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"Chords For The Haters" (Chord Diagrams + Tab)

Chords for anybody who's feeling angry! Jokes aside, these are some really great chords for creating a brooding vibe. I tap into a lot of #11's and 9th sounds. As for the progression, it's mostly c...

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Shred Arpeggios In DAEAC#E

Some fairy easy fingerings that will help you to play some fast sounding arpeggios in DAEAC#E tuning. These are pretty nice in that they are designed in a scalar way (multiple notes on one string) ...

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A Few Beautiful Chords That Are Very Easy To Play

Hey everybody, here are a few very easy shapes in F Major / C Major. The chords focus on using open notes as extensions / chord tones in some complex sounds. Hope you enjoy!

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Exercises For Right Hand Tapped Slides

A few very easy to practice, and effective drills that will help you work on your Math Rock "two-hand tapping" skills. In this case, we're focusing on the sub-skill of slides. These are essential t...

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"Proof That Math Rock Is Cooler Than Jazz" (Guitar Tabs)

Hey everybody, here's a tab for a new riff. I think this is actually one of the best sounding ideas I've written. It's fairly easy to play too. 

2021-08-10 21:45:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Learn This Riff To Impress Your Friends

A dense, semi challenging riff, focusing on some legato, descending movement, and Lydian harmony. 

Hope you enjoy!

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Chords You've Heard But Never Bothered To Learn (Diagrams)

Diagrams for a progression that I've written using slightly less conventional chord shapes. You've probably heard some of these before but do you know how to play them?

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Cosmic Mathy Emo Riffage (Instagram Riff Tab)

Hey everyone, here's a guitar tab to a cool set of guitar parts. You can play this using a looper pedal. I posted a video of me playing this idea on my Instagram page last night:

2021-08-02 20:24:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Essential Beginner Tapping Exercises

Hey everyone,

Here are PDF's / Guitar Pro File of useful rudimentary tapping exercises for beginners. These are a compliment to a new video I'll be releasing this weekend. The concept is loop...

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Smooth Gmaj7+Cmaj7 Drop 3 Inversion Pairings

Practice materials / ideas that will help you with your Drop 3 major 7 chords.

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Songwriting, Riffs, And Part Writing: A Few Things To Think About

Hey everybody, 

Here are some writings that cover my thought process when writing riffs and songs. Generally, I try categorize what I've written so that I can figure out what the role / ...

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"Goodbye Tiny Beast" (Mp3 + Wav)

Hey everybody, here's an MP3 + .Wav file for my new song up on YouTube. Originally I had called it "Special Brownies" haha but I was convinced to change it. I won't be uploading an official MP3 for...

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Bittersweet Chords In FACGCE

Hey everybody, 

Here are some cool and emotional chord shapes in FACGCE. I've arranged these into a nice progression. Hope you enjoy!


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Smooth Neo Soul Chords

Hey everybody, here are some chord shapes that would work great for Neo-Soul guitar. These are based on what I hear a lot in this style. Hopefully you find them useful!

Also, many big project...

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An Introduction To Solfege: A Method For Ear And Vocal Training

Hey everybody, I've been hard at work developing a comprehensive guide on an ear training system called Solfege. This is my best attempt to clearly explain the idea. Also attached is a PDF with exe...

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The Philosophy Of Ear Training And Music Theory

Some underlying thoughts that should give context to your practice. Be sure to read this if you get a chance! My general point is: listen to what you are playing! 

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Fingerpicking Technique Cheat Sheet / Lesson Notes

Hey everybody, here are the notes for my upcoming YouTube video on fingerpicking technique. These are some bullet point notes / key points that I cover in the video / lesson.

Cheers,

Tr...

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Tapping Concepts - An Outline

Hey everybody, here's a document that covers as many general tapping concepts / techniques as I can think of. In the 'Outline' document I go over 18 concepts, from basic ideas like tapping into ope...

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Beautiful Chords In DAEAC#E

Some really nice chords for finger-style guitar. I've spent a lot of time working on creating these over the past two weeks. This is part of a song that I've been writing! So, there's a lot more of...

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New Music!

Hey everybody, sorry for the delay on posts this month. Finals season has arrived meaning I've got more on my plate than normal. That being said, the cool thing about going to music school is that ...

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Diatonic 5ths + 6ths In G Major

Hey everyone, 

A great thing to practice is carving out the intervals that exist within your scales. Here are some tabs for 5ths and 6ths that cover the entire fretboard. I really like u...

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E+A String Spread Triads

Spread triads are a really nice voicing for guitar. They sound a lot more colourful and interesting than your average triad voicing. The reason being that the voicing is well spaced out. These shap...

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All Star, But It's Cool Math Rock Riffs (Guitar Tabs)

Hey everyone, here's an original arrangement of the Smashmouth song "All Star". This arrangement is a lot of fun to play! It's very riffy, but it's still based on the original chord progression of ...

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all star...but its a picking exercise

Here's a cool exercise that you can use to practice your alternate picking. This melody has some tricky rhythms and is deceptively challenging overall.


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3 Note Per String Scales + Modes In G

Hey everyone,

Here are some alternative scale patterns that you can try for major scales / diatonic modes. These are nice because they are laid out with 3 notes per string. This is nice for f...

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(Lesson Materials) Learning The Fretboard For Math Rock: What Do You Need To Know?

Some notes / resources relating to an upcoming YouTube guitar lesson on the some basic things you should work on when learning the fretboard. See attached for a list of useful PDF's.

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Beat Strengthening Exercises

Hey everyone, here's a series of rhythm exercises. I've created these to help you guys strengthen your beat / sense of pulse. Something that seems to lack with some players, is the ability to tap t...

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E+A String Shell Voicing Licks And Exercises (Beginner-Intermediate Level)

Hey everybody,

I've created a document covering a lot of my lick vocabulary based around shell voicings. These are really important to learn as they will help orient you on the fretboard and ...

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'Baby's First Emo Riff' (Guitar Tab)

Hey everyone, here's a tab for a short fingerpicking riff in FACGCE. I think it sounds pretty nice! It uses a few accidentals to give it a slightly jazz sound. Still pretty mid-westy though.

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Drop 3 + 2, 7th Chords. All Voicings, Root Position + Inversions

As the title says. This is another foundational set of chords for standard tuning guitar. While I've included all of the voicings for 7th chords, I would primary focus on learning the root position...

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