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 …
Altered Dominant Chords & Inversions | Strings 1-4
Welcome to the 4th installment of my series entitled "Exploring Chords". In this installment I'm covering Altered Dominant Chords & Inversions. In the world of 7th chords, the altered dominant …
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Dominant Chords & Variations Strings 1-4
In the third part of this series I demonstrate the dominant 7 voicings on the first 4 strings with some variations on each of the inversions. This video focuses on the natural extensions of the …
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Major Triad Shapes & Inversions
Triads can be used in many different ways, so a thorough understanding of them all over the neck is extremely functional. By learning how to move vertically and horizontally over the neck within a …
Exploring Chords #2 | Minor 7 Voicings & Variations Strings 1-4
Expanding my chord vocabulary over the years has been extremely rewarding. I think of harmony as a fluid set of patterns; chords are not always the same when they share the same name. Each different …
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Exploring Chords | Major 7 Voicings strings 1-4
Exploring the notes within the scale that surround the chord voicings we know can provide us with a multitude of variations on those chords. Using these variations you can create more interesting …
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