Chromatic Scales: A tiny bit of history and the application of this concept.

In Western music (as it is commonly called) we have a system that divides each octave into 12 equal parts. This developed over the course of western music history, originally as a way to modify diatonic melody and harmony. T...

Elevate your melodic phrasing skills on guitar with a simple 4-step formula to craft captivating solos! Learn to 1) State a motif, 2) Develop it, 3) Expand it, and 4) Resolve it for dynamic improvisation. Perfect for intermediate players, this video includes a 16-bar practice solo with play-along tr...

Struggling with guitar improvisation? Learn this simple 4-part phrasing exercise to create jumpstart your ideas and be on your way to creating powerful solos! Perfect for intermediate guitarists looking to generate ideas when improvising.

Includes sheet music/tablature and backing track for you to ex...

Today we continue our deep dive into improvisation with Part 3 of this guitar improv basics series. In today's installment we'll take a look at how syncopation can enhance your sound and make your solos & parts sound better and more musical.

Syncopated rhythms (emphasizing typically weak beats) add a...

Today we're going to look at building vocabulary for improvisation by practicing rhythmic variations. We're going to look specifically at all kinds of different combinations of 8th notes and Quarter Notes and how we can alter those rhythms to create cool ideas.

Rhythm is the foundation of music, so i...

Learn how to turn technical patterns into musical ideas for soloing, composition and rhythm guitar parts. It all starts with learning the foundational concepts of rhythm, and working on them in a systematic way.

In this video we'll take a dive into some crucial concepts that will help you move from p...

In this lesson we're going to look at another very applicable concept that can help you create more interesting guitar parts, and have a lot of fun while you are at it.

Triad pairs are the focus for this lesson, so let's look at what that means. 

A triad pair is just like it sounds; a pair of triads t...

Chord tone soloing is one way to refer to using the notes taken from changing harmony to play more relevant and interesting sounding solos.

The basic idea is that instead of using a static scale to solo over a chord progression, you shift with the harmony. Even over a basic chord progression this wil...