CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (4) • E Shape
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(2) A Shape (current lesson)
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On Monday I started driving across the U.S. with my girlfriend, Taylor, and her dog, Ernie, who you may have seen in the background of a few videos. We left Seattle on Monday morning and are currently in the middle of Minnesota, hoping to camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan tonight.
Somehow I thought I would figure out a way to at least get ...
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(1) C Shape (current lesson)
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This is less of a lesson and more of a demonstration. In this video, I'm messing around with a little groove on Logic Pro X (recording software) and walking through a few different ways to approach chord voicings for the rhythm part. Its a little more informal compared to my t...
2020-08-21 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe audio and video got so messed up for this video, many patrons felt it was unwatchable. I agree, but I'm leaving it up as a reminder that everything takes practice: https://youtu.be/GfDfBgYDjxA
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Please note: this week I'm using a new live...
2020-08-19 18:35:28 +0000 UTC View PostWhere to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2020-08-17 20:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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Last week was the first week of melody making lessons! We went over some simple melody making "rules" and this week we'll be building on those foundational skills. Watch last week's live stream here<...
2020-08-11 20:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhere to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2020-08-10 22:54:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this lesson we'll take the G shaped chord and move it through this order:
From there we'll discuss how easy or difficult it is to use t...
2020-08-07 20:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
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Last month I did my livestream at 11am every Wednesday but this month I'm going to experiment with the time a little bit. Tomorrow I'm going on at 6pm and next Wednesday I haven't decided yet.
I'll start the stream with exciting updates and talk a little bit about the homework from last month.
Then I'll reveal the theme for this month, giv...
2020-08-05 02:51:04 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
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If you're not able to access it via Patreon for some reason, try this: https://youtu.be/7PZ5gaTl9c0
I uploaded a new version of this lesson with a message at the end because we had a technical issue with the audio at about the 1hr mark! This was a fun livestrea...
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In this lesson well take the E shaped chord and move the chord through this order:
From there we'll discuss how easy or difficult it is to...
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In this lesson well take the A shaped chord and move the chord through this order:
From there we'll discuss how easy or difficult it is to...
2020-07-23 17:51:06 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
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2020-07-21 23:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn light of the ongoing protests against police brutality and systemic racism, I feel that now would is an especially important time to dig into a few history lessons about black musicians in the U.S.
In this article, I'm going to focus on "Travis Picking" - a fingerpicking style credited to Merle Travis - and how it should probably be credited to black guitarists like Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, and Arnold Shultz.
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2020-07-20 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
This is the 2nd practice video that accompanies Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 4 • Circle of Fifths
In this exercise, we'll play through all the Major Scales in the same order as Practice No. 1, but we'll only use...
2020-07-15 20:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
This is the 1st practice video that accompanies Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 4 • Circle of Fifths
In this practice video, we'll work through all the Major Scales in the order that the circle of fifths gives us. Starting with a C Major Scale, we'll move through all the possible sharp scales...
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This is the homework that accompanies Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 4 • Circle of Fifths
This homework gives you worksheets to create every possible major scale using simple rules to remember how the scales gradually add more sharps or more flats.
Feel free to post your questions or a...
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It's Wednesday which now means its livestream homework assignment day! From now on, I'll have a homework assignment every Wednesday. If you can't catch it, I'll link it here within an hour or two afterward so you can watch it later!
I'll have updates about what lessons are coming up and I'll assign some new homework related to last weeks chord p...
2020-07-15 03:17:39 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
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Here is the link (in case it doesn't play above): https://youtu.be/ZKeXb29f-UI
This is big news. From now on I'm going to have a weekly livestream every Wednesday. I'll hand out some homework at the beginning of every month, and every week I'll check in on the progress, talk ab...
2020-07-08 19:58:56 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
This is a fun little exercise for playing thirds and sixths up and down the neck. This practice lesson pairs with Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 3 • Intervals.
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2020-06-30 01:38:42 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
This is a twisty exercise for learning the interval shapes in an octave starting on the E, A, D and G strings. It will make a little more sense after watching Music Theory for Guitar Lesson 3 • Intervals.
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In this lesson I talk about how to speed up the "counting up from open" method of figuring out what note you're playing. We talk about BEAD at the 7th fret and some ways to use octave shapes to explore the fingerboard a little more. This GIF is a cool look at the octave shapes and how t...
2020-06-22 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNew here? Wondering where to start? Click here
We already broke down the chord progression in the previous lesson. Now it's time to analyze how the melody harmonizes with the chords. This type of breakdown is helpful for both songwriters and lead guitar players who want to understand how soloing and other lead lines work over chords. ...
2020-06-19 20:12:37 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! I get a lot of good questions on here and I want to make sure I answer them in a way where everyone can learn, so here is a set of questions that people have asked in comments and private messages that I'll post here with appropriate links and whatnot. This is to benefit everyone and I hope this is a helpful way to answer a lot of common questions as we move along.
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Question 1
On the video D Shape Ru...
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