Harmonized major scale with 7th chords on guitar
We have seen in previous lessons how to build the harmonized scale from the major scale. In this video I show the application on guitar in three different keys, using 7th chords.…
Intervals Explained pt 2: practical application on guitar.
We have seen in this post https://www.trueguitarist.com/intervals-explained/ what intervals are in theory and how the simplest and safest way to identify an interval is by calculating the number of semitones between…
Playing in Fourths
I really like this style of phrasing, take some great examples like McCoy Tyner, and a lot of the 'hard bop' jazz cats. The basic idea is this: take a scale, in…
Tips: play Giant Steps on guitar
Giant Steps has always been a challenging standard to play, in this video I give a few tips on how to approach this famous tune. The Chords (from the fake…
Jazz guitar: Altered Chords Pt2
In this video I show how to use the Superlocrian mode (nothing more than the 7th mode of a minor melodic scale) to improvise over altered chords. On C7 the choice would…
Jazz guitar: Altered Chords Pt1
Altered chords are a flavour of dominant chords, where we add certain extensions: #9,b9,#5,b5. In the example on the video I use C7 as basic chord and add the extension D#,Db,G#,Gb also as…
How to use the Diminished Scale Pt 2
Continuation of the diminished scale video...in this Pt2 I show how to incorporate triads into phrases or altered chords voicings. If we take a C half step/whole step scale C,…
Basic Music Theory for Beginners Pt 2:on Guitar, Practical Application.
Basic theory knowledge pt 2: on Guitar! Let's now go back to the basic theory post (quite successful over 10k views just the day I posted!) , and let's see how…
Basic Music Theory for Beginners
Basic theory knowledge What follows is just a brief summary of basic theory and harmony necessary to understand practical applications on your instrument. The natural sounds are: English C D…
Chord Scale Relationship, a Practical Tip.
Throughout the last few years, every time I learnt a new chord I always tried to associate the right scale to cover that same area. Watch the video and you'll…
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