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THE BEST Blues Soloing Skills: Break Free from the Rut

blues Oct 06, 2023

This is going to be THE BEST Blues Solo Lesson EVER! You will break free from the RUT and elevate your jamming experience! Blues Guitar is amazing!

Everybody knows how cool it is to be able to solo over the Blues. We can spend hours just jamming over it with the Pentatonic scale and have a great time. But let me ask you: How long does it take until you feel stuck, with no fresh ideas, repeating the same licks again and again?

Let me take you on a deep dive into the endless possibilities of what we can do if we add a few little things to your playing. The result? Instant fresh ideas, new flavours, and restored inspiration.

Get ready to learn new skills that will be a part of your jamming forever!

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Take Pentatonic Scale to the Next Level! Better solos

solo Oct 03, 2023

Everybody loves the sound of the Pentatonic Scale. It sounds musical and melodic, and it's easy to make it sound great. But, as awesome as it is, we can make it even better.

In this video, I will show you how to take your Pentatonic scale to the next level. We will add four extra notes to our pentatonic scale to make it sound EPIC!

By incorporating these extra notes, we can infuse the Pentatonic Scale with a much moodier, more colourful, and intriguing sound. Your guitar solos will become significantly richer!

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6th Intervals - The Best & Easiest Way

how to technique Sep 29, 2023

 The sixth interval is one of the coolest and warmest sounds to explore on the guitar. You've gotta have the skill to work with the Interval of Sixth if you're a lead guitarist.

The tricky part is figuring out how to find and use it in your playing. That's exactly what I'm going to help you with in this lesson.

I'll show you how to spot the sixth interval using just two basic chord shapes. You'll not only get the theory behind it but also start rocking out with this awesome tool right away!

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Unlocking Guitar Mastery: The Power of the CAGED System

Uncategorized Sep 24, 2023

When we first start playing guitar, we get the lowdown on major and minor chords, power chords, and those tricky barred chords. After that, we dip our toes into the world of scales, starting with the Pentatonic scale, and then venturing into diatonic scales like major and minor. As we progress, we dive into triads, arpeggios, and even get to know double stops and sixth intervals.

But here's the kicker: we usually learn all this stuff in a pretty scattered way. What if we could simplify it all by focusing on just one chord shape? That's where the CAGED System swoops in, and that's what this video is all about. I will show how you can connect a chord shape with triads, pentatonic, minor scale, the sixth intervals and double stops.

Think about it – imagine applying the same approach to other chord shapes. That's the ultimate way to master the guitar.

So, here's the deal: you'll uncover practically everything you need to know about the guitar using the Am chord shape as your...

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Unlocking Creative Guitar: Breaking Free from Shapes

solo technique Sep 19, 2023

Playing guitar is all about shapes. You start with shapes for chords, then move on to shapes for the pentatonic scale, and eventually, you tackle shapes for the major and minor scales. Unlike the piano, where you actually know which notes you're hitting in chords and scales, on the guitar, you're all about shapes – that's the deal.

But here's the catch: leaning too much on these shapes can trap your creativity. If you rely on them too heavily, it can put a damper on your solo-writing skills because you're stuck within those confines.

In this lesson, we're going to dive into a simple technique that rock legends like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani love to use and abuse. We're going to play the major scale in a straight-up, linear way – meaning we're sticking to just one string for our major scale and solo.

This technique is going to push you out of your shape-dependent comfort zone and force you to come up with music ideas that are wildly different from what you'd get if...

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Perfect Solos: The Secret to Hitting the Right Notes During Chord Changes

caged solo Sep 11, 2023

If you play the guitar and already use the pentatonic scale, as well as the major/minor scales, you may have noticed that something is missing in your solos. There's another step you can take to elevate your solos to the next level: soloing by chord.

When soloing, we tend to think about the key of the song, match the scale we need to use, and off we go. However, the problem is that the chords keep changing from one to the next, while we continue to focus solely on the main key we are in. As a result, our solos can become disconnected from the song, and we stop making music.

In this video, you will learn how to address this issue in a very simple way. You will learn how to break free from the common trap that every guitar player struggles with, and you'll start making music again.

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Unlock Your Guitar Solo Potential With The Octave Technique

how to Sep 06, 2023

Everyone who wants to solo on the guitar learns the 'most famous of all' scale shapes: the minor pentatonic shape. It's a great scale because it sounds fantastic, is easy to play, and allows you to sound like you're improvising right away. What many people do not know is how to progress beyond the first shape they learn.

There is a very simple technique that can take your solos to the next level: the Octave technique. The guitar is built in such a way that whatever you play in one octave, you can easily reproduce in a higher or lower octave, almost in the exact same way.

Learn this concept, and you'll have endless possibilities for your guitar playing right at your fingertips.

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Simple Scale to Solo Over Major And Minor

Uncategorized Aug 22, 2023

If you play the electric guitar, one of the most desired goals is to start soloing. Learning how to solo and improvise can be quite challenging due to the multitude of scale shapes you'll need to memorize and then put into practice; it's a lot of information!

However, if you're just starting out and looking to have some fun soloing in the easiest way, this will certainly help you get started.

In this video, you will learn how to use a simple scale shape that fits both major and minor tonalities. We will use only 4 notes to solo and improvise. In this example, we will focus on E Major and E Minor.

Once you grasp the basics of what I'm teaching here, you will be able to play in any key.

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Elevate Your Minor Blues Soloing: Game-Changing Principles!

solo Aug 15, 2023

Ever been stuck while jamming and improvising over a Minor Blues track? I've totally been there. I'd be soloing with the Minor Pentatonic and before I knew it, I'd hit a point where it felt like I had nothing left to say – no more ideas, licks, or inspiration.

But hey, in this video, I'm gonna show you some cool scale options and tricks that can totally change the game when it comes to soloing over Minor Blues.

Once you get the hang of what I'm teaching here and actually use it, you'll seriously level up your minor blues soloing. And guess what? It's not just about minor blues; your overall improvisation skills are gonna reach new heights.

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How to connect Chords with Scales and Pentatonics - Chords and Scales Visualization

caged how to Aug 07, 2023

Have you ever wondered how to connect the chords with scales and pentatonics? How to connect chords, scales and pentatonic all together and at the same time, at once? When we learn these things, we learn them all as separate things, disconnected to one another. And to be able to visualize and connect these things may take you many years.

However, in this video you will be able to shortcut the process. I’ll show you how you can have the cords connected to the scales and pentatonic all together.

This is more than just a theory about it. You will be able to start using this knowledge right away. This is one of the main things every lead guitarist needs to know to be able to lead like a pro.

 
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