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Intermediate

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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