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If you have done the Spider Walk ( Spider Legs ) on guitar for a while and you want to move on to the next step. This exercise is what I recommend to my intermediate - advanced guitar students. Here you can download the tabs associated to this tutorial :

View File Diatonic Chord Progressions and Patterns - Melodic Minor Here you find the diatonic chord progressions of melodic minor in the key of Cm and Gm. These 2 keys represent all patterns which start either on the E or A string. Melodic minor has a strange sound which one might get used to but is often used in classical music or in Jazz in " modal interchange " situations. There is a backing track added where you can practice to use the harmonic minor modes. You can use the C melodic minor patterns which you see in the exercises or you can also transpose the patterns with root note on the E-string as well. The backing track is just playing the harmonic minor modes one by the next : Cm6 / Cm6 / Dm7 / Dm7 / Ebmaj7#5 / Ebmaj7#5 / F7#11 / F7#11 / G7b13 / G7b13 / Am7b5 nat.9 / Am7b5 nat.9 / B7alt / B7alt Submitter admin Submitted 03/14/2024 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Diatonic Chord Progressions and Patterns - Harmonic Minor Here you find the diatonic chord progressions of harmonic minor in the key of Cm and Gm. These 2 keys represent all patterns which start either on the E or A string. Even harmonic minor is mostly used in way of having the focus on the minor pattern of the key it really also makes sense to learn those patterns related to the diatonic chord progressions. To understand harmonic minor it's really important to understand it's historical importance. The origin of all chord progressions is the classical cadence : In any major key you have the classic cadence leading from tonica ( I ) to subdominant ( IV ) to dominant ( V ). The dominant is either a major or a major 7 chord which creates a strong tension which leads back to the tonica ( I ). In minor keys I IV V are all minor chords which can work as a nice progression but to get a stronger resolution to the I somebody came up with the idea to have a " classic " dominant on the V in a minor progression. Now the minor key does not cover this alteration of the progression and when a V7 ( dominant ) chord is played in a minor progression the scale which normally would be phrygian on the V has to be altered by one note. This leads us to harmonic minor with the typical 1 1/2 tone step. Harmonic Minor is mostly played on the V7 chord but can also be used in other ways or even in a diatonic chord progressions setting. But the traditional way is to use Harmonic Minor when I V7 chord. Submitter admin Submitted 01/21/2024 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Arpeggio Bootcamp Here you find a whole series of arpeggio exercises which represent all you can do if you want to enter the world of arpeggio's used as a tool in your soloing. These exercises are extremely demanding so I strongly recommend that you plan a few months of practice work for them. Even they seem to be very hard I recommend these exercises also for intermediate players because with these exercises you also learn where the chord notes of a specific chord all are which helps you a lot in your slow hand solo where you want to figure out the target notes which in fact are the notes from the arpeggio's. The exercises are showing you the diatonic triads of A, E and C type chords. Also crosscheck these exercises with your exercises of modes. The modes exercises are in the shape of the A and E type chords At the end you find the same arpeggio's with sweep picking technique which I only recommend for advanced players if you want to go for speed. They take a lot of practice work and are only recommended when you play guitar on a daily basis. Submitter admin Submitted 08/07/2023 Category Theory & Exercises

This is the guitar bootcamp about learning the minor pentatonic on guitar in a way that you truly can master it on the entire fretboard. Pay close attention to all my instructions - especially at the end of the tutorial. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for any guitar player. If you want to download the tabs which come along with this tutorial please go here : If you want to share your personal progress on those exercises please do so in this topic here !

View File Sweep Picking Exercises Sweep Picking Exercises Here you find 2 different sweep picking exercises following the normal diatonic major chords. The first exercise is easier than the 2nd one. If you are new to sweep picking, start with the first one and do it really slowly and pay close attention to the details of your picking hand because that's the hard part of these exercises. I have added an audio file with 70 bpm. I would take this as a first goal before you try to more to higher tempo's. In general sweep picking is a technique which in fact needs a lot of patience till you can start to use it in your regular playing. The best method to approach it is to keep it slow and really focus on the picking hand once you have the patterns of your grabbing hand done. Submitter admin Submitted 11/15/2022 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Technical Exercises ( Chords, Modes & Patterns ) Minor Scales Here you find the diatonic chord progression in the key of C minor and G minor. This is a real working sheet for you to learn : The diatonic chord progressions ( minor scales ) The chords with root on the A and E string The attached modes The intervals of the modes Please take your time to learn all parts in this working sheet by heart. Learn the chords and the attached modes. The modes are 3 note per string patterns to make the whole thing easier to understand. It's not needed that you learn to play the scales fast, but learn then with the intervals which are displayed at each of the patterns. Submitter admin Submitted 07/16/2021 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Technical Exercises ( Chords, Modes & Patterns ) Major Scales Here you find the diatonic chord progression in the key of C and G. This is a real working sheet for you to learn : The diatonic chord progressions ( major scales ) The chords with root on the A and E string The attached modes The intervals of the modes Please take your time to learn all parts in this working sheet by heart. Learn the chords and the attached modes. The modes are 3 note per string patterns to make the whole thing easier to understand. It's not needed that you learn to play the scales fast, but learn then with the intervals which are displayed at each of the patterns. Here you find a tutorial related to these exercises : Submitter admin Submitted 07/04/2021 Category Theory & Exercises