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This was a fun stream - there were MANY questions about soloing over chord tones, so I want to set up a set of links here for resources:
MTM 16, 17, and 18 will help you understand how to make melodic ph...
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This is the final lesson for Diminished and Augmented Triads and its a fun one! Learn how to play a fun little chord ditty using Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented triads. Watch the video for a helpful breakdown of which fingers to use where, then start practicing at a slow tempo (say 40 or 50Bpm) and move up to a ...
2021-03-08 20:09:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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This was a fun one. We talked about left and right hand synchronization exercises and how to think about soloing over specific chord progressions. I used this E Major Jam Track
We also discussed how to move out of your comfort ...
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-03-01 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is the second homework lesson for Diminished and Augmented Triads. In this lesson we're building off the previous homework session and taking what we've learned to the guitar neck. This lesson should help you start morphing chords into Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented on the fingerboard.
Have a questio...
2021-02-25 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-02-22 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is the first homework lesson for Diminished and Augmented Triads. In this lesson we're working exclusively on paper to get a clear picture of how to talk about and write out diminished and augmented triads. This lesson will prepare you for the next lesson, where we take these concepts and try them out on the guita...
2021-02-18 22:52:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-02-12 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-02-09 00:02:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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This was a fun one! We talked about Major and Minor keys and how chord progressions can be Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic minor and how that relates to the secondary dominants in the Major Key. The Pixies "Where is My Mind" came up as an example.
We also talked about jamming with friends, setting...
2021-02-03 21:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-02-01 14:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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This was a fun one! We discussed a wide range of things from alternate tunings to chord substitutions to recording software to general guitar concepts and CAGED thoughts. It was a lot of fun. At the end I decided to make up and record a little spontaneous jam just for fun with guitar, bass, and drums. ...
2021-01-27 20:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-01-25 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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This was a fun one - we talked about a lot of things! Whole tone scales, CAGED system stuff, wether you should or shouldn't overlay pentatonic scales on top of each other, how to set up a practice routine, a few thoughts about playing bass guitar, and more!
I'm looking forward to the next one! 2021-01-20 03:58:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this lesson, I'm analyzing the bridge, middle part, or B part (whatever you'd like to call it is acceptable) of the Beatles' "Yesterday."
We did most of the groundwork in the first lesson and since the bridge shares...
2021-01-18 17:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this livestream I talked a bit about CAGED Soloing, how to solo over an atypical chord progression, and a bit about the difference between rhythm's like 6/8, 3/4 as well as funk and sing rhythm. There were a few other nice questions from Patrons. It was a fun time.
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In this lesson, I examine the chord progression and melody of the Beatles song "Yesterday" and talk about what key its in, how the chord progression uses secondary dominant chords borrowed from the relative minor, and how the melody interacts with the chords using the major scale and the melodic minor ...
2021-01-11 16:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is the third and final practice exercise for my Minor Triads lesson. Check out practice 1 and 2021-01-07 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-01-04 18:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is the second practice exercise for my Minor Triads lesson. Check out the first practice lesson here.
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2021-01-01 20:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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I just wanted to let you know I put out a new YouTube video, and I thought I would share the longer version of it here. I had to cut this video down as much as possible because YouTube tends to like shorter videos. If you've been here for a while, I'm sure a lot of these concepts will be familiar to you.
Also, this video is basically about the caged system, but I didn't want to overwhelm people by th...
2020-12-29 20:17:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2020-12-28 18:46:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this first practice exercise for the Minor Triads lesson, we take a similar approach to the first Major Triads lesson and play a series of minor triads in a variety of inversions.
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2020-12-24 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2020-12-21 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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This holiday season is the weirdest I've ever dealt with. I'm not able to live stream right now due to being out of town and in quarantine, but I'll still me putting out lessons in place of the live streams over the next few weeks on top of the usual Monday content.
In this lesson, I talk about h...
2020-12-17 00:44:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2020-12-14 21:36:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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I pre-recorded a few things so I could quarantine away from my studio for the holidays. However, if you have questions about anything, post on the community forum post f...
2020-12-09 20:04:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2020-12-07 18:42:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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This was a fun one! We dug into a few patron questions about intervals in solos, CAGED shapes in alternate tunings, and some big clarifications about how dominant = V chord. We also talked about song arrangement in songwriting and a few other things!
Then I went on a long (but helpful) rant about...
2020-11-30 23:41:06 +0000 UTC View Post