Music Theory

Yes, I will take a lick idea from a song or a jam track and then in the lessons discuss how that could be developed.

Improvising is just that, developing melodic and rhythmical ideas over chord changes.

the 2 chord loops have help me greatly at my improvising, at least i know some target notes to start over the chord, as well as the blues jam videos that i’ve just started to cover the blues flavor

give a […]

Yes, building phrases and improvise is something I need to talk about in the intermediate course, once we learned all chords and pentatonics I’ll start that.

As you say, you need to know them all.

This is […]

If C = I chord

I think what you have above is right, except perhaps the Gmaj, it should be G dominant or G Mixolydian??

Assuming I is C…
I = c maj pent, or Cmaj7 arpeggio, or Ionian
II = d min Pent, or […]

Ok so that’s got to be C major and therefore:

C – Ionian
A – Aeolian
D – Dorian
G – Mixolydian

or pentatonic or arpeggios over each.

Can you do it now that you are in the comfort of your own home?

opps yes i just assumed so here’s what i played

C Am Dm G7

so if i wanted to look at this as a new chord new scale
would this be ok

C-Cmaj same as Ionian
Am-Am Penta
Dm- Dm- Penta
G7-Gmaj

You need to decide which of those chords are major and minor first.

C Am Dm G is most likely, so that’s all in C major.

C Am D G is in G major…

About the Satriani video.

Usually, what Satriani preach is not what I tend to agree with, not so with this video though, I love it!

What he is saying relates to guitar players who practice three note per […]

Ok, lots of good ideas here,

I agree with Jonathan, Conspiracy and 2 chord loops are my two strongest products.

The Work Book might be the most important one though, although it’s not too exciting when you […]

“I don’t know if this is the question stan is asking above, but I would like to know if (in your mode based system) a song in a minor key has a different “pull” or chord leading than one in a major […]

yes it’s the intervals as the key and i’m gonna learn them all if it’s the last thing i do :>)

No problem.

Yeah that sounds like a great idea – we’re all aiming to be at a point where we know what we’re hearing. I’m not there yet – but I’m definitely on my way

The secret? It’s all about […]

Stan,

Thank you for the excellent resource.

Stevo

i’ve not heard of this scale in particular, however i know there are endless varieties of scales varying from culture to culture period to period

take a look at this link excerpt from the book;
Music and […]

hi jonathan thanks for post, i’m now going back over the songs and according to the text from guru these are his suggestions when revisiting the songs, i think guru thinks we’ll just hear the intervals on our […]

It’s modal stuff. Where are you at on the course? – In general the conspiracy says not to worry about vocal melodies until advanced.