Horns of the Beast - guitar only
This song is inspired by "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks. It uses an A Power Chord on strings 3 and 4 played with finger 1 of the left hand. It is a simple...
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Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 19 - Slow
A minor sixth arpeggio lick slowly - Here is a slower version of the A minor sixth arpeggio lick. The arpeggio descends and then ascends aga...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 9
Neighbor note lick - In this video Bireli plays a virtuosic lick that uses upper neighbor and chromatic lower neighbor notes. Notice how Bireli uses...
2 Octave A Mixolydian
This video will look at 2 Octave A mixolydian. This scale is used a lot in blues. Compared to the Ionian mode or major scale, the seventh degree is flattened. Compare ...
G F Dmin Amin chord progression
5 4 2 6 chord progression in C - In this clip we will play a "5 4 2 6" chord progression in the key of C major. 5 4 2 6, or V IV ii vi, means the G, F, Dm, a...
B Half Whole Diminished Scale
In this video, Larry demonstrates the B Half Whole Diminished scale. This is also known as the "one-plus-two" scale. As it contains eight notes, it is consider...
G7 Phrase
Larry plays a nice G7 Phrase. He uses a D Dorian idea with an F major 7 arpeggio embed within it over a G7 chord. These simple modal/arppegiated ideas are the fundamentals for pl...
Soul Asylum Runaway Train C section slow
Runaway Train Soul Asylum - Here is the C section of "Runaway Train" in a slow tempo again.
C Whole Tone Scale
Larry will explain to you on how to spice up and alter an A minor chord a bit, by playing a C Whole Tone scale from the note C. All available notes are C, D, E, F#, G#, A...
Gm7 chord
This is a Gm7 chord. A minor 7 chord contains the root, b3rd, 5th, and b7th degrees of the scale. In this case, in the key of G, we have the notes G, Bb, D, and F. You take your m...