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Where should I learn theory?,
The best place hands down in my opinion for Music Theory is Rick Beato's channel. I went straight from Music college into a Guitar Tutoring job and his videos have legitimately helped me earn my living! (Much better than where I studied! 😊) I'd start with his video: Rick Beato - (Basics of...- Chris Johnston
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- Forum: General Chat
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Advice From Papa Gates
Great video and great points! The point PG made about sitting down and trying to figure out a melody in your head is something that’s really transformed my own playing when improvising! It stops the music theory library in your head trying to analyse whats going on and conditions you to play...- Chris Johnston
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- Forum: General Chat
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Question about circle of 5ths lesson
No problem at all, Pablo 😊- Chris Johnston
- Post #5
- Forum: General Chat
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Question about circle of 5ths lesson
When he refers to the order of sharps – (F – C – G – D – A – E – B) – it’s basically the order in which each note in that pattern get’s sharpened and added to it’s Major scale – it’s a bit confusing at first to think about but it makes sense eventually – the best thing is to constantly quiz...- Chris Johnston
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- Forum: General Chat
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Question Over Lesson 25
Like most things Jak it’s personal preference! I totally get where you’re coming from regarding the finger roll being less practical (or at least more difficult to play cleanly) – It’s something I’ve been looking closely at in my own playing. I’ve found that sticking with it but going uber uber...- Chris Johnston
- Post #7
- Forum: General Chat
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Question about circle of 5ths lesson
(Really Long post, apologies but should help! 😊) – This might seem like a long theory ramble but this is some info that really helped my playing.) Hey Pablo! When P.G is referring to a 1-4-5 he’s referring to the 1st, 4th and 5th chord in a Major Key. I’ll use E Major as an example (as you’re...- Chris Johnston
- Post #8
- Forum: General Chat
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Economy Picking/Sweeping Warm-Ups
@jakangelescu – Here’s the video of me practicing the warmup – Bb Bebop Style Economy/Sweep Picking Warmup (Recorded Practice) Sloppy in places but you get the idea 🙂- Chris Johnston
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- Forum: General Chat
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Tremolo Picking Tips
The finger and thumb technique freaks me out ’cause I just can’t grasp it haha. So I just use a mix of my wrist and forearm while trying to maintain as much wrist as possible and keeping everything relaxed. But man is it a tough technique to keep hold of for a sustained anmount of time!- Chris Johnston
- Post #10
- Forum: General Chat