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191.
Put Some Triplets In Your Playing (#66)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Using different kinds of rhythmic values can help propel your playing to the next level. If we look at a beat, we can divide it any number of ways. If we divide it in half, we get 8th notes, <b>BUT</b> if we divide it by 3,...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 61529 Hits · 4.48 / 5 (40 ratings)
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Put Some Triplets In Your Playing (#66)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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So how can you learn to play these different types of note values? Below is an exercise where we trade off playing 8th notes and then 8th note triplets, first on the high A, and then on the low A. Measure 1 is all 8th notes...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 61529 Hits · 4.48 / 5 (40 ratings)
193.
Put Some Triplets In Your Playing (#66)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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That may be all very well and good, but let's do some playing! In the example below, we use a simple pattern to ascend from the low A to the high A, and then come back down with the blues scale. <b>All of the notes that are...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 61529 Hits · 4.48 / 5 (40 ratings)
194.
Put Some Triplets In Your Playing (#66)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Now, let's try doing the same type of thing, but with a descending run to get things started. Again, we're using a simple pattern but playing it as triplets. At the end, we run up the blues scale...
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 61529 Hits · 4.48 / 5 (40 ratings)
195.
Put Some Triplets In Your Playing (#66)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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OK, so the patterns are nice, but how about some real licks. Here's a very common blues lick that's all 8th note triplets. After mastering this, you will truly be a triplet master and the envy of all your 8th note playing fr...(more)
Rock/Pop · Intermediate · 61529 Hits · 4.48 / 5 (40 ratings)
196.
Using the G Lydian Scale and GMaj7#11 (#68)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Yes, it's time to get nostalgic with a great chord and scale. The Lydian scale is a mode of the major scale. If you're not familiar with modes you can learn more in my "Modes of the Major Scale" lesson. Lydian is the fourt...(more)
Theory/Reference · Intermediate · 16107 Hits · 4.82 / 5 (11 ratings)
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Using the G Lydian Scale and GMaj7#11 (#68)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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If you were paying attention in page 1, the C# is the most characteristic note of the G lydian scale, and gives it its flavor. The movement of the root G to the C# is a <b>tritone</b> and is often used in popular music to gi...(more)
Theory/Reference · Intermediate · 16107 Hits · 4.82 / 5 (11 ratings)
198.
Using the G Lydian Scale and GMaj7#11 (#68)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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How else can we use the GMaj7#11? One common way is to use it as a bVII chord, meaning that it works well in A Major progressions. If we take an AMaj7 chord and alternate between that and a GMaj7#11, we obtain the very nice...(more)
Theory/Reference · Intermediate · 16107 Hits · 4.82 / 5 (11 ratings)
199.
Adding Suspensions to Your Strumming (#71)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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So what the hell is a <b>suspension</b> anyway? Well, commonly, it's refers to when you take the 3rd of a chord and raise it one fret to the 4th of the chord. In this lesson, we'll take a look at three specific open major c...(more)
Acoustic/Folk · Beginner · 119754 Hits · 4.35 / 5 (128 ratings)
200.
Adding Suspensions to Your Strumming (#71)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Here's how the ASus4 works. We take the C# on the 2nd string, which is the 3rd of the chord, raise it to its 4th (the D), and then play it.
Acoustic/Folk · Beginner · 119754 Hits · 4.35 / 5 (128 ratings)
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