Music Theory Monday 28 | Intro to sus Chords
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-11-08 17:17:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hi Everyone! I hope you're doing well.
It looks like we've reached a cool critical mass moment in the community where enough people have made it through the bulk of the Music Theory for Guitar and Music Theory Monday lessons that I can start offering more fun community assignments.
I'd like to start offering another challenge: A weekly song analysis!
Here is what I'm thinking:
1. Each week I'll giv...
2021-11-05 15:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostOFFICE HOURS 62 | Thursday, Nov 4, 4:00PM EDT
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Hi Everyone,
Here are the questions for this stream:
Question 1: Dennis had a question that was basically about the difference between relative pitch and perfect pitch related to my latest ear training lesson.
Community Challenge 20 | Write Something Spooky
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Hi everyone!
I forgot to post this yesterday. Somehow that sewage leak last Thursday threw my off groove. But hey, better late than never! In the spirit of late-ness, this is a Halloween themed challenge.
This week's Community Challenge is: Write Something Spooky
This is one of those open-ended assignments! There are numerous ...
2021-11-03 17:11:54 +0000 UTC View PostPractice Thoughts | 07: Beware of the Gatekeepers
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-11-01 20:34:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Community Challenge 19 | Write a Minor i - III - VI - V progression
Hi Everyone,
Every week I post a Community Challenge. This is an opportunity for my Patrons to explore writing music. Sometimes it's about applying some specific music theory concept. Sometimes it's about a specific technique. Sometimes it's an exercise in limiting yourself to some really specific parameters. Other times it's about writing from a very open ended writing prompt.
The goal is to practice being creative and actually use the music theory you've been learning here on my Patreon. In my opinion, the whole point ...
2021-10-26 14:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostEar Training 01 | Basic Tuning and Sine Waves
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Hi Everyone,
This is another series that's been on my mind for a long time and I finally decided to go for it.
This first Ear Training lesson is about how to start tuning by ear using harmonics BUT.... it's so much more!
I got into some fun software experiments with sine waves to show what happens when you tune your guitar. Two nearly...
2021-10-25 17:22:39 +0000 UTC View PostOFFICE HOURS 61 | Sunday, October 31, 4:00PM EDT
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Hi Everyone,
This batch of questions:
Question 1: Sep made a comment about playing guitar for you instead of trying to live up to some impossible standard.
Question 2: Daniel was curious about some specif...
2021-10-21 19:04:35 +0000 UTC View PostCommunity Challenge 18 | Any Previous Challenge!
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Hi Everyone,
Every week I post a Community Challenge. This is an opportunity for my Patrons to explore writing music. Sometimes it's about applying some specific music theory concept. Sometimes it's about a specific technique. Sometimes it's an exercise in limiting yourself to some really specific parameters. Other times it's about writing from a very open ended w...
2021-10-19 21:53:28 +0000 UTC View PostRoles 04 | Lead Guitar | Melody, Fills, Rhythm, and Static Parts
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Hi Everyone,
This is a huge lesson about your roles when you play lead guitar. It's so big that I'm waiting to film the next until until people have questions about this one. Part of the reason it's so long is because I tried to give lots of examples on the guitar. This is the kind of lesson that might give you a few months of practice, so take your time, have fun...
2021-10-18 18:21:18 +0000 UTC View PostOFFICE HOURS 60 | Thursday, October 21, 1:00PM EDT
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Hi Everyone,
This was a great stream as usual.
Question 1: Sep was curious about numbering the notes in a scale, then applying those numbers to a melody.
Question 2: Jason was curious about how to navigat...
2021-10-16 18:05:39 +0000 UTC View PostCommunity Challenge 17 | Hammer-ons
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Hi Everyone,
Every week I post a Community Challenge. This is an opportunity for my Patrons to explore writing music. Sometimes it's about applying some specific music theory concept. Sometimes it's about a specific technique. Sometimes it's an exercise in limiting yourself to some really specific parameters. Other times it's about writing from a very open ended w...
2021-10-12 15:18:05 +0000 UTC View PostPractice Thoughts | 06: Don't Say "I Suck at Guitar"
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-10-11 14:39:56 +0000 UTC View Post
OFFICE HOURS 59 | Thursday, October 14, 1:00PM EDT
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Hi Everyone,
These were the questions this week:
Q1: Kayne was curious about how pentatonic shapes move together.
Q2: Martin was curious about wether or not it's necessary to learn how to read music
Community Challenge 16 | Write something in Melodic Minor
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Hi Everyone,
This week, the community challenge is to write something in Melodic Minor.
Post your creation to the community forum.
In this case, something 2021-10-06 00:09:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning 01 | Basic Technique and Triads
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In this lesson, I walk you through the basic techniques involved in slide guitar and the basic triads you can find for slide guitar in standard tuning. From there we discuss how to approach the weird tonality of slide guitar and dig into a few ways to practice, mainly using my 2021-10-04 16:22:26 +0000 UTC View Post
OFFICE HOURS 58 | Thursday, October 7, 1:00PM EDT
Going live in 20! I hope to see you there!!
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Here is a hard link to the Q&A: https://youtu.be/uIOc9WfcuZo
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Hi Everyone,
This week there were some great que...
2021-09-30 19:18:58 +0000 UTC View PostCommunity Challenge 15 | Write something sad
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Hi Everyone,
For this week's Community Challenge: Write something sad
Sometimes writing something sad can make you feel really good! Sometimes writing something sad can make you feel more sad, but in a good way.
How do you write something sad? Sometimes it's about the way you play.
Here is a list of suggestions:
1. Sl...
Lyrics with Ben | Three Prong Writing
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Hi Everyone!
This lesson is a little different. It's a conversation with my friend and bandmate, Ben Carson. This is hopefully the first of many conversations. Let me know if you'd like me to continue this conversation and get more specific about each of these lyric writing prongs. Next time we'll be able to capture better audio as well - something didn't work rig...
2021-09-27 15:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostOFFICE HOURS 57 | Wednesday, Sept 29, 11AM EDT
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Hi Everyone,
This was a great stream. Great questions all around
Intro and welcome
Question 1: Jack wanted some ideas for strengthening a sense of rhythm. I gave some practice ideas and some mindset ideas...
2021-09-23 20:42:15 +0000 UTC View PostCommunity Challenge 14 | Major Key
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Hi Everyone,
Every week I post a Community Challenge. This is an opportunity for my Patrons to explore writing music. Sometimes it's about applying some specific music theory concept. Sometimes it's about a specific technique. Sometimes it's an exercise in limiting yourself to some really specific parameters. Other times it's about writing with a very open ended w...
2021-09-22 21:23:30 +0000 UTC View PostRoles 03 | Rhythm Guitar | Tertiary Rhythm
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Hi Everyone,
In this Third installment of ROLES, we're talking about that weird situation where there are already a bunch of guitar players.... How do I play rhythm guitar if someone else is already playing rhythm guitar?
I give a few strategies and offer some basic homework: explore these two jam tracks (the Full Version and the Added Keys Version) and see...
OFFICE HOURS 56 | Thursday, Sept 23 11:00AM EDT
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Hi Everyone,
I'd like to offer a huge apology to those who showed up on time at 11AM only to be met with a blank screen as I slowly got ready to stream at 2pm, a time that I pulled out of thin air. I was so certain that I scheduled the stream for 2PM that I didn't take a few seconds just to take a look. Whoops.
Anyways, here are the questions we covere...
2021-09-15 19:09:52 +0000 UTC View PostCommunity Challenge 13 | Write a melody on one string
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Hi Everyone,
Every week, I've been posting a Community Challenge. This is an opportunity for my Patrons to explore writing music. Sometimes it's about apply some specific music theory concept. Sometimes it's about a specific technique. Sometimes it's an exercise in limiting yourself to some really specific parameters. Other times it's about writing with a very ope...
2021-09-14 17:31:28 +0000 UTC View PostPractice Thoughts | 05: Scott's Practice Method
Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2021-09-13 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
OFFICE HOURS 55 | Wednesday, Sept 15 2:00PM EST
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Hi Everyone,
Very few questions this week! But good ones.
Question 1: Dennis was wondering about how different kinds of scales (like blues scales or #6 scales) affect a blues solo. I talked a bit about how the chords inform which notes to play a little more than what scale to play! I'...
2021-09-12 17:14:49 +0000 UTC View PostOFFICE HOURS 54 | Friday, Sept 10, 12:00PM EST
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Hi Everyone,
Here are the questions from this Office Hours
Question 1: Mathias had some questions about how to mute strings when you're playing in the middle of the fingerboard.
Question 2: Hieu was curio...
2021-09-08 23:55:35 +0000 UTC View PostCommunity Challenge 12 | Write a I vi ii V chord progression
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Hi Everyone,
What is the weekly community challenge?
It is a chance for my Patrons to apply what they've been learning by writing some music. You're invited to participate in whatever capacity you're able - wether you're a beginning or advanced player. Just make sure to follow the rules! I sometimes go live to do my version of the ...
Roles 02 | Rhythm Guitar | Effects and Tonal Complexity
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Hi Everyone,
This is the second lesson in my Roles Series. In this one I'm discussing and exploring how it sounds when you add or subtract tonal complexity in your rhythm parts, and how effects pedals can help or hinder your efforts. You have a LOT of power to affect the way a song sounds as a rhythm guitarist, and this lesson is designed to help you discover and ...
2021-09-06 17:01:25 +0000 UTC View PostLive Stream | 53: OFFICE HOURS | Sunday, Sept 5th, 5pm EST
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Hi Everyone,
This was a great set of questions!
Question 1: Rohan had a set of questions regarding guitar technique and practice method when it comes to playing scales and other exercises.
Question 2: Hi...
2021-09-04 17:19:33 +0000 UTC View Post
