An Easy Way To Understand Key Signatures

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I was working with a student recently and got into the discussion of key signatures. The student was a beginner and had heard of key signature but didn’t really understand anything about them. So to help them out I told them this: You can think of key signatures as scales. In a way they are the same thing. By this I mean when we say that a song is in the key of “C Major” then the song is based on the C Major scale. If you have heard or seen my lesson on Harmonic Structure (it’s in the paid…

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How To Build On Simple Guitar Melodies

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In this lesson I talk about how to take a simple melody and make it more interesting by adding harmony notes. I use the opening section to the song “Circles” by Joe Satriani as an example. I would like to give a HUGE Thanks to Neon Charlie (Charlie Wiley) for created the Neon sign that you see in this video! Charlie has been an RGP member and is a professional neon sign maker. If you would like to get in touch with him about making a sign for your business or whatever…Here’s his info: Charlie Wiley 3697 Greenwood Dr Jonesborough,Tn….

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How To Write A 16 Bar Guitar Solo

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I have a really cool lesson to show you today where we are going to go over how you can write a 16 bar guitar solo! We are going to use some familiar backing tracks and dig into how you can sculpt out your lead playing to be more interested and fun to play! New Jam Track With Bass Line! This is the main jam track you hear in the video. The track is in the key of B minor and the tempo is set at 110 Bpm. If your just starting out, try using the Minor Pentatonic Scale starting…

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An Easy Way To Understand Key Signatures

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I was working with a student recently and got into the discussion of key signatures. The student was a beginner and had heard of key signature but didn’t really understand anything about them. So to help them out I told them this: You can think of key signatures as scales. In a way they are the same thing.  By this I mean when we say that a song is in the key of “C Major” then the song is based on the C Major scale. If you have heard or seen my lesson on Harmonic Structure (it’s in the paid…

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Understanding How Guitar Chords and Music Scales Work Together

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If you are learning to play guitar and are starting to get into playing leads, solos, and improvising, then it is very important to understand what guitar scales to practice and when to use them. Before we go shredding away playing crazy guitar solos, we need to take a look at what type of chords are being used in our song or chord progression to help us decide what scales on guitar will work the best. The basic idea of how chords and scales go together is this: If a chord is only made up of a couple notes (such…

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