| Lessons Page |
| THEORY |
| EXERSIZES |
| Harmonization, Part 1 -Harmonizing scales into diatonic thirds, building melodies from these harmonies, and using harmonized thirds as an improvisational tool. |
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| Walking the Shred-Blues Line -Injecting bluesy elements into your playing by morphing shred licks into blues licks and vice versa. |
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| Chromatic Picking Drills -An extensive collection of chromatic-based picking exersizes intended to refine and improve your picking technique. |
| Harmonization, Part 2 -Building diatonic triads from major scales, and using the derrived arpeggios as the basis for leads and melodies. |
| Harmonization, Part 3 -Harmonizing major scales into 7th chords and 9th chords, and using these chords in chord progressions. |
| Pentatonic Shapes -the pentatonic scale in all 5 primary shapes on the neck of the guitar. Know these. |
| Sweep Picking: Three String Arpeggios -An introduction to basic sweep picking techniques, as applied to arpeggios across the top three strings of the guitar. |
| The Circle of 5ths -The circle of 5ths and it's uses, including key signatures, derrived chord progressions, and key changes. (Hendrix and Satriani musical examples) |
| Vibrato Drills -A few excersizes designed to both strengthen your fretting hand and improve your vibrato technique, as well as a description of the physical process behind both a classical and a "blues" vibrato. |
| Building Picking Independence Part I -Not for the meek at heart. Brutally whip your playing into shape by focusing not on speed but rather on dexterity. Contains Parts 1 and 2, chromatic-derrived drills and string skipping. |
| Building Picking Independence Part II -Parts 3 and 4, scale-based excersizes and linear excersizes. |
| Sweep Picking Basics -Some tips and a good sweeping drill to help you practice most of the major and minor shapes you'll be using. |
| The Harmonic Minor Scale -An introduction to the harmonic minor scale, the reasons behind it's pattern of intervals, and its uses in composition. |