You gotta learn your scales at some point. There is no shortcut and you just have to slog through them until the patterns feel natural to you. This video is a walk-through of one of my most used …
Beautiful Major Chords
I hope you enjoy these 8 beautiful major chords. At least I think they're beautiful. They are some of my go-to chord voicings and I just love their rich and full sounds. The chords range from very …
Strengthening Time Feel | Swing 16th Notes lesson & practice workout
Rhythm is the foundation of music, and if we actively focus on the way our rhythm feels when we play, we can make a lasting impact on the way our playing sounds. In this lesson and practice …
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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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Music Theory | 10 Types of 7th Chords
Here is a quick tour of 10 different types of 7th chords. I demonstrate them using single string arpeggios, because I find that it is easier to understand the intervals that make up different chords …
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Quick Lick | Combining 16th Notes & Triplets | Bb Dorian
This is the first video in a new series of "quick licks", short lines created to help practice a specific concept. In this first installment I demonstrate a line or lick based on the B flat dorian …
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