Featured Lesson: 3 Notes Per String Pentatonic

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I have always been inspired by lines played by funk sax players like Sanborn, Marienthal o Brecker, lines which are unique because of the characteristics of the instrument to produce the same note with two different fingerings (but this is possible on the guitar,too), together with their aggressive feel and a bluesy approach (= pentatonis, bends…). In this post you will find the fingerings for pentatonic scale three notes per string in position (to get the “false fingering” feel) and three notes per string trough the neck, to get fast and smooth lines.

LESSONS MENU

1. From the major scale to (hopefully) understanding how things work.

From the chromatic scale to the major scale
The major scale on guitar
The major scale – position playing file
Intervals explained

Intervals explained

From the major scale to the harmonized scale (Pt.1 triads)

Inversions: 1st 2nd inversion – close/spread (coming soon)

Triads on guitar – all inversions

Understanding how triads and other chords are built

From the major scale to the harmonized scale (Pt.2 7th chords)

The major scale harmonized

Common 7th chord shapes
Simple song analyzed
Chord scale exercise
Chord scale exercise file

2. The Blues

3 simple 12 bar blues forms
3 simple 12 bar blues forms

Basic pentatonic major-minor
Basic Pentatonic stuff/blues scale

More Advanced Blues stuff (the Miles/Robben thing)
Advanced Blues stuff Pt 2 – Solo Explained

3.Getting it all together

Play a pop solo

Download G major Backing Track >Here<  

Phrasing – Build your own vocabulary of melodic material

 

4.The Jazzy stuff (but good for every style!)

2-5-1 Pt1:Explanation
2-5-1 Pt2:Examples
2-5-1 All keys
Adding Chromatic Approach
Chromatic Approach

Interval Color for Soloing
Intervals inside Major Scale
2-5-1 minor
2-5-1 minor 8 note minor scale

7th Arpeggios
7th Arpeggios Examples
Connecting 7th arpeggios with scales
Expand your vocabulary Pt1
Expand your vocabulary Pt2
251 Example Phrase Exercise

Chords for Autumn Leaves

Altered chords (coming soon)

Chord extensions (coming soon)

Easy standard jazz song analyzed
Lead Sheet

contemporary pop song analyzed (coming soon)

How to transpose
Transpose sheet

how to learn a tune – transposing the chord structure (coming soon)

scale choice (coming soon)

more chord scale (coming soon)

Modes of major scale pt1
Modes Pt1
Modes of major scale pt2
Modes Pt2

Modes of major scale pt3
Modes Pt3

Modes of the major scale Pt4

Chord Scale Relationship, a practical tip

Tritone Substitution/Passing chords

modes of melodic minor (coming soon)

modal playing (coming soon)

bebop style (coming soon)

quartal harmony/hardbop (coming soon)

melodic development (coming soon)

diminuished scale (coming soon)

major harmonic (coming soon)

dualities (coming soon)

altered pentatonics (coming soon)

Note Choice

5. Special topics

Considerations on practicing – the power of your mind.

On how to find new and original material.

Open Strings Voicings
Open Strings Voicings

Playing with a Slide – Tips
Harmonics on guitar
Harmonics on guitar

Jog Scale
Jog Scale – 5 inversions
How to use a capo – different approaches
More open strings voicings – Hall Goes West
Hall Goes West- Transcription

Power Chords – From Basic to more advanced structures
Power Chords – All Shapes

Layers

 Recycling Melodic Material

build your own vocabulary (coming soon)

build your own scale (coming soon)

playing with Rhythm (coming soon)

factorial thinking (combinations)

 3 Notes Per String Pentatonic

 3 Notes Per String Pentatonic Fingerings

 Using different Guitar Picks

triad pairs (coming soon)

polyrhythm (coming soon)

slash chords (coming soon)

comping (coming soon)

playing 'out' (coming soon)

giant steps (coming soon)

Advice on sound: Creative noises

6. Technical exercises

Guitar Technique: Left Hand Posture Tips
Guitar Technique: Rhythms
Finger combinations Pt.1
Finger combinations Pt.2 – the next level
Finger combinations file

Never-ending chromatic scale
Spider with a twist
Right hand Technique – inside/outside picking
Right Hand Exercise – Just RH
Right hand strum – different divisions/accents
Bending exercises
Vibrato – A few different approaches
Legato: Technique and exercise

7. A day in the life of a musician

On how to find the best gig for you as a guitarist/musician
Musician's Health

Hi, and welcome to my free video guitar lessons website. This is a collection of videos I will be putting together over time. My goal is to humbly pick up from where a lot of websites seem to stop. It is great to learn a lot of so called 'licks' or riffs, as these will be part of your repertoire/vocabulary…instead of doing that, here I will try to give you ideas on how to write your own material and improvise/build a solo over it. A lot of this stuff might seem jazz/rock oriented but I will assure you, it will give you a lot of freedom to play on contemporary material, regardless of the style.

In this page you'll find a program that I developed to go from the very basic way of building a major scale and finding how to play it on guitar, to more advanced concepts to develop your style and improve your instrumental technique.
      
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Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in the videos are my personal opinions on music, and reflect my point of view on how to approach certain topics on the instrument. I have been teaching/performing for over 25 years now, and I have been lucky enough to learn and play with some of the most respected musicians on the planet. Having said that there is no unique way (at least that I know of) to get to ‘know it all’. What works for me might not necessarily work for you. Also there are no shortcuts or magic button. It takes time and dedication to know the instrument and get to the level of the masters…But it is doable… Even though there are loads of videos on line on how to learn to play, I must say that there is no substitute for a one-to-one lessons with an experienced teacher, because he/she can point out problems in your playing, problems that you might not be able to see by yourself. It might seem expensive to get private lessons, but if you think along the lines of ‘time is money’, you’ll end up saving a lot!

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