One great approach to getting to know the neck better is to break patterns up into small chunks. Those chunks can be moved around to help you better utilize different areas of the guitar neck. This …
7 Major Scale Shapes Exercise
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 …
Unlocking Guitar Scales: 4 Functional Approaches for Guitarists
In my latest video, I dive into the world of guitar scales. Discover essential techniques to boost your playing, including the widely-used three-note-per-string and in-position methods. But that's not …
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Useful Arpeggios For Soloing
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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