A first step in understanding harmony is to gain knowledge of all the chords, triads, and arpeggios that are built from the major scale. All this...
Plugging in the Blue Note To further build on the concepts I presented in Lesson Two–Seeing Shapes and Patterns, let’s alter the sound of the pentatonic...
An endless variety of melodic phrases can be derived from the permutation (changing the order) of chord tones. Basic seventh chords contain the root, third, fifth,...
In last month’s lesson, we covered the various shapes or permutations that occur on the neck of our instrument by simply starting a scale from a...
A great skill and tool to develop as a musician is the ability to see various shapes and patterns all over the neck of your instrument....
One of the most useful, effective, and melodic devices to employ when improvising over songs is to quote the melody of the tune. Out of all...