Getting familiar with your fretboard is hard because the notes always feel so scattered. Luckily there are certain things that can help us. One way is using the dots, another way is using octave patterns. This is another cool way to start making sens ...
So we want to actually play along with a song in CAGED chord shapes. Why? To get a better idea of where chord tones are, where arpeggios will lay on top, to see things in one position instead of sliding all over the neck, to see how our chords ...
Do you remember that inspiring feeling when you learn a new chord as a beginner? I often find when everything is new it's easy to get inspired. After you've been playing for awhile though, those days get further and further apart. Here are some chord ...
Here's a another example of playing songs within our CAGED chord shapes. Why? Just like my previous example, to get a better idea of where chord tones are, where arpeggios will lay on top, to see things in one position instead of sliding all ov ...
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 ...
What's a Scale?! Well if you click that link I'll talk more about how to build scales, but I'm mostly going to be talking about the difference between Parallel vs. Relative scales and each of their pros and cons. Relative Scales Relative me ...
So much like my Pentatonic Version of this post, I wish more pop tunes were in Minor Keys. I don't want to learn a whole new vocabulary so why not just start moving my licks from my minor scale to my major scale! This way tends to be a bit simpler ...
Dynamics are how loud/soft you play. A good idea is to work in dynamics as a part of your practice routine as they can make all the difference in the world in terms of developing your feel. A good idea is to think of 3 big dynamic levels: loud, me ...
Man, when I started playing all the licks I knew were in Minor Pentatonic Scales. How come pesky pop songs have to be in Major Keys so often? No worries, what we're going to cover today are how we can take some minor pentatonic licks and move them ...
So why is the Pentatonic Scale the Pentatonic Scale? How does it magically fit in so many scenarios and how does it work so well over so many genre's of music? Penta is Greek for “5”, Tonic is short for “Key center” or “First note of a scale”. Ess ...
