Hey guys, here are some tabs for Major 7th arpeggio patterns in standard tuning. These will help you to attain this kind of sound on every part of the guitar neck. Hope it helps!
See attached for the file
2019-07-05 18:09:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
I'll be coming out with a new video in a few days which covers some strategies for writing more advanced chordal tapping riffs. This riff will be a featured study in the video. Hope you guys have fun learning it!
See attached for the file
2019-07-03 18:05:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey, so I messed up the tabs (missing the B section...) in the video that I recently uploaded - https://youtu.be/mGzmi6Xltsg
Here's a corrected version that includes the B section (see attached).
2019-06-21 17:02:22 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Here are 24 of my favourite open chord shapes in standard tuning (see attached). These are shapes that work in fairly guitar friendly keys such as C, E, and B.
I'll be coming out with a video on this subject in a few weeks so stay on the look out for that, but for now, enjoy the chords!
Trevor
2019-06-04 19:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostA PDF of basically every root position chord shape you need to get started (and beyond) with playing Math Rock and Midwest Emo music (see attached for the PDF)
I'll be coming out with a video on this subject soon, but for now, enjoy the chords!
2019-05-27 06:15:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, here's the mp3 track to an upcoming video on strumming patterns / rhythms in 6/8 time. I worked decently hard on trying to make a really solid recording of this song. Hope you guys like it! The video will be up next week.
2019-05-10 01:01:25 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, here are the chord diagrams for my most recent video on progressions with modal interchange, secondary dominants, and seventh chords.
Hope you guys find it useful!
2019-05-05 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok, I hope this link works. This video isn't supposed to come out until May 2nd.
If it does work, I hope you guys enjoy it! I spent basically all day making this haha.
2019-04-26 04:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, hope you are all well. Sorry for the infrequency of my posting lately. I'm just coming up to the final three weeks of school.
I just wanted to share this little method I've been using to increase the difficulty on some of my technique exercises. Hopefully it helps, and hopefully I explained it well enough....
I'm going to get back to making YouTube videos starting in mid April but until then, this crapy phone video is all I've got.
2019-03-28 23:42:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, sorry that I missed a few weeks on this. Here's what I hope is some good advice.
1) A riff might be hard to play because it's not arranged well. By this I mean, the fingerings and specific placements of chosen notes might not be the smoothest or most efficient. For instance, there are several different spots on the neck that can be used to play the same middle C note. Think hard about whether the fingerings in your line cause you to reach for a note that is actually ...
2019-02-20 04:16:06 +0000 UTC View PostA transcription of my most recent post on Instagram (though slightly modified in the B phrase for better balance).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDV45RnQEh/
See attached for the guitar tab.
2019-02-20 04:04:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, back at ya with another transcription of a recent riff I posted on Instagram. Here's a performance of the riff so that you guys get an idea of what it sounds like. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuAe7U7nCCc/
See attached for the guitar tab.
2019-02-20 03:36:10 +0000 UTC View PostA few tidbits of random music related advice that speaks to my musical experiences lately.
1) If you're feeling anything in your wrists (pain, stiffness), ice them! Truth be told, if you play a lot of guitar then icing your wrists should become a regular habit so that you can avoid things like tendonitis. I've been seeing guitarists fall victim to this a lot more lately.
2) When writing, try to be aware of the fact that there are times when we play purely by means of mechani...
2019-02-04 01:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey, would you guys be interested in doing a live stream / group skype thing? You guys can ask me questions and stuff.
2019-01-24 03:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys, I'm thinking about doing this little thing weekly where I give you guys some quick thoughts on things I've been thinking about lately in relation to guitar, practice, and composition. Hopefully these little aphorisms are things you can digest and keep in the back of your head (that's what I do at least).
1) Always be playing guitar (or whatever instrument you play). Do as much as you can to play more. The best way to develop is to become really immersed in playing so...
2019-01-20 20:56:04 +0000 UTC View PostSee attached for PDF of the music.
I was scrolling through some old riffs on Instagram and I found this one that I really liked. Decided to notate it for ya'll.
Here's the audio / video performance of me playing the riff. https://www.instagram.com/p/BmuA-jmFC7h/
2019-01-09 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi guys, see attached for the PDF of the sheet music for this lesson. Also make sure to check out the video I provided as that should help to explain how this all works. PS --- the riff that I wrote for you guys is a two hand tapping riff in an alternate tuning...
Anyways, what we've got here is a lesson on musical form. These ideas come from a teacher of mine (Ken Morrison), who taught me about simple musical structures.
The general idea here is that one way to arrange an i...
2018-12-31 00:32:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, as a Christmas gift to you all I've gone ahead and transcribed my song "Kelowna". Please see attached for the tab.
If you haven't heard this song, you can listen to a recorded version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCIBbCzhGFk
This song was a challenge in working with some simpler melodic ideas. I tried to develop them slowly and create some cohesion between all the sect...
2018-12-25 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostI've got something cool for you guys which I will release on the 25th.
2018-12-22 08:19:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, I've just produced a new PDF lesson for you all on the subject of Drop 3 chords and their inversions. It's a bit of a complicated subject but I think that this is really powerful knowledge to have and the concepts here, if you can understand them, can really help you to get into some sophisticated territory with your chord knowledge and melodic harmonizations. I really recommend that you guys carefully study this package of notes and chord diagrams and do your best to implement t...
2018-11-22 20:12:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys,
I briefly uploaded this video to my main YouTube channel but was unhappy with how it turned out. I'm planning to reshoot this video of the course of the next couple of weeks but I wanted to share this version with you guys as it still gets my main points across
Stay tuned for the better version of this....
2018-11-22 18:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys!
If you listened to my most previous post and you liked that song, then you can also learn to play it on guitar! I've put together a full transcription of the piece which includes lead sheet information, standard notation, and guitar tabs.
The chart is a work in progress so it might get updated, but it's fairly accurate. Enjoy and treat the song as an exercise. It will really work out your left hand! Also, this transcription took me like 8 hours to make so some blood and sweat d...
2018-10-29 02:03:55 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, sorry for the lack of posts lately. School has been really busy!!
I just wanted to share a recording of a song I'm working on right now. It's an arrangement of my song 'Summer', for guitar, bass, and drums. I'll have a complete transcription of the song up later this week.
2018-10-29 00:19:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here's this weeks video on my initial experiences in music school. The homework is starting to flow in nicely now. I spent 4 hours today doing a single assignment on notation, that was...fun.
2018-09-24 05:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey! I've been in the dark lately but I actually been up to stuff. Here's an update of what I've been doing lately, and what I'll be doing in the future on the net
2018-09-16 22:39:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys!
A few of you have been asking for a tab of this riff so I decided to go ahead and put one together! I've also made a very brief explanation video (detailing the fingerings and things to watch out for) to go along with the tab which you should be able to find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSYos9rg5mE
See attached for the tab
2018-08-17 05:05:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, just wanted to share a recording of a "yet to be released" track that I played on / wrote with some local musicians. The track is kind of a fun lo-fi jazzy guitar tinged song with some kid friendly pop vibes....
All the guitar work was done by yours truly and the bass was covered by my Polarhorse bandmate, Daniel. I actually have no idea who sang vocals overtop of this but credit to her, she did a great job! Also credit to our producer / beat writer, Chang Ru Chen for his awesome key...
2018-08-15 18:28:34 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks, sorry for the delay. I just got around to making this document which has chord diagrams for all of the chords in my "8 Progressions Video". If you haven't seen it, you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRGww_NQG2s
See attached for the doc
Heyo!
Another Zoo Strategies tab for you guys. I'll be making a quick transcription video for this riff but I wanted to give you guys the jump on the tab. I'll be working on more riffs from this song in the future so stay tuned.
Also the tuning is in CGDGBD. Originally it was in DAEAC#E, but why would we want to tune so high up? Darn you, past Trevor.
Here's a link to the song, in case you've never heard it before: 2018-07-12 18:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
I put together a guitar tab for the tapping intro to my band Zoo Strategies' song, Magic Beach. I'll be featuring this riff in an upcoming video lesson. So if you're watching that, then this is the tab for what I'm playing!
If you haven't heard the song before, you can check it out here: https://zoostrategies.bandcamp.com/track/magic-beach