Arpeggio Week! It's the second week of June, and that means it arpeggio time! I've really enjoyed diving into this topic once again. This week I cover a two octave arpeggio progression, using …
Half Diminished – Four Chords In One
Half Diminished, Four Chords In One. Welcome to the 5th installment of the series "Exploring Chords". Today I dive into another type of seventh chord, the Half Diminished chord. This is an interesting …
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A Different Way To Practice Scales
A Different Way To Practice Scales | Using Chord Shapes to Anchor Scale Patterns In this lesson I provide an introduction for a different way to practice scales. It is different from the …
Learning To Improvise Over Chord Changes
Learning to improvise over chord changes is a long process! It is very challenging and can be exceedingly frustrating. The basic understanding of how to improvise is hard enough, then when you through …
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Ten Arpeggios In One Position
Arpeggios! They are an essential tool in your improv toolbox. Ten arpeggios in one position are covered in today's lesson. Each of these ten arpeggios is played in one position, in two octave …
A Simple Chord Melody To Practice
Welcome to another lesson! The first week of the month is chord week so this lesson focuses on a simple chord melody. Alternatively I like to call it a melodic progression, because I took a chord …