If the major scale is the origin of all Western music, then how should we think about songs that are in a minor key, or blues music that doesn't seem to be based on the major scale at all?
Should I study the most important harmonic environments first? Or is it better to study all seven harmonic environments in order?
The haunting verse to John Lennon's "Imagine" is based on a simple alternation between the 1 chord and the 4 chord.
In this video I'll show you how to approach your daily chord melody practice so that you can develop the same creative freedom in chord melody style that you have when you are playing single-note melody lines.
Can the IFR method be applied to the ukulele? How can I visualize the map of notes on the fretboard, given that the strings are tuned out of order?
In this free video lesson we will walk through the melody to "All of Me" and discover some of the lessons it can teach us as improvisers about the art of melodic phrasing.
This song uses one of the coolest sounds in modern pop music which is the movement from the 6- chord to the 2D chord.
The melancholy angst captured in this song is a lesson in the incredible diversity of emotions that we can express with just the seven notes of the major scale.
This great song is an incredible example of what powerful songwriting can do with just three chords.
In this course for guitarists, we start from the very beginning and build a complete approach to improvising on the guitar. If you have always dreamed of truly understanding music and being able to improvise with complete freedom on the guitar, this is the course for you!