World Scales' with Kevin Kmetz

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Check it out! ~ http://bachido.com/lessons/world-scales

We have a special treat today! Kevin Kmetz’s knowledge of world scales and avant garde techniques has made him a respected pioneer in the shamisen world. Today, Kevin will be sharing his knowledge and experience with you!

In this course, Kevin will show you eight World Scales. (Natural Minor Scale, Major Pentatonic Scale, Blues Scale, Dorian Scale, Phrygian Scale, Octotonic Scale, Whole-note Scale and Lydian b7 Scale.) Also, he will share his original tuning, which he calls “Han-niagari.”

On an educational level, this course is not to be missed. If you’re wanting to broaden yourself as a shamisen player, this course will be very insightful for you. And on a purely entertainment level, it is hilariously funny. Kevin’s difficulty in keeping a straight face made for a very entertaining production. For everyone’s enjoyment (especially my own), this course is filled with bloopers of Kevin trying his best to maintain composure!

Enjoy!
Kyle Abbott

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Let’s weld!!!

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Haha let’s weld. That was funny! I love how Kyle was all disoriented when taking off the welding mask :slight_smile:

Great lesson guys :slight_smile: Lovely group performances and much entertainment value!

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This looks cool, I might need to pick it up. Out of curiosity, how do you determine pricing for the various lessons on the site? I understand if it’s a secret. :stuck_out_tongue:

I haven’t tried any of these premium lessons yet, but this might be a good opportunity to try it out. It might be worth it for the bloopers alone, that was kind of adorable (sorry dude!).

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Haha! Yeah, LET’S WELD! That’s got to become another Bachido inside-joke-phrase-reference kind of thingy! Thanks for the positive feedback. Glad to know that the bloopers might actually be a selling point!

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Eric, I got Yasaburo Bushi, and it’s great. I plan to get Sakura, as I think it might be especially entertaining to our American taiko audiences.

The World Scales one is a must, if you plan to improv with other players. You can’t beat these prices! If you were to pay a teacher for an hour, it would probably cost at least 50 dollars or more!

Thanks Kevin, and EVERYONE at Bachido who shares their knowledge with us noobs! :wink:

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Wasn’t questioning the quality, just wondering if the variable pricing was related to difficulty, amount of material, or both. I was also thinking that this one would greatly improve my abilities to play with others. :slight_smile:

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Oh sorry, Eric, I wasn’t critical in the least bit of your post, sorry if it sounded that way. That had more to do with MY gratitude for bachido than anything. :slight_smile:

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This looks cool, I might need to pick it up.

You should! (After all, can’t beat a 100% money back guarantee :wink: ) Personally, the bloopers are the best part and the actual educational content is just icing on the cake. :wink:

Out of curiosity, how do you determine pricing for the various lessons on the site?

Good question! Basically, I set the standard price to be half the price of a typical half hour shamisen/music lesson, which is $30. In other words, 50% cheaper than a normal lesson, but filmed to replicate the one-on-one lesson as close as possible. Thus, all of the minyo courses are $15.

Having that as a benchmark, I figure the price of the special courses based on the content relative to that. I dunno, it’s more based on feeling than anything else. :wink: I.e, the $10 Advanced Kamashi course is just as valuable/informative as the $15 Yasaburo Bushi course, but a lower price somehow felt appropriate.

It might be worth it for the bloopers alone, that was kind of adorable (sorry dude!).

Indeed! That was totally adorable! Kevin, I hope you showed it to Kumiko san! :smiley:

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Thanks for the replies, guys! That makes sense to me, Kyle. It seems more than reasonable to be honest. You might consider putting that info on the main lessons page unless you feel like that’d be overselling it. Some of us are just hard to please. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yeah, this new course teaches not only the scales, but some riffs and phrases in the various scales, and even some complete songs. Perhaps a more detailed “what’s in this lesson” would be beneficial? Or even a table of contents… $19.95 makes more sense when you see just how many topics are covered in the lesson(s)…

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We should re-name this course "How to play Shamisen even with a few screws loose up in yer noggin! "

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Isn’t that the best way to play shamisen? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Just a heads up that I have updated the Scale Viewer which would be a great tool to use together with this course! More on that here #post-13947

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Eric: That’s a good idea. If I can write something really short, I doubt it would be overselling it. It’s gotta be more than “half the price of a standard half hour lesson!” or it’ll seem like cheap quality. Ah well, will think of something. Thanks for the suggestion! :slight_smile:

Luke: Ah, table of contents, Good idea. A centered list would look pretty nice.

Kevin: Hey, it was Santa Cruz! :wink:

Karl: Whoa!!! I briefly checked it out yesterday, but I think you’ve added about twice as many since then! This is totally 似合い! I’m sure anyone using this course will be all over this. I’ll add a link to the course when I fix the PDF and other things hopefully later today.

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Oh, btw Luke, we should have a bid’ness meeting to discuss making the notation page or the skype lesson roster thing as we discussed a bajillion months ago.

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Cool! I’ve got even more plans… Although not entirely shamisen related :slight_smile:

#18

Offtopic sry… What’s the song they/you’re playing in the “trailer” video at 2:30??

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Woa! She really sings the hell of that song! Go Celtic Woman!!!

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