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Counterpoint for Guitarists: 1
Counterpoint for Guitarists: 2
Extending the 12-Bar Blues
Frank Gambale’s ‘Magic Chord’
Generating Major and Minor Chords from Primary Triads in a Major Key
The Composite Blues Scale
Voice Leading 101
Voice-leading Paradigms in Joe Pass’ Solo Works
Posts
Chord Voicings and Inversion
Common Note Chord Progressions
Creating Chords from Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales
Creating Seventh Chords
Embellishing Chord Progressions with Fills
Half-step Approach Chords
Intervals
Passing chords
Quartal Harmony
Relative Major and Minor
Secondary Chords
Slash Chords
The CAGED System: 1
The CAGED System: 2
The Guitar is a Transposing Instrument
Transposition
Using Scale Formulas
Resources
Anatomy of a Guitar Solo
Song Analyses
Birds of Fire – The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Dee – Randy Rhoads
Egyptian Danza – Al Di Meola
Oye Como Va – Santana
Scarified – Racer X
Under the Bridge – The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Yesterday – The Beatles
Song Charts
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Again – Lenny Kravitz
Crying – Roy Orbison
Day Tripper – The Beatles
Everybody Hurts – R.E.M
Flake – Jack Johnson
Good Riddance (Time of your Life) – Green Day
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
In the Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Mr Jones – Counting Crows
My Girl – The Temptations
Redemption Song – Bob Marley
Techniques and Concepts
5 Ear-Training Tips for Guitarists
Alternate Picking Across Different Strings
Effective Sequence for Learning Open Chords
Exercises for Alternate Picking Across Strings and String Skipping
Expanding your Fretboard and Chord Knowledge
Learning Barre Chords
Learning the Fretboard
Seventh Chords Across the Neck
Tablature Maps
Resources
