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 …
How to Solo Melodically Using Motifs
You may have heard, or read, somebody giving advice to new improvisers that goes something like this, "just play melodically" or "sing what you play". While these vague suggestions do indeed …
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Outlining Chord Progressions w/ Unique Arpeggio Patterns
There are many different ways to approach improvisation. Using a linear approach, you derive ideas from scale patterns. In a vertical approach, you use non-consecutive scale tones (aka arpeggios), and …
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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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Understanding Modes from the Tonal & Chromatic Perspectives
The concept of modes can seem challenging, but when you thoroughly understand it you are free to explore all the different possible sounds that scales can make. By visualizing the notes of a scale …
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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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