Lessons

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

• Introduction
• Sound and shapes
• Intervals and triads
• Scales
• Rhythm theory
• Practice101

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Foundational – making scales obvious

An artist loads a palette with colours for the mood of the painting.  Conceptually, a musician uses a palette of sounds to use for the mood...

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Foundational – making chord construction obvious

Now you’ll explore chord construction.   The combination of two or more harmonic intervals constructs a chord.  Very often scale no...

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Investigating the minor pentatonic (double stops)

Today is about having fun, using double stops from the minor pentatonic. If necessary, remind yourself which notes are tensions. ...

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Investigating the minor pentatonic (part 2)

Now let’s break down the short tune I gave as an example last time.  Let’s see/listen how it works in creating a sense of the t...

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Looking into the minor pentatonic (part 1)

The minor pentatonic provides a huge range of musical possibilities. It can be used to provide chords, melodies, and riffs, with no addition...