Scott Paul Johnson

CAGED Basics II | 11 | Full Circle

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Community Challenge 63 | Write a melody to a poem

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It's here! The next bi-weekly Community Challenge!

This challenge is: Write a melody to poetry

The video gives you plenty of ideas, but the general principals are:

1. Find the meter of the poem - if it's a sonnet, it'll be 10.10.10.1...

OFFICE HOURS 118 | Playing with other people, writing music to lyrics, sweep picking, playing musically, etc

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Ray asked if it was import...

Home Recording Studio: Pros and Cons

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In this lesson I'm tackling an important question: should you learn to record yourself? If so, how involved should you get? Should ...

Welcome, New Patrons!

If you’re new here, tell us a little about yourself: What brought you here? Where are you in your guitar journey, and what do you hope to accomplish while you’re here?

If you’re a seasoned Patron, please give our new members a warm welcome! Reply to new Patrons below if you share the same goals, or can relate to their journey. This community is made up of students of different skill levels from all around the world and interaction between students is an excellent way of learning and staying motiv...

OFFICE HOURS 117 | Mixing Major and Minor in Blues, Logic Exporting, Thumb Independence

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Question 1 from Tristan boils down to this idea of mixing major and minor scales in a blues situation - I gave a basic blues...

CAGED Basics II | 10 | Pentatonic Pit Stop

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2023-04-25 18:33:58 +0000 UTC View Post

LIVE NOW! OFFICE HOURS 116 | Thursday, April 20th, 10AM Pacific Time

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Join me this Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time for the 116th weekly live Q&A.

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Community Challenge 62 | Write something sad

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Every couple weeks I offer a Community Challenge. The goal is to actually use the music theory and guitar theory you've been learni...

OFFICE HOURS 115 | Thursday, April 13th, 10AM Pacific Time

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Join me on Thursday the 13th at 10AM Pacific Time for the 115th weekly live Q&A.

If the above link isn’t working for you, here is a link to watch directly on YouTube: http...

Practice Thoughts | Becoming A Musician

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2023-04-10 21:15:39 +0000 UTC View Post

OFFICE HOURS 114 | Thursday, April 6, 10AM Pacific Time

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Here are the timestamped questions:

2023-04-04 02:38:57 +0000 UTC View Post

CAGED Basics II | 9 | D Shape

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • Recommended Lesson Plan • 2023-04-03 20:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post

OFFICE HOURS 113 | How to hold the guitar, alternate tunings, penta vs full scale, ear training

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This was a great stream! Here are the timestamped questions:

2023-03-30 23:26:55 +0000 UTC View Post

TODAY! Live Song Analysis 03 | Thursday March 30, 3:00PM

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It's that time again! Time to bring me songs to analyze. I'll work through each song live - trying to figure out the key and the chord progression first, then moving on to melody, bass line,...

Community Challenge 61 | Write something outside your comfort zone

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If this is your first Community Challenge, here is the what, why, and how:

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY CHALLENGE?

A community challenge is the musical equivalent of a napkin sketch. The idea is to use the prompt (this ...