What To Do Next?
Tips and strategies for organizing music theory concepts and chord progressions into songwriting applications.
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Harmonic and Melodic Minor Song Analysis
This episode expands on lasts week’s overview of harmonic and melodic minor by showing examples and tips for picking out chord progressions. If this is confusing, I recommend starting from the very first Music Theory Monday and working your way up to here.
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Fred H | Recording Gear
Patron Fred Haft is curious about my recording setup so we go into some light detail regarding modern vs old school recording systems.
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Josh K | I - ii Progression Help
Josh is wondering about chord shapes in relationship to the pentatonic scale.
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Marcus F | Phrasing & Articulation
Marcus hopes to see more detailed videos about articulations and phrasing, so we jump into a quick crash coarse and discuss melody morphs. We also touch on the bridge from beginner to intermediate.
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C Shape
Soloing over a I -iii chord progression using the C shape. This is part 1. If this is your first "soloing over a X progression" series, I suggest you start with the "I - ii progression" series.
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Writing Chord Progressions
How to us ABAC and other arrangement techniques to create more compelling chord progressions.
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Harmonic & Melodic Minor
A Quick review of previous MTM lessons and an intro into harmonic and melodic minor and their relationship to the minor scale.
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D Shape (7 Chords)
This is the start of something cool. A way to start recognizing chord shapes in all their various forms: Major, Minor, Diminished, Major7, Minor7, Dominant7, Half Diminished, Fully Diminished.
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I - iii Logic Pro Jam Track Creation
Join me as I quickly assemble a I - iii chord progression jam track using Logic Pro. This one is less of a lesson and more of a "hey here is a fun thing - ask questions if you wanna learn how to do this kind of thing.”
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Hang Out At The Jump
Ways to think about practice and how to focus in on areas that need the most work. In this practice thought, we dig into the idea of getting to know the areas you need to practice and separating them out into sections to focus on more in depth.
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Fingerpicking Tips
Tips for fingerpicking and building good habits. This week we focus on some ideas to help those who might be struggling with fingerpicking.
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Natural Minor
Natural minor, relative minor, and making sense of their relationship to the major scale. This week we discuss the concept of relative minor and dig into why the dominant7 chord is so important in the major key and how the minor key essentially got jealous and wanted the dom7 V chord for itself.
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George & Jordan | Shapes & Tempo
Patron George asks for advice on building a solo over his chord progression and patron Jordan is looking for ways to spice up his solos across various shapes.
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G Shape
Soloing over a I - ii chord progression using the G shape. This series was filmed in order, so a lot of information is front loaded in the first few videos. For that reason, I highly recommend you watch these in order. If you're not familiar with the roman numeral system, I recommend watching my first few Music Theory Monday lessons.
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