Hey everyone, just wanted to share some transcriptions that I've been working on for the band Toe. I've chosen riffs from some of my favourite and some of their most popular songs. I used this as a...
2022-06-24 17:32:49 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, here's a chord progression that I've attempted to write in the sound of early 2010's Shoegaze music. Below are some techniques that I used in the composition.
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2022-06-11 19:21:24 +0000 UTC View PostA very nice set of chords that I discovered while playing around with a capo in standard tuning. This one focuses on some big sus2 chords and has a nice Japanese Math Rock kind of sound. I think th...
2022-06-08 17:55:27 +0000 UTC View PostA quick look at perhaps the most important chord progression / sequence of movement between chords over the past 200 years. We're talking about the Diatonic Circle of 5ths! The motion from this pro...
2022-06-06 19:39:44 +0000 UTC View PostA complex little lick that you can use to practice your hybrid picking and left hand dexterity. Some extra notes about this lick:
1) The rhythmic flow is based around continuous 16th notes. I...
2022-06-01 05:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostA short collection of licks that I wrote for a student in a lesson. The idea behind these licks is that they demonstrate some classic Math Rock / Midwest emo fingerpicking and left hand legato move...
2022-05-23 22:47:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, just wanted to share an example of a right hand exercise that I've used to develop my fingerpicking. The idea is an exercise that alternates between your thumb and the remaining free ...
2022-05-23 06:09:03 +0000 UTC View PostA little chord progression written in F major for FACGCE. If you're stuck with your writing, it's a good idea to try out some new keys. I normally play in C major in this tuning and that has become...
2022-05-18 05:19:17 +0000 UTC View Post"One of my favourite kinds of major chord sounds. The 6/9 chord is quite versatile and can help you to capture a consonant colour. The 6/9 chord can also be thought of as a sound that represents a ...
2022-05-14 20:11:11 +0000 UTC View PostAn exploration of a simple idea: your scale contains everything you need in order to create music. Are you visually recognizing how materials can be sourced from it? This lesson presents 2 examples...
2022-05-12 03:24:25 +0000 UTC View PostA short lesson that will introduce you to playing arpeggios of 7th chords. Learning your arpeggios is a really important tool for training your ear and helping you to see / understand your major sc...
2022-05-08 06:27:50 +0000 UTC View PostI had a lot of fun playing around with the jazzmaster arpeggio tone in my last video so here's another go at something similar. Again, I'm going for that Bibio esq, slightly out of tune, whammy sou...
2022-05-07 07:27:26 +0000 UTC View PostPlaying around with a tone idea today that reminded me of Bibio. Basically, I'm experimenting with a clean jazzmaster sound with some wobbles from my whammy bar to give it that pulsating out of tun...
2022-05-04 00:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostA little (tricky) lick that I came up with that should really help with your tapping. The lick focuses on taps without a pull off in both the left and the right hand. This will really force you to ...
2022-04-29 03:39:18 +0000 UTC View PostA look at what I believe to be the most emo chord. Agree or disagree? I've notated a few great shapes that I use all the time in standard tuning to help you get this sound.
2022-04-23 05:26:49 +0000 UTC View PostAn example of pivoting around a common tone. This is one of my favourite ways to practice my voicings and it's a great way to demonstrate the power that different voicings can have towards colourin...
2022-04-20 06:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostA simple and pretty idea that I've found myself having some fun with this week. It's a great little progression to jam over top of. Try putting it into your looper pedal.
2022-04-08 20:13:10 +0000 UTC View PostA demonstration of the most foundational chord vocabulary for basically any instrumental / math / emo / indie / shoegaze / lofi, etc guitarist. The thing about these chords is that the sound really...
2022-04-06 17:39:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnother set of very beautiful open chords for standard tuning. This time, in G major. G major's open notes allow for some very interesting minor shapes for the ii and vi chords. I think this is a s...
2022-04-01 22:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a fun little riff that you can learn to play next time you are at a music store. It's got a little bit everything in it; it's a bit jazzy, mathy, and kinda blusey and also pretty groovy. Sho...
2022-03-30 01:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostA little return to my roots! Here are 9 very pretty, twinkly, and mostly open style chord shapes for Math Rock and Emo in standard tuning. These chords are all played in the key of B major. That be...
2022-03-26 05:31:14 +0000 UTC View PostA new progression of sounds influenced by moods in some anime OST stuff. The progression features a slowly meandering series of shapes that are heavily voice lead. Hope you enjoy it!
2022-03-25 00:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, here's a little update to my 6 Major Scale Patterns In G document. I've reorganized it a bit to be easier to look at. I've also notated the scales to both ascend and descend. Cheers a...
2022-03-23 19:18:41 +0000 UTC View PostAn attempt to write some Shoegazy ideas in FACGCE tuning. This is a classic tuning for a lot of Math Rock and Midwest Emo music but I think it shares an aesthetic that could work great with Shoegaz...
2022-03-22 07:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostA collection of pretty sounding (with some ridiculously hard to play) shapes that look very difficult to play. Try this out (or at least some of it it) the next time you are in a music store. Warni...
2022-03-19 03:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostTrying something a little different today. Here's a more minimal 'riffy' idea that features some really mellow jazz chords. These are pretty tough to play / are some advanced fingerings but the sou...
2022-03-17 21:33:29 +0000 UTC View PostA run through of some shapes that I commonly hear / see in a lot of Shoegaze music. Not only are these type of chords common, but these exact voicings should help you get some great sounds.
2022-03-16 06:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostI changed my strings yesterday after FAR too long. I never meant to take such a long time between string changes but this just somehow ends up happening. Anyways, here's a nice chord progression th...
2022-03-15 00:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostAnother foray into Whirr(ish) style Shoegaze tones, alternate tunings, capos, and big emotional chords. I've got a lot of creative energy that spilled over from my last Shoegaze composition so I wa...
2022-03-12 00:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostA colourful but kind of bizarre sequence of guitar chords. The actual arrangement was a challenge written mostly in 7/8 time.
2022-03-11 03:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post