Look at a lead sheet and play chord voicings in a variety of musical styles.By the end of the course students will be able to add more dynamics and expression to their playing and gain an extensive chord vocabulary, which will prove invaluable in pursuing any style of music.īy the end of this course, you will be able to: Students will also benefit from personalized instruction and comments from Berklee's world-renowned guitar instructors on their weekly assignments as well as through weekly live chats. The course offers a rich learning platform, featuring Flash movies, interactive quizzes, instructional videos, guitar tablatures and practice mp3 tracks to get the notes under your fingers as quickly as possible, while allowing you the portability to practice wherever you get a few minutes with your guitar.
Students will gain more freedom and a greater feel for their instrument by learning how to visualize chord structures anywhere on the neck of the guitar. Students will learn to construct and play triads and basic 7th chords, as well as look at inversions and different chord voicings - the basic foundations guitarists use to write or perform in any number of different styles. Guitar Chords 101 presents Berklee's approach to the construction of chords, a method that focuses less on the shape of an individual chord, and more on the notes that the chord is based around. Many beginning guitarists have learned the basics of open and moveable chord shapes, but aren't sure how or why the individual notes within the chord work so well together, or the ways by which they can expand this chord knowledge to unlock the fretboard of the guitar.