FRANK GAMBALE GUITAR SCHOOL has a new look This is the first fresh update since the new school launched in Spetember 2019 FRANK GAMBALE GUITAR SCHOOL Go and have a look!
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Come and study with the Grand Master.
UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS Made In New York Jazz Festival in Podrigorica, Montenegro June 19-24, 2024 ( Two concerts ) with Nathan East, Jeff Tain Watts, Yaacov Mayman and others
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for more information and tickets
Feast your eyes and ears on Gambale's awesome new song
Gambale's inspiration was to write a variation on his classic "Little Charmer" as the new single
BIG CHARMER
Check out the video
HOW WOULD
YOU LIKE TO HAVE FRANK PLAY ON YOUR NEXT RECORDING?
GAMBALE
IN SESSION
Gambale has played on a great
number of albums as a session guitarist. You too can
have the opportunity to have his mastery on your next
album.
Whether it's acoustic steel string, acoustic nylon, jazz
guitar, clean electric solid body or all-out fusion
electric with distortion, he does it all. There's also
sitar guitar and some other exotic instruments too.
HAPPINESS
IS...? - GAMBALE's beautiful song in collaboration with
Special Guests - TOMMY EMMANUEL - VICTOR WOOTEN &
RICK "Sahdrach" LAZAR. Video Director NIGEL DICK
“Writing music is my greatest
love and melody is always the most important element”
Says Gambale
“I’ve always wanted to play and record with Tommy since
the first time I heard him play when I was a youngster
in Australia. I’m so happy say that it has finally
happened, he’s amazing and he exudes happiness”.
Gambale and Wooten have played together on Gambale's
Soulmine album and also with Chick Corea and the group
Vital Information.“Victor is by far one of the funkiest
bass players on Earth. His groove and feel and where he
places the notes are a constant delight to my ears” says
Gambale.
Percussionist Lazar recorded on Gambale’s Soulmine album
as well as his work with World Beat Jazz Ensemble
“Montuno Police” and Samba School in Toronto. “I wanted
to use percussion, lots of overdub percussion instead of
the drum kit for a softer touch. Rick played so many
incredible sounding hand drums and items many of which
I’ve never heard of! I used almost every track he sent
me, fantastic and perfect for the song”.
Gambale’s infectiously happy, feel-good song inspired
Nigel Dick to procure people happy and dancing from all
corners of the world. “Nigel is amazing. He weaved so
many disparate pieces of film into a string of joy where
the emotion of my song is presented perfectly. Nigel
even got a guy to dance with his camel in the Sahara
Desert! Now you don’t see that every day! Brilliant!”.
HAPPINESS IS...?
Written and Arranged by Frank Gambale
Hi-Res WAV file audio plus Transcription TABs, Jam
Tracks and Guitar Pro file for Happiness Is...? is
available now at Frank's guitar school.
Click
HERE to go to the "Happiness Is...? page directly.
PLAYING OUTSIDE - Gambale's Latest
course OUT NOW!
PLAYING OUTSIDE
It's almost impossible to find
ANY information on this, almost taboo, musical concept
used constantly by the world's best musicians.
Gambale asked his online school members what they wanted
him to write about next and, overwhelmingly the answer
was, Playing Outside.
This course is a 10-hour video presentation packed with
examples and concepts for Playing Outside that will open
up a whole new world of possibilities.
PLAYING OUTSIDE
is OUT NOW at Frank Gambale Guitar School.
Click
HERE to go to the course page directly and watch the
trailer.
NEW CORT
FRANK GAMBALE LUXE NYLON ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Out NOW
The beautiful new Frank Gambale Luxe Nylon acoustic in
collaboration with Cort.
Frank's design aesthetic and playability have merged to
create an absolutely perfect guitar.
The Art Deco influence is present once again continuing
on from the Luxe steel string. The innovative inlays and
rosette around the soundhole with the triangle inlays
echoing the fretboard inlay is a unique by Frank. The
neck is narrower than tradition nylon classical type
guitars so the playability is much easier. The Fishman
pickup sounds fantastic and the Australian Blackwood
top, back and sides are all solid woods for maximum
resonance.
Frank Gambale Luxe Nylon with Cort is OUT NOW
Click
HERE for more information about the beautiful Cort
Frank Gambale Luxe Series acoustic guitars.
PLAY
ALONG JAM TRACKS
ALBUM TRACKS MINUS GUITAR
Gambale's actual album tracks minus his guitar. The real
thing not just a sequencer. Play along some of the
coolest guitar songs. Go Now!
ALBUM TRACKS MINUS GUITAR available at Frank
Gambale Guitar School.
2 NEW
LIVE ARCHIVE ALBUMS just released.
LIVE IN JAPAN 1988 Vol.1 & Vol.2
If you're a fan of Frank from his blazing classic Frank
Gambale Live ( at the Baked Potato )
you are going to LOVE these two, beautifully recorded,
new archive releases.
LIVE IN JAPAN 1988 Vol.1 & Vol.2 are available
now at all digital distribution outlets
Click for LIVE IN JAPAN 1988 Vol.1 Apple Music
HERE
Click for LIVE IN JAPAN 1988 Vol.2 Apple Music
HERE
Support independent artists and purchase your copy
today.
IMPROVISATION MADE EASIER - RENEWED.
Frank Gambale Guitar School!
IMPROVISATION MADE EASIER - RENEWED brought up to date
as an E-Book with Guitar Pro & PDF files and mp3 backing
tracks
Frank masterfully ties together Scale Harmony with Chord
Voicing and Linear Approaches for 12 of the most
important scales
IMRPOVISATION MADE EASIER - RENEWED is available
now at Frank Gambale Guitar School.
Click
HERE then click on "Gambale Classics" to get your
copy of Frank's AWESOME new E-Book
2 Gambale
Classic Videos and 1 Book updated & released
Frank Gambale Guitar School!
MODES: NO MORE MYSTERY 2.0 was Frank's brilliant
explanation of Modes was the breakthrough course for
every musician that has seen it. Look no further for the
true understanding of Modes and how to use them and
create modal chord progression to practice them. Now
updated with FG Mode transcription as Guitar Pro & PDF
files and mp3 backing tracks
Also includes song & solo transcription of the song High
5 and the exercise song Moods.
CHOPBUILDER 2.0 and SPEED PICKING 2.0 RENEWED
Chopbuilder 2.0 update of Frank's best-selling workout
video used by guitarists from all genres is updated and
now available with GuitarPro files, backing tracks,pdf &
mp3 backing tracks. SPEED PICKING the first book on
Sweep / Economy picking ever written has also been
updated includes GuitarPro files , PDF and backing
tracks.
For CHOPBUILDER 2.0 Click
HERE
For MODES: NO MORE MYSTERY 2.0 Click
HERE
For SPEED PICKING 2.0 - RENEWED Click
HERE
RHYTHMIC
DISPLACEMENT
Frank Gambale Guitar School!
Bend time with your own hands and free yourself from the
tyrrany of the downbeat
Frank's amazing new course opens up so many
possibilities for rhythmically interesting melodic
phrases that will inspire composition and song ideas
also. This course will strengthen you time feel,
guaranteed!
Click
HERE to learn more about this
fantastic course and see the trailer!
"SALVE"
NONOW AVAILABLE!
Frank
has released his second Soulmine album.
The album is entitled "Salve" and can be
purchased below!
Just like the first Soulmine album,
Salve finds Frank and Boca digging deep with very
personal concepts, beautiful melodies, and lots of
groove.
The album features 10 new tracks that combine these
elements with Frank's signature guitar playing!
"Magritte" From Gambale's Thinking Out Loud album
Gambale is one of the most-respected innnovative and
visionary guitarists on the planet. Gambale had 60
guitar students when he was 16 years old. He has a
teaching style that makes even the most complex concepts
easy to learn. His video courses touch on subjects that
are unique and complete.
Your playing WILL improve!
Your knowledge and understanding WILL improve!
Your confidence in any musical environment WILL improve!
Frank's mantra is KNOWLEGDE IS POWER!
Gambale says "Don't believe for a moment that is you
learn theory you will play jazz!! That's just plain
ridiculous. A strong knowledge of music theory presented
in a logical and methodical way will definitely improve
your musicality and stimulate endless ideas. Think of
theory as colours nothing more, theory knowledge gives
you a huge colour palette".
Gambale also says "Don't believe for a second that if
you learn harmony and theory and studying music you will
lose you feel!! Ridiculous. If you have a pulse, and
you're human and have a heart, you will never, repeat,
never lose your feel!".
Study with the master directly at Frank Gambale Guitar
School. Courses available right now include:
Spicing Up The Blues - Click
HERE
The Definitive Gambale Sweep Picking Course -
HERE
Target Tones -
HERE
Peace & Harmony: The Theory of Creativity
HERE
Rhythm Guitar Crash Course -
HERE
Pentatonic Heaven -
HERE
Rhythmic Displacement -
HERE
Playing Outside -
HERE
Gambale Classics just released:
Chopbuilder 2.0, Modes No More Mystery 2.0 and
Speed Picking 2 - Renewed & Improvisation Made Easier
Renewed and much more.
Click
HERE when you're serious about
learning. Frank's courses will take you where you want
to go!
RHYTHM
GUITAR CRASH COURSE
Learn a bit of every popular style so that you can be
the ultimate utility player!
Gambale in 50+ years has played all styles and it has
served him well. He wants you to become the "most
valuable player" in the band.Rhythm Guitar Crash Course
will do that. In the real world band situations we
guitarists spend most of the time playing rhythm guitar.
It therefore makes sense that we should should spend a
lot of time on playing all kinds of rhythm guitar parts.
Let Frank show you in the video course of almost 5
hours.
Click
HERE to visit the course page and
watch the trailer.
PENTATONIC HEAVEN
Pentatonics! We know them! We love them!!...and in this
heavenly course GAMBALE shows you how to use them on any
chord...AMEN!
Transcend the earthly use of pentatonics and play them
like the Gods! Gambale shares his lifetime of celestial
pentatonic knowldege
Click
HERE to visit the course page and
watch the trailer.
PEACE &
HARMONY: THE THEORY OF CREATIVITY.
Learning harmony and theory shouldn't be scary! That's
why Frank named his new course "Peace & Harmony." He
wants guitar players to be at peace with these important
(and overlooked) elements of guitar playing.
Just like Frank's other online courses, Peace & Harmony
is presented in a relaxed, easy-to-understand
step-by-step method. It features real-world examples,
notations, and Frank's comfortable teaching style. It's
18 hours of video with downloadable PDF booklets,
backing tracks, and Guitar Pro files.
Click
HERE to visit the course page and
watch the trailer.
Frank's
Legendary Technique
THE DEFINITIVE GAMBALE SWEEP PICKING COURSE
Frank explains everything there is to know about his
legendary Gambale Sweep Picking sometimes called Economy
Picking. This 10-hour video course has all the
fundamentals plus all the exciting new developments
Frank has discovered since he wrote the first ever book
on the subject "Speed Picking" and the first-ever video
"Monster Licks and Speed Picking" in the early and mid
80s. He has discovered so much more, all of which has
been added to this incredible Gambale Sweep Picking (
Economy Picking ) masterpiece. As Frank himself says "I
wish everyone was using my Gambale Sweep Picking
Technique. It would overcome all the picking issues
holding guitarists down like a ball and chain. My
technique Sweep Picking ( Economy Picking ) is truly
liberating, I can't say this loudly enough".
There you have it in the master's words. Try this course
for yourself and be liberated from the tyranny of the
pick!
Click
HERE to visit the course page and
watch the trailer.
Frank's
Progressive Blues Course
SPICING UP THE BLUES
This fantastic Blues course was the first course Frank
did for his online school. The course takes you fright
from the beginning fundaments through all stages up to
advanced concepts. All player levels will find this
course engaging. Frank shows you how to play all the
basic blues stuff and then spices everything up with
modern concepts to light your blues on fire.
This is an brilliant course with 10 hours of video plus
all the lessons on pdf, GuitarPro and all the backing
tracks.
Click
HERE to visit the course page and
watch the trailer.
Frank's
Beautiful Signature Kiesel FG-1.
Chambered body
This beautiful guitar designed by Kiesel in conjunction
with Frank. Semi-hollow chambered body delivers a fat
warm tone
Frank says these guitars are so perfect it's
unbelievable.
Click
here to learn more about Frank's
incredible new FG-2 guitar
Frank's
New Kiesel Model
FG-2 Limited Edition now available!
This beautiful guitar designed by Kiesel in conjunction
with Frank. Frank was missing the Strat tones and asked
Jeff at Kiesel about building a great modern-day
Strat-style guitar. The result is the incredible FG-2.
Frank jokingly says "it plays like butter and even looks
like butter: referring to the signatureyellow color
Frank famously has back in the 80s. This was a must and
the cool "FG" logo on the first fret. Get one while you
still can.
Click
here to learn more about Frank's
incredible new FG-2 guitar
Cracking
The Code
Frank Gambale has made paradigm-shifting contributions
to the technical development of the guitar.
As a picking motion, sweeping has always existed
somewhere in the guitar consciousness. Tal Farlow, Joe
Pass, George Benson, even Django have all used it. But
Frank gave it structure: odd numbers of notes on each
string allowed you to keep moving in one direction, and
even numbers allowed you to turn around. Suddenly, it
was no longer just instrument technique. It was
engineering applied to guitar picking mechanics.
Check out this one-hour interview
with more than 100 musical and technical examples
featuring slow motion video and tablature, including
both of Frank’s epic intro and outro solos.
Here's a preview!
TARGET
TONES
"Target Tones" is an approach to improvisation that
Frank continuously uses.This concept
is a very powerful tool to help guitar players get to
the next chord on time, while also making clear which
note of a scale to shoot for on the chord change.
Every chord-type has a different scale that can be
played over it. This course helps guitar players decide
which notes sound the most pleasing to the ear - to use
as "target tones." An understanding of which notes sound
best on all chord types can help a musician find his/her
own style of playing.
Click
here to learn more and watch the
video, below!