This lesson expands on the concept of the Big 3 patterns and grabs a 4 string chunk of each shape to make nice and comfortable arpeggio patterns. These patterns are very functional and can help you …
1-4-5 Chord Inversions For Major & Minor
Using the Big 3 patterns (which I introduced in a previous lesson - https://youtu.be/rL8iQA2Qb5o) as a guiding structure has a lot of interesting applications. One of the ways that they can be used is …
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The Most Important Patterns For Understanding The Guitar Neck
Triads are a simple chord type that provide the key to decoding and unlocking the fretboard of the guitar. By using 3 big triad shapes, I show you how to navigate the entire neck in any key. Once you …
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Connecting Fretboard Positions
Connecting Fretboard Positions: In this lesson I address a question from one of my viewers who is trying to work out how to better connect the different positions on the fretboard. Despite knowing …
Chord Family Arpeggios
This lesson expands on the last lesson, Triad Arpeggio Workout. By using the same shapes that were introduced, this lesson takes it further by leading you through a major scale "Chord Family" of …
Music Theory: Using a Single String to Understand the Fundamentals
Today's lesson is an outline of an approach that I developed over my years as a private guitar teacher. In this approach you look at the instrument by reducing concepts in theory to a single string. …
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