The m chords! When harmonizing the major scale, we naturally get major chords for chord I, IV and V, just like we naturally get minor chords for chord II, III and VI...
The most important variation that started it all! When the Blues first began to evolve, being accompanied by a guitar, the instruments were of low quality with very high...
A fork in the road! In the last step, we discussed how we can harmonize the major scale and build chord progressions using Roman Numerals. All discussed in step 1 is...
Start by finding a key center! All songs have a key center, this means that a song is “in the key of”. Every key has seven chords and you can number them from one to...
Discover the contradictory world of chord progressions! These guitar lessons don’t have any exercises, instead, I talk about how to best describe chords when they...
2nd guitar play along! Today we play the song together. I’ll play that super complicated 1st strummed guitar, you play that beautiful, perfectly written 2nd guitar...
2nd guitar part, strummed! Last time, we learned exactly what was happening on the record, today we develop a part using the shaker and snare drum as our inspiration. We...
2nd guitar part, picked! Let’s work out what that 2nd guitar is doing on the recording. In my opinion, this is pure genius part writing, I love it! Let’s get...
Complete song! Let’s play the complete song with a singer. Simply play along with me as you read the chart below. I’m not gonna lie, this is not easy! Far...
The quickest way to master all Major modes! These final modal exercises will change the way you play the guitar forever. By taking you through every mode, starting with...