This music theory guitar lesson is about inversions. Use this method to find any chord inversions on the guitar.
How to start fingerpicking on the guitar (first step to fingerstyle playing)
Apr 21, 2020
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Want to play fingerstyle or fingerpicking guitar? Here's what I recommend to work on as the first step.
Classical Guitar Improvisation Techniques
Apr 14, 2020
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Here's a simple way to start working on classical guitar improvisation. Techniques in this lesson are taken from Mauro Giuliani's Etude No. 1 in E minor and then used for improvisation.
It's a shame that improvisation techniques are not addressed in typical classical guitar lessons. The benefits...
How to Play a Bossa Nova Guitar Rhythm
Apr 07, 2020
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In this video I walk through exactly how to play a classic bossa nova rhythmic accompaniment pattern.
How to play with precision in the right hand (for classical guitar or finger style)
Mar 31, 2020
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Great sounding classical guitar and fingerstyle playing is all about the right hand!
Well, at least half of it is any way :)
If we can get the right hand feeling and sounding good then it makes everything else we want to do SO much easier.
In this video I walk through a silver-bullet exercise...
How to practice barre chords on the guitar
Mar 24, 2020
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Barre chords are hard! Here's how I suggest practicing them.
How to Practice and Hear Modes on the Guitar
Mar 17, 2020
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There’s a lot of information on the theory of musical modes out there, but very little on how to actually practice them or use them.
If you understand what modes are but haven’t yet figured out how to work on them or apply them, then this video is for you!
And if...
Diatonic 7th Chords with Diminished 7 Passing Chords
Mar 10, 2020
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In this video I teach how to play 7th chords through a major key along the 5th string on the guitar, and then how to add awesome sounding diminished seven approach chords in-between every chord from the scale
How to Tune a Guitar by Ear (7 steps that work better than a tuner)
Feb 25, 2020
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Do you wish you could tune your guitar quickly by ear, get it more in tune than a tuner does, and improve your musical ear all at once?
In this video I explain and demonstrate seven ways to tune a guitar by ear without a tuner. These seven approaches combined are guaranteed to get your guitar...
The One Warm up to Do When Practice Time Is Limited
Feb 18, 2020
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In this video lesson I teach and demonstrate the one technique warm up to do when your practice time is limited.
Outline (use the links to jump to that section of the video on YouTube)
0:00 - Introduction
0:22 - Why warming up is important
2:40 - Exercise setup
3:20 - Sheet music and full...
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