"Concepts" guitar teaching videos
"Concepts" is series of short video concepts to help improve guitar playing and creativity. They are meant as a starting point to inspire new ideas and help guitarists to push themselves out of following the same patterns and ways of playing.
Sliding into the 9th for minor lead ideas
This video is about sliding into the 9th when creating lead parts over a minor chord/sequence.
Hopscotch scale pattern
This video is about using a symmetrical fretboard pattern across the E, B and G strings. (The pattern of 1 then 2 reminds me of the game Hopscotch!)
The Anchor
This video is about choosing one note to be an "anchor" and playing around with chords that include that note. It is about trying new ideas and experimenting with highlighting one specific note within a chord sequence.
Instant Jazz
This video is about taking a chord sequence and playing around with various ways of making it sound more "close to jazz" with substitutions, alterations and extensions.
Open String Blues
This video is about using the open strings to add some colour and interest to blues licks. It focusses on the relationship of the open strings to the key of what you are playing.
Quick Blues
This video is about making short blues licks based around hammering from the minor third to the major third of a chord.
Close Chords
This video is about playing a simple I vi IV V chord sequence using chord shapes that are all close together to help ease of movement. This can also help with some lead ideas.
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