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CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (4) • E Shape

CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (4) • E Shape

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(1) C Shape

2020-08-30 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (3) • G Shape

CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (3) • G Shape

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Watch in this order:

(1) C Shape 

2020-08-29 22:34:17 +0000 UTC View Post

CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (2) • A Shape

CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (2) • A Shape

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(1) C Shape 

(2) A Sh...

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Not live! | 10: But still homework

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Hi Everyone,

On Monday I started driving across the U.S. with my girlfriend, Taylor, and her dog, Ernie, who you may have seen in the background of a few videos. We left Seattle on Monday morning and are currently in...

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CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (1) • C Shape

CAGED Soloing | I - IV Progression (1) • C Shape

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(1) C Shape (current lesson)

(2) A Sha...

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Music Theory Monday | 10: Dominant Chords (So Important!)

Music Theory Monday | 10: Dominant Chords (So Important!)

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Rubik's Cube Followup | Applying Shapes to Rhythm Guitar

Rubik's Cube Followup | Applying Shapes to Rhythm Guitar

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Hi Everyone,

This is less of a lesson and more of a demonstration. In this video, I'm messing around with a little groove on Logic Pro X (re...

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Live Stream | 09: Melody Making Week 3 | AUG 19, 6PM PST

Live Stream | 09: Melody Making Week 3 | AUG 19, 6PM PST

The audio and video got so messed up for this video, many patrons felt it was unwatchable. I agree, but I'm leaving it up as a reminder that everything takes practice: https://youtu.be/GfDfBgYDjxA

New here? Wondering where to start? 2020-08-19 18:35:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Music Theory Monday | 09: Mode Clarification

Music Theory Monday | 09: Mode Clarification

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Live! Aug 12, 6pm PST • Melody Making Week 2

Live! Aug 12, 6pm PST • Melody Making Week 2

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Hi Everyone,

Last week was the first week of melody making lessons! We went over some simple melody making "rules" and this week we'll be...

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Music Theory Monday | 08: Dorian Mode

Music Theory Monday | 08: Dorian Mode

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Rubik's Cube | 05: G Shape

Rubik's Cube | 05: G Shape

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In this lesson we'll take the G shaped chord and move it through this order:

  • Major
  • Minor
  • Diminished
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Live Stream | 07: Q&A • August Homework Assignment

Live Stream | 07: Q&A • August Homework Assignment

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Hi Everyone!

Last month I did my livestream at 11am every Wednesday but this month I'm going to experiment with the time a little bit. Tomorrow I'm going on at 6pm and next Wednesday I haven't decided yet.

I'll...

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Live Stream | 06: Final Week of Chord Prog Homework

Live Stream | 06: Final Week of Chord Prog Homework

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Hi Everyone!

If you're not able to access it via Patreon for some reason, try this: https://youtu.be/7PZ5gaTl9c0

I uploaded ...

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Rubik's Cube | 04: E Shape

Rubik's Cube | 04: E Shape

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In this lesson well take the E shaped chord and move the chord through this order:

  • Major
  • Minor
  • Diminished
  • M...

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Rubik's cube | 03: A Shape

Rubik's cube | 03: A Shape

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In this lesson well take the A shaped chord and move the chord through this order:

  • Major
  • Minor
  • Diminished
  • M...

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Live Stream | 05: Week 3 Chord Progression Homework

Live Stream | 05: Week 3 Chord Progression Homework

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Black History and the Guitar | Travis Picking/Cotten Style

In light of the ongoing protests against police brutality and systemic racism, I feel that now would is an especially important time to dig into a few history lessons about black musicians in the U.S.

In this article, I'm going to focus on "Travis Picking" - a fingerpicking style credited to Merle Travis - and how it should probably be credited to black guitarist...

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Circle of fifths | Practice No. 2 | Movable Shapes

Circle of fifths | Practice No. 2 | Movable Shapes

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This is the 2nd practice video that accompanies Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 4 • Circle of Fifths 

In this exercise, we'll play through all t...

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Circle of Fifths | Practice No. 1 | Open Position Scales

Circle of Fifths | Practice No. 1 | Open Position Scales

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This is the 1st practice video that accompanies Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 4 • Circle of Fifths 

In this practice video, we'll work through...

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Circle of Fifths | Homework

Circle of Fifths | Homework

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This is the homework that accompanies Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 4 • Circle of Fifths 

This homework gives you worksheets to create every p...

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Music Theory For Guitar | 4 | Circle of Fifths

Music Theory For Guitar | 4 | Circle of Fifths

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Tune in today at 11am PST! Weekly livestream with fun homework and updates

Tune in today at 11am PST! Weekly livestream with fun homework and updates

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Hi Everyone!

It's Wednesday which now means its livestream homework assignment day! From now on, I'll have a homework assignment every Wednesday. If you can't catch it, I'll link it here within an hour or two afterwa...

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Live Stream | 03: The First Weekly Homework Assignment

Live Stream | 03: The First Weekly Homework Assignment

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Hi Everyone!

Here is the link (in case it doesn't play above): https://youtu.be/ZKeXb29f-UI

This is big news. From now on I'm going to have a...

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Interval Practice 2

Interval Practice 2

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This is a fun little exercise for playing thirds and sixths up and down the neck. This practice lesson pairs with Music Theory for Guitar • Lesson 3 • Intervals...

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Interval Practice 1

Interval Practice 1

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This is a twisty exercise for learning the interval shapes in an octave starting on the E, A, D and G strings. It will make a little more sense after watching Music...

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Music Theory For Guitar | 3 | Intervals

Music Theory For Guitar | 3 | Intervals

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Octave Shapes | Memorizing The Fingerboard

Octave Shapes | Memorizing The Fingerboard

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In this lesson I talk about how to speed up the "counting up from open" method of figuring out what note you're playing. We talk about BE...

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Song Analysis | 02: "Can't Help Falling In Love" Pt. II (Melody Analysis)

Song Analysis | 02: "Can't Help Falling In Love" Pt. II (Melody Analysis)

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We already broke down the chord progression in the previous lesson. Now it's time to analyze how the melody harmonizes with the chords. This ty...

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Common questions!

Hi everyone! I get a lot of good questions on here and I want to make sure I answer them in a way where everyone can learn, so here is a set of questions that people have asked in comments and private messages that I'll post here with appropriate links and whatnot. This is to benefit everyone and I hope this is a helpful way to answer a lot of common questions as we move along.

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