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Don't Just Learn Guitar. Learn To Be Yourself On Guitar.
Join me (and 15,000 others), and I'll show you how to use the mechanics of music to explore your guitar intuitively and skillfully. Plus, grab your free chord book
Be Yourself On Guitar
Grab your free chord book
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Learn how to recognise borrowed chords when they occur in music, and how to change scales to accompany them musically. Plus, give your chord progressions a little more variation and unpredictability!
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Borrowed Chords - How To Spot & Play Over Them
Learn about borrowed chords, how to use them in your songwriting and how to solo over them. Includes in depth video, ear training and tables showing how borrowed chords work in several keys.
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How Diminished 7th Chords Work In Music
Learn the ways diminished 7th or dim7 chords can work in your music with this in depth guitar lesson. Includes several progression examples and a video overview.
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Hidden Triads - Extending Your Harmony & Melody
Learn how to play triads in relative positions to the chords you're playing over to give your chord and lead playing more mileage. In depth guitar lesson with video and tabbed examples.
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The Versatility of Major 7th Arpeggios
Learn how major 7th arpeggios can be used over all chord types, not just maj7. This guitar lesson will take you through the basics of major 7th arpeggios and how to use them in your solos.
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Exploring The Guitar Neck In 6ths - What They Are & How To Play
Learn how to harmonise using 6ths right across the guitar neck and create beautiful sequences. This lesson will show you how to harmonise any chord in sixths.
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Play Over Minor 2 5 1 Using These Pentatonic Scales
Learn how to create musical phrases over minor 2 5 1 using these pentatonic scales. Video and tabs show you how to play the right pentatonic scales so you sound great every time.
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Pentatonic Scales in Minor Keys - How To Change & Sound Good
Learn how to use pentatonic scales to make amazing minor key solos and break out of using the same scale over all chords. Includes detailed diagrams, tabbed examples and backing tracks.
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Augmented Guitar Chords - Everything You Need To Know
In depth augmented guitar chords lesson shows you not only where to put your fingers, but also how to use augmented chords in progressions,
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Guitar Pedal Point - Using Open Strings to Play Fast & Musically
Learn the basics behind pedal point on guitar, including effective speed building pedal tone exercises using open strings. Develop several core playing skills in one go.
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Guitar Intervals Mastery - A Crash Course for Beginners
Learn about guitar intervals and what the numbers mean in scale and chord diagrams. By the end of this lesson you'll see the huge value in learning intervals.
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