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Find the same note … fast!!

Here’s how to find the exacty same note on an adjacent string using visualisation. The 3 semitone shape (3 frets apart on the same str...

Tom the Novice!???? Welcome to my post!???? I am kicking this off to explain, I will be trialing the emuso/PracticeSuite PRO software platfo...

Here’s a tasty little snappet using Em7(9), followed by F7b5(9). Good for E Aeolian or E Dorian. Watch: Try: ...

Being creative with diminished triads blended with minor pentatonic Barry Harris, the legendary jazz bebop pianist, added a b6 to the jazz m...

The main goal of this article is to provide you with a set of visual shapes (interval shapes formed by your fingers, and seeable in your min...

Hi guys. Following on from??Drastically Cut Learning Time With Intervals (2) today, we’ll have a brief discussion on why intervals are...

We’ve looked at the visualisation side of intervals (shapes) and moving them around. Now we move on to the fun stuff, the creative stu...

We explore the ideas of song structure, phrase, melodic outline and emphasis, and syncopation. If we understand these, we’ll understan...

This article looks at the concept of using specific intervals to give a melody the sense that it weaves around one specific pitch … we...

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