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Live Stream | 29: OFFICE HOURS | Thu, March 11

Live Stream | 29: OFFICE HOURS | Thu, March 11

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Hi Everyone,

This was a fun stream - there were MANY questions about soloing over chord tones, so I want to set up a set of links here for resources:

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Music Theory for Guitar | 07: Dim & Aug Triads | Practice

 Music Theory for Guitar | 07: Dim & Aug Triads | Practice

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This is the final lesson for Diminished and Augmented Triads and its a fun one! Learn how to play a fun little chord ditty using Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented triads. Watch the video for a helpful breakdown of w...

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Live Stream | 28: OFFICE HOURS | March 6

Live Stream | 28: OFFICE HOURS | March 6

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Hi Everyone!

This was a fun one. We talked about left and right hand synchronization exercises and how to think about soloing over specific chord progressions. I used this 2021-03-03 22:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Music Theory Monday | 20: Noodling is Important!

Music Theory Monday | 20: Noodling is Important!

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Music Theory for Guitar | 07: Dim & Aug Triads | Homework 2

 Music Theory for Guitar | 07: Dim & Aug Triads | Homework 2

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This is the second homework lesson for Diminished and Augmented Triads. In this lesson we're building off the previous homework session and taking what we've learned to the guitar neck. This lesson should help you start ...

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Strumming Patterns | 05: 6/8 and 3/4 beats

Strumming Patterns | 05: 6/8 and 3/4 beats

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Music Theory for Guitar | 07: Dim & Aug Triads | Homework 1

 Music Theory for Guitar | 07: Dim & Aug Triads | Homework 1

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This is the first homework lesson for Diminished and Augmented Triads. In this lesson we're working exclusively on paper to get a clear picture of how to talk about and write out diminished and augmented triads. This les...

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Strumming Patterns | 04: Swing vs. Straight

Strumming Patterns | 04: Swing vs. Straight

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Music Theory for Guitar | 7 | Diminished & Augmented Triads

 Music Theory for Guitar | 7 | Diminished & Augmented Triads

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Strumming Patterns | 03: Playing to a Beat

Strumming Patterns | 03: Playing to a Beat

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Live Stream | 27: OFFICE HOURS Q&A SATURDAY 11:00AM PST

Live Stream | 27: OFFICE HOURS Q&A SATURDAY 11:00AM PST

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Hi Everyone,

This was a fun one! We talked about Major and Minor keys and how chord progressions can be Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic minor and how that relates to the secondary dominants in the Major Key. The Pixie...

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Strumming Patterns | 02: Compound Patterns

Strumming Patterns | 02: Compound Patterns

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Live Stream | 26: OFFICE HOURS Q&A FRIDAY 1:00PM PST

Live Stream | 26: OFFICE HOURS Q&A FRIDAY 1:00PM PST

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Hi Everyone!

This was a fun one! We discussed a wide range of things from alternate tunings to chord substitutions to recording software to general guitar concepts and CAGED thoughts. It was a lot of fun. At the end ...

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Strumming Patterns | 01: Reduction

Strumming Patterns | 01: Reduction

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Live Stream | 25: OFFICE HOURS Q&A SATURDAY 1:00PM PST

Live Stream | 25: OFFICE HOURS Q&A SATURDAY 1:00PM PST

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This was a fun one - we talked about a lot of things! Whole tone scales, CAGED system stuff, wether you should or shouldn't overlay pentatonic scales on top of each other, how to set up a practice routin...

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Yesterday | Chord and Melody Analysis pt. 2

Yesterday | Chord and Melody Analysis pt. 2

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In this lesson, I'm analyzing the bridge, middle part, or B part (whatever you'd like to call it is acceptable) of the Beatles' "Yesterday."

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Live Stream | 24: OFFICE HOURS Q&A FRIDAY 12:00PM PST

Live Stream | 24: OFFICE HOURS Q&A FRIDAY 12:00PM PST

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In this livestream I talked a bit about CAGED Soloing, how to solo over an atypical chord progression, and a bit about the difference between rhythm's like 6/8, 3/4 as well as funk and sing rhythm. There...

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Yesterday | Chord and Melody Analysis pt. 1

Yesterday | Chord and Melody Analysis pt. 1

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In this lesson, I examine the chord progression and melody of the Beatles song "Yesterday" and talk about what key its in, how the chord progression uses secondary dominant chords borrowed from the relat...

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Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Practice 3

Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Practice 3

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This is the third and final practice exercise for my Minor Triads lesson. Check out practice 2021-01-07 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Music Theory Monday | 19: Melody Arrangement

Music Theory Monday | 19: Melody Arrangement

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Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Practice 2

Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Practice 2

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This is the second practice exercise for my Minor Triads lesson. Check out the 2021-01-01 20:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Longer version of my new YouTube Video

Longer version of my new YouTube Video

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to let you know I put out a new YouTube video, and I thought I would share the longer version of it here. I had to cut this video down as much as possible because YouTube tends to like shorter videos. If you've been here for a while, I'm sure a lot of these concepts will be familiar to you.

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Music Theory Monday | 18: Melody Morphs

Music Theory Monday | 18: Melody Morphs

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Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Practice 1

Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Practice 1

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In this first practice exercise for the Minor Triads lesson, we take a similar approach to the first Major Triads lesson and play a seri...

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Music Theory Monday | 17: Melody Making Basics

Music Theory Monday | 17: Melody Making Basics

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Movable Chords-in-a-Key Finder Using Bar Chords

Movable Chords-in-a-Key Finder Using Bar Chords

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This holiday season is the weirdest I've ever dealt with. I'm not able to live stream right now due to being out of town and in quarantine, but I'll still me putting out lessons in place of the live stre...

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Music Theory Monday | 16: Why Pentatonic? Part 2

Music Theory Monday | 16: Why Pentatonic? Part 2

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Non-Live Stream Dec 9, 2020

Non-Live Stream Dec 9, 2020

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I pre-recorded a few things so I could quarantine away from my studio for the holidays. However, if you have questions about anything, post on the 2020-12-09 20:04:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Music Theory Monday | 15: Why Pentatonic? Part 1

Music Theory Monday | 15: Why Pentatonic? Part 1

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Live Stream | 23: OFFICE HOURS Q&A Tuesday 6:30PM PST

Live Stream | 23: OFFICE HOURS Q&A Tuesday 6:30PM PST

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This was a fun one! We dug into a few patron questions about intervals in solos, CAGED shapes in alternate tunings, and some big clarifications about how dominant = V chord. We also talked about song arr...

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