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welcome back to Swiftlessons for part one of my two part series breaking down rockabilly finger-picking technique. In this tutorial I'll be showing you how to perform a 1, dom6...
2019-01-21 21:49:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome back to Swiftlessons for another rhythm guitar tutorial. In today's session I'll be breaking down a useful Texas Blues style strumming pattern over a 12 bar blues i...
2019-01-16 17:42:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another rhythm guitar tutorial. In today's session I'll be breaking down one of the most used rhythm techniques in the blues genre, sliding 9 chords over a 1.4.5...
2019-01-12 22:19:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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And welcome back to Swiftlessons for another lead guitar tutorial. In today’s session I’ll be showing you three useful arpeggio patterns that you can use to improvise...
2019-01-02 18:35:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome back to Swiftlessons for another guitar play along session. In preparation for my upcoming tutorial on The Beatles' "Julia," I invite you to familiarize yourself wi...
2018-12-23 21:03:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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In today’s session we’ll be unlocking the fretboard as we connect four positions of the major pentatonic scale to form one extended scale pattern across 12 frets in t...
2018-12-18 01:13:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another music theory tutorial. In today's session we'll be reviewing the common position of the major scale, and its numeric interval names that are assigned to e...
2018-12-14 01:21:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I've finished a new tablature for John Lennon's fingerstyle guitar work on "Julia" from the bands 1968 White Album. This classic tune features a single travis-style patte...
2018-12-12 17:38:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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And welcome to another lead guitar tutorial! In today’s session we will be spicing up those boring pentatonic licks by adding a flavorful major 9 interval. This technique can be app...
2018-12-10 20:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another lead guitar tutorial! In today's session we'll be reviewing how to play our major scale in the key of D, before putting those notes to work to create a j...
2018-12-03 23:47:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today we are once again digging into the Swiftlessons archive to learn an ear catching jump blues style lick! Using the attached PDF study guide w/ midi mp3's, take time to memorize t...
2018-12-01 17:08:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I'd like to share a video for the budding lead guitarist in the group. This tutorial from the Swiftlessons archive, now exclusively available here on Patreon, breaks down...
2018-11-28 15:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another by request song tutorial. In today's session we will be using the Bing Crosby classic "White Christmas" as a template for learning jazzy chord forms and licks. ...
2018-11-19 22:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I'm very happy to introduce an updated welcome video for new arrivals to our Patreon community. This short orientation introduces the Patreon platform and hopefully does ...
2018-11-15 23:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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welcome back to Swiftlessons for a "Fool-Proof Minor Soloing Strategy." In today's session I'll be showing you how I use chord shapes to reveal melodic possibilities when...
2018-11-12 04:14:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome back to Swiftlessons for another lead guitar tutorial. In today's session I'll be breaking down some of my favorite licks and soloing techniques over the inst...
2018-11-08 21:25:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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In response to a great question from your fellow Patron JoAnn, I'm posting an archive lesson that sums up how to perform a key percussive element to rhythm guitar. In thi...
2018-11-05 17:14:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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In today’s session I want to talk to you about how proper technique and posture can compensate for having smaller hands. We’ll begin by adjusting the way we hold our instru...
2018-11-04 23:14:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today Natalia and I are having a blast meeting talented musicians and content creators at Patrecon in Los Angeles, California. Our goal for this week is to learn how we can bet...
2018-11-02 08:23:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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And welcome back to Swiftlessons for another rhythm guitar tutorial. In today’s session I’ll be showing you four underused chord shapes that are jam-packed with flavor, and...
2018-10-30 03:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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And welcome back to Swiftlessons for another lead guitar tutorial. One of the best ways to improve as a soloist is to learn from the best, so in today’s session we will...
2018-10-24 21:27:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another rhythm guitar tutorial. In today’s session we will learn how a less than common fingering of the major scale can reveal the positions of 4 essential bar...
2018-10-20 17:34:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another by request song tutorial! In today's session I'll be joined by my good friend Skip Robinson for a full demonstration and break down of The Everly Brothers' "All...
2018-10-18 12:44:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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And welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons! My project for today is to create a full break down for The Everly Brothers' "All I Have To Do Is Dream" with my good friend, actor and music...
2018-10-16 17:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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And welcome back to Swiftlessons for another rhythm guitar tutorial. In today’s session I’ll be breaking down how your open E and B strings can be applied to each of the 7 c...
2018-10-11 18:31:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another by request song tutorial. In today's session I'll be breaking down my arrangement for Randy Newman's 1996 Toy Story theme "You've Got a Friend in Me." I'...
2018-10-08 00:50:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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And welcome to another lead guitar tutorial. In today's session we will use our CAGED system to discover how each of our five pentatonic scale boxes can be used in both major and mino...
2018-10-04 02:03:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome to another by request song tutorial. In today's session I'm joined by Philadelphia singer-songwriter Chelsea Mitchell for a demonstration and lesson on Patsy C...
2018-09-28 21:29:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I'm hard at work finishing up a new tutorial on Patsy Cline's "Crazy." This project has taken more time than expected, as I am experimenting with some new chord diagram overlays...
2018-09-25 02:32:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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and welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lead guitar tutorial! In today's session I'll be breaking down a very useful, and beginner friendly guitar technique that I ...
2018-09-24 17:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post