A lesson on how to use one of the most exciting and practical scale modes for soloing on the guitar in jazz, blues, rock, and fusion.
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What Is a Chord Progression?
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Lots and Lots of Colored Dots: A Fretboard Explanation of Pop Tonality
Using the guitar fretboard as a template, music theorist Dean Olivet has redesigned harmonic notation in a colorful, intuitive methodology for learning.
Quick Tracks Nº 8: Change the Tonality of a Popular Song
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Can Descending Chords Ever Sound Happy?
Descending melodies and progressions often sound sad, but one of the most resoundingly happy songs ever, Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” begs to differ.
Longing for Simpler Times? Why the ‘Good Old Days’ Ain’t So Simple This Time Around
Have you heard Macklemore and Kesha’s recent duet, “Good Old Days”? It’s got a main…
Quick Tracks Nº 4: Write a Groove Using the Lydian Mode
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Why Keyboard Players Should Still Practice Hanon Exercises
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Exploring the Major Scale with Queen and David Bowie’s ‘Under Pressure’
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Focus on Simplicity: Exercises to Strengthen Your Foundations in Improvising
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