Trevor Wong Music

*Patreon Early Access* - Turn Scale Patterns Into Music And Improve Your Fretboard Visualization!

This video releases to the rest of the world this Sunday, but you guys get it early. Enjoy!

Simple Math Rock Triade Etude #2 (Guitar Tab)

Here's a new simple math rock triad etude. This one keeps working on string skipping while focusing on our math rock triad harmony.

It should also give you guys some interesting ideas about moving bass notes around. 

Cheers!

String Skipping Hell (Guitar Etude - Sheet Music)

Here is the sheet music for my "String Skipping Etude #1. If you'd like the tab version then please see the previous post. 

Strip Skipping Hell (Guitar Etude / Tab And Guitar Pro File)

Here's a tab for a fairly advanced exercise / riff that I wrote. I actually use this is part of my live solo set but it also makes for a really good picking exercise. 

I'll be making a video on this riff in the future but the tab has some instructions on how to play it. This riff calls for a combination of sweep, hybrid, and alternate picking.

Good luck!

How To Make Tapping Sound More Musical (tab)

Here's a tab to a riff that I've written which will be featured in a new video. This riff can be treated as an exercise to help you guys develop more full tapping arrangements (especially in the context of solo guitar, or in a situation where the guitar is the only harmony instrument). This riff focuses on developing a distinct bass part and treble part. At the same time it also makes an attempt to demonstrate some independence between the left and right hand. 

Attached is the ...

Simple Melodic Lick (tab)

A tab for some content that I'll be releasing soon. This little line has some nice melodic movement and is great for practicing legato stuff. 

A few alternate picking exercises (tabs)

Hey! I put together some exercises that I've found to be really useful for training up an alternate picking technique. See below for the attached tabs and guitar pro files. 

If you can practice these regularly I really think these will help you guys out. 

Cheers!

Intermediate To Advanced Tapping Exercises (tab)

See attached for a guitar tab that outlines some of my favourite little tapping phrases and motions. Depending on your skill level, these exercises should be a great mental and physical workout!

Chord Formulas For Triads And Extended Voicings

See attached for a document that will show you the formulas for basically every chord that you need to write some awesome music. Cheers!

Basic Rudiments For Learning Two Hand Tapping Technique (tabs)

I've put together two pages of tabs that are loaded with tapping rudiments / exercises which are essential to learning the two hand tapping technique.

These little rudiments compose a large deal of the basic concepts behind writing tapping riffs. If you learn and master all of these little ideas, you should be able to to apply them to riff writing.

Dominant Chords For Math Rock (Chord Chart)

This chart will give you guys some alternative chord voicings to the classic 1-3-5-b7 dominant chord voicing. Moreover these will be appropriate for math / emo and post rock.

And if you don't want to play dominant chords as the 5th chord in the major scale, then I've also provided some suggestions for alternative chords you can use. 

Cheers,

Trevor

A Math Rock Triad Etude (tabs)

(see attached for a tab and guitar pro file)

I made a little Etude that utilizes some of the triads from my "Essential Triads for Math Rock" document. This should get you more familiar with the sound of these triads in a chord progression. They should also challenge you with a medium difficulty arpeggio pattern. 

Hope you guys have fun learning this! 

A Little Big Band Rhythm Exercise (tabs)

I was working on this with a Skype student tonight. This is a simple little rhythm that I use to help students feel out a syncopated groove. See attached for a tab and guitar pro file. 

Dear Patrons, I'm still alive!

Hey guys, sorry for the absence. I still exist! I've been busy preparing for an audition to a jazz program in Vancouver. I did the audition and it went swimmingly! I got in!

Anyways, since I haven't been so active this month with posting I still want to do something for you guys ASAP. I'm thinking a Q and A video just for Patrons or maybe a live YouTube thing? What do you guys think? What time works best for you guys? 

Maybe we can do this on a weekend or something? 

Major chord diagrams for DAEAC#E

As the title says. This is a supplement to my latest video on DAEAC#E major chords. See attached.

Notes on "How to write in DAEAC#E" part 1

Here are the notes for the most recent video lesson. If you haven't seen it you can catch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sn2ssVHXg

Major Scale Fingerings [Tabs + Notes]

A little early preview of this weeks lesson / the critical notes from it. 

For each tab, the title number (ex 5/4) refers to the string number followed by the finger number. So, looking at the first number, 5 refers to the second lowest string on the guitar (A). The 4 refers to the 4th finger. In this case, the 4th finger is the finger that we should use to play the first note for this particular scale position.

So again, the first number in the scale pattern title refers to the str...

Notes On "How to Write a Melodic Guitar Riff"

Sorry these are a little late. These notes should give you guys the rundown / summary of the points I covered in my latest YouTube video. If you haven't seen that one you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKv_92Qovog

Essential Chord Shapes in FACGCE: Chord Diagram PDF

Here's a comprehensive document with a ton of essential chord shapes for writing in FACGCE tuning. This document has lots of images and notes telling you when to best use each particular chord.

Enjoy!

Lesson Notes For "How to Play in FACGCE Part 1: Orientation Tactics"

Here are the notes to this weeks video lesson. If you haven't seen it yet you can find it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xit39lgwgzA

Please see attached for a .PDF of the notes.

A little cover of "Christmas Time is Here"

Taken from my Instagram. I might film a legit version of this song soon. 

Why Guitar Technique Matters More Than Anything Else: Logical Arguments For Studying Good Technique

While musing about trying to think of topics for next weeks video, I ended up writing this philosophical essay on why practicing guitar technique should be your top priority. See attached for a PDF of the essay. I'm pretty sure that reading it will convince you that I'm not crazy. 

Thesis: Good technique is the most important aspect of study and practice for guitarists. By “good technique” I mean methods aimed towards executing certain goals and tasks on your instrume...

Notes on Diatonic Functions or the Role of Chords

See attached for some notes for my latest video. Let me know if you have any questions. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. Happy learning! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0HgE2BHYyw

A Few Essential Triad Shapes For Playing Math Rock

See attached for a little PDF I put together of chord diagrams for triads that I like to use in my playing. These should be useful for adding some spice to your riffs.

This weeks funky video!

Notes for Patrons coming soon!

Part two of my series on suspended chords!

This weeks little diddy

Incase you missed it, here's what I did this week: a lesson on some essential math rock chords. There are some clarifying notes available for Patreons. Enjoy! 

Notes on Essential Math Rock, Post Rock, and Emo Chords (1)

Here are some quick notes on this week's video lesson.

November 9th, 2017 Update

Hey, ya'll

I don't think I'll be uploading anything to YouTube this week. Work is very busy right now and I'm spending time in the recording studio this weekend. However, my schedule should open up next week meaning I have time to film and edit stuff. I have some super cool video concepts on the way include a film on essential math rock chords, my studio Vlog, and maybe another practical music theory video. I'm excited and my eyes are gunna bleed from staring at a computer screen for hours and...

Seven Methodological Tips For Better Songwriting Notes

Here is the .PDF document on some methodological tips for better songwriting. This document goes into a bit more detail than what I covered in the video so I suggest reading this even if you've seen the footage. In any case, it provides you with some notes which should make digesting what I talked about easier.

Let me know if you've got any questions,

Trevor