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Jazz Key Structures | Part 5 – Analyzing “Recorda Me”

February 20, 2023
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingTheoryAdvanced

So in this post I’ll be talking about talking about how to start anaylzing the song “Recorda-Me” as an example of how to think about soloing over the song. *This is built upon my previous posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 The song's chord pro ...

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My Favorite 5 Scale Exercises

April 18, 2022
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingPracticingIntermediate

Yes, these are a few of MY (yes... me, me, me!) favorite scale exercises. Some of them are tricky, some aren't as tricky, but they all accomplish the same thing... getting us more familiar with our scale shapes. Scale Exercise | 4 Note Pattern ...

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Jazz Key Structures | Part 4 – Working Arpeggios into Scales

February 21, 2022
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingAdvanced

My last blog post on this subject (Jazz Key Structures | Part 3) talks about what scales to use when and my best at a brief explanation of the Minor ii-V-i. While it gets you playing the right notes, it doesn’t sound too jazzy… why? Chord tones. ...

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Jazz Key Structures | Part 3 – What Scale?!

April 19, 2021
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingTheoryAdvanced

Jazz requires a bit of foresight before jumping into taking a solo. In my previous posts I talk about recognizing a Major ii-V-I (Part 1) and a Minor ii-V-i (Part 2) and this will start expanding these concepts into how to begin the process of soloin ...

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Jazz Key Structures | Part 2

August 17, 2020
by garretsguitarlessons Rhythm GuitarTheoryAdvanced

With all the inversions, extended chords and key changes how can we begin to understand jazz? This is part 2 of a series in which I'm going to talk about how to spot keys and how to treat them in soloing and rhythm playing. The Minor ii-V-i The ...

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Four Practice Schedules To Practice Efficiently

July 20, 2020
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarPracticing

Alright I'm just going to give you a practice schedule. You can alter this depending on where your at and where you want to work on. Essentially I'm going to give you 4 days worth of practice, giving you specific things to focus on each day: A = Chor ...

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Jazz Key Structures | Part 1

August 19, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Rhythm GuitarTheoryAdvanced

Jazz is complicated due to the crazy Extended Chords and the fact that it changes keys all the time. This will be a series of blogs that will talk about how to spot keys and how to treat them in soloing and rhythm playing. The ii-V-I The ii-V-I ...

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How To Play Songs You Don’t Know… With Others

May 27, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarPracticing

I sit in with a lot of bands and people. I'm constantly asked to play a song that I've never heard, with people that do know the song. It can be intimidating! Having a grasp on some theory concepts, common song structures and some listening skills, y ...

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Know Not Memorize (The Rest Of) Your Fretboard

February 18, 2019
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingRhythm GuitarTheory

This is a follow up to my "Know Not Memorize Your Fretboard | Steps" video lesson. In that video I talk about using the dots to learn the 6th and 5th string to learn half of the notes on the guitar neck (6th and 1st string are both E, so once you kno ...

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Take Licks and Move Them to Different Scales | Minor

December 24, 2018
by garretsguitarlessons Lead Guitar & SoloingIntermediateAdvanced

What you can do with licks is virtually limitless: changing the first/last note, playing with the rhythm and even changing what beat you start the lick on will give it a different feel (more on this on my blog “Phrase Development”). But one of the co ...

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