Phrase development is a big topic. One I'll only scratch the surface of now. My example today is going to be revolving around some blues licks and how we can see how we develop into each phrase. This takes to some practice but it's an invaluable tool ...
...and the major, minor, harmonic minor and modes as the "meat" of your playing. Yes, Pentatonics are not just for beginners, everyone uses them regardless of how advanced they get. What's great about our CAGED pentatonic shapes as they can really be ...
Have you ever thought about life before the internet? Life before radio even? How did musicians survive without Youtube showing them how to play? They played what they heard. How? By just tinkering around until they figured it out. Maybe they had ...
Practicing. What is it and how do you do it? I think developing good practicing habits and a good practicing schedule is a must. My practice schedule changes, as I am constantly working on new different things. Never be Stagnant I think one of t ...
Here I hope to start making sense of soloing over some of those chord progressions that have an odd chord smack dabb in the middle of it. I have another blog titled "How To Understand Weird Chord Changes" that talks about wrapping our heads around th ...
Golden Rule: Always start and end your scales and arpeggios on the root note. No, I don't want you to say you're playing a C scale, but have your first note of the position your playing in, to be a B. That wouldn't be a C scale because you're first ...
It's a weird thing for me to point out, but a lot of song charts have information that isn't vital to the song. Or rather the information provided is subjective to how important it is to a song. This is a question I get often, especially from begi ...
So you've read my first blog on this subject and you're ready for another push to really own that cover song. Here are two tips for exactly that. Taking a Vamp, and Turning It Into a Chord Progression A vamp is basically a repeating musical phrase. ...
The first note/phrase of your solo sets the pace for what you're going to do throughout it. Here are some things that can help make each solo stick out a bit more. Which Note Should I Choose? Ahh.. this is probably the easiest to talk about. A note ...
There are tons of free lessons out there. I have tons of free lessons on this very website, but how do you know what you need to know? This is here to help. I have explicit walkthroughs for Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced players that can gu ...
