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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
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…