The 2-5-1 Progression (or to be ‘proper’ I should write II-V-I) is quite a popular progression of chords that you will find in abundance in jazz standards and all kind of tunes. You should have figured out by now that it is made up by the second, fifth, and first chord of the harmonized major… Continue reading 2-5-1 Pt1:Explanation
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Play a pop solo
Here I’ll show you how to put all the stuff you learnt so far, to create a simple solo on a backing track in G Major, with chords from the G major harmonized scale. This is the progression: | G | C maj7 | Em | D | Am | As you can see even… Continue reading Play a pop solo
Advanced Blues stuff Pt 2 – Solo Explained
In this video I explain the solo I play in Advanced pentatonic stuff (Pt1). It is pretty self explanatory…download the PDF file of the transcribed solo below: Download PDF file If this style of playing interests you, you want to check out my guitar method ‘Contemporary Blues Soloing‘. Check it out in the Products page.
More Advanced Blues stuff (the Miles/Robben thing)
Advanced pentatonic stuff. There are when times you can get bored of playing just the pentatonic on a blues, or maybe you’ve heard more contemporary blues players like Robben Ford, or blues influenced jazz guys like John Scofield and Scott Henderson. Well, here I come to help you out with a couple of tips: first… Continue reading More Advanced Blues stuff (the Miles/Robben thing)
Basic pentatonic major-minor
Basic Pentatonic stuff I will not get too much into pentatonics as you can find stuff all over the net. Too much has been said and done on the famous ‘pentatonic box’…As I say in the video, a major pentatonic is a major scale without the 4thand 7th degree. So C major pentatonic is: C… Continue reading Basic pentatonic major-minor
3 simple 12 bar blues forms
I am quite a big fan of the blues, and I definitely advice studying no matter if you like it or not, as the majority of modern music originates or relates to this genre. The most popular blues form is based around 12 bars. The first four are usually filled by the I7 chord. So… Continue reading 3 simple 12 bar blues forms
Chord scale exercise
Printable PDF: Chord-Scale Ex. This is an introduction to how to use the right scale for the chord of the moment. I will not be talking about modes yet as I find this creates a bit of confusion at this stage. We have seen how on every degree (=note) of the scale we can build… Continue reading Chord scale exercise
Simple song analyzed
In this video I show some examples of very simple chord progressions that originate from the Harmonized Major Scale. When I say ‘one, four, five’ I mean the song is built by the 1st, the 4th and 5th chord of the harmonized scale. So such song would be C major, F major, and G major… Continue reading Simple song analyzed
From the major scale to the harmonized scale (Pt.2 7th chords)
How to add the 7th to triads from the major harmonized scale? We have already seen how to find the triads that belong to the major harmonized scale. ..adding the 7th is very simple. If we stack another note a diatonic third apart from the last note we have found, we will have Seventh chords.… Continue reading From the major scale to the harmonized scale (Pt.2 7th chords)
Understanding how triads and other chords are built
How to analyze triads and more advanced chords? The starting point is the major triad, in the example in C major, but this concept is valid for all keys, as usual. The C major chord is built with these three notes: C E G As we said this triad is built with the Root (C)… Continue reading Understanding how triads and other chords are built