Modal Mixture Explained Apr 28, 2020

What is Modal Mixture? In this lesson I'll teach you what you need to know about it.
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How to start fingerpicking on the guitar (first step to fingerstyle playing) Apr 21, 2020

Want to play fingerstyle or fingerpicking guitar? Here's what I recommend to work on as the first step.

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Classical Guitar Improvisation Techniques Apr 14, 2020

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...

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How to Play a Bossa Nova Guitar Rhythm Apr 07, 2020

In this video I walk through exactly how to play a classic bossa nova rhythmic accompaniment pattern.

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How to play with precision in the right hand (for classical guitar or finger style) Mar 31, 2020

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...

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How to practice barre chords on the guitar Mar 24, 2020

Barre chords are hard! Here's how I suggest practicing them.

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How to Practice and Hear Modes on the Guitar scales Mar 17, 2020

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...
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Diatonic 7th Chords with Diminished 7 Passing Chords Mar 10, 2020

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

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How to Improvise Freely (A Secret Weapon for Lead Guitar Soloing) Mar 03, 2020

In this video lesson I talk about free-improvisation on the guitar and its many benefits
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How to Tune a Guitar by Ear (7 steps that work better than a tuner) Feb 25, 2020

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...

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The One Warm up to Do When Practice Time Is Limited Feb 18, 2020

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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How to Master Guitar Scales (5 levels) free download: top 3 pentatonic patterns improvisation jared's top picks music theory scales Feb 11, 2020

There’s a reason scale diagrams are so popular: because it’s relatively straightforward to sound good improvising within a scale while looking at a diagram.
 
But to get to the next level of music knowledge on the fretboard we need to learn how to rapidly switch between scales,...
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