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Connecting Arpeggios in C pt. 1
Learn 7th chord arpeggios in one position at a moderate tempo
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Intermediate
Connecting Arpeggios in C pt. 2
Level up your 7th chord arpeggios and go faster—16th note feel at 95bpm
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Intermediate
Hypnotic Grooves: Chromatic Lines
Get started with chromaticism—here are some ideas to play over a dominant chord. Works well over C7 or Gm7 chords.
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Intermediate
Hypnotic Grooves: Arpeggio Run
Play this bebop-like arpeggio run outlining a Gm11 chord
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Intermediate
Two Chord Jams: Dorian Minor
Learn chords, scales, and arpeggios to express the Dorian tonality
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Intermediate
Two Chord Jams: Harmonic Minor
Learn chords, scales, and arpeggios to express the Harmonic Minor tonality
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Advanced
Diatonic Waterfall Exercise
This exercise is built from the harmonized diatonic scale—we approach each diatonic chord of the G major scale from an upper neighbor tone (descending pattern) and then from a lower neighbor tone (ascending pattern).
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Intermediate
Connecting Arpeggios in C pt. 3
Learn another position for 7th chord arpeggios in C
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Intermediate
Ascending Arpeggios (C)
Play ascending 7th chord arpeggios in the key of C
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Intermediate
Ascending Arpeggios (G)
Play ascending 7th chord arpeggios in the key of G
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Intermediate
Arpeggios in C: 1,2,3,4
The first four arpeggios in the key of C
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Intermediate
Arpeggios in C: 5,6,7, 1
Ascending arpeggios from 5 to 1 in the key of C
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Intermediate
Secondary Dominant Line
An arpeggio line using a secondary dominant movement to set up the 2 chord. Key of C.
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Intermediate
Connecting Arpeggios in C pt. 4
Level up your 7th chord arpeggios and go faster—16th note feel at 95bpm
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Intermediate
Dm7 to Fmaj7
Play Fmaj7 as a chord synonym for Dm7
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Intermediate
Dm7 to Am7
Play Am7 as a chord synonym for Dm7
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Intermediate
Dm9(add11)
Play Dm9add11 - an extended Dm7 chord with Fmaj7 & Am7 in the upper structure
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Intermediate
Dm6 Arpeggios
Play Dm6 to create a Dorian minor sound
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Intermediate
Dm6 to G9
Play this chord synonym - G9 for Dm6
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Intermediate
Hypnotic Grooves: Descending Line
Play this descending line over a C7 or Gm7 chord
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Intermediate
Hypnotic Grooves: Lydian Dominant Line
Play line this to create a Lydian Dominant color—using b7 and #4
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Intermediate
Hypnotic Grooves: Lydian Chord
This chord groove shifts the bass note to produce a Lydian chord—with the #4 in the bass
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Intermediate
Pink & White Studies
Chord & arpeggio studies for this memorable Frank Ocean song.
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Intermediate
Dmi(maj7)
Play Dmi(maj7) to create a tonic minor sound. Also implies V7 to i (A7 to Dm)
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Intermediate
maj7 Arpeggio Shapes
A series of shapes for Cmaj7, which can be applied to any maj7 chord by shifting the root note.
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Advanced
Arpeggio Study: Dominant Extensions
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Intermediate
Bebop Chromatic Lick
Here we move a classic bebop lick through different tonalities, all resolving to C major.
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