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Practice & Master Odd Rhythm Divisions On Your Walk (Part 2)

The Footsteps Metronome: Counting while Walking (Part 2) In the following rhythm with triplets, you would want to start off, just counting 1 – 2 – 3 on every footstep, till you get the feel for it. Even more so than was the case with the even-numbered divisions: it is important that you count “oooonneee Practice & Master Odd Rhythm Divisions On Your Walk (Part 2)

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Practice & Master Odd Rhythm Divisions On Your Walk

The Footsteps Metronome: Counting While Walking One of the things many music students find challenging is the ability to evenly perform rhythms combining odd and even subdivisions. Music schools and teachers have a certain way of teaching how to do this, which runs contrary to the whole core nature of what rhythm is all about. Practice & Master Odd Rhythm Divisions On Your Walk

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Advanced Arpeggio Theory Fret board Exercise For Guitarists

Advanced Arpeggio Theory Fret board Exercise Pick any random note on the low E string Then from that note, figure out: Which four dominant 7th chords have that note. Play the dominant 7 arpeggio fingering (from that note) for each one of those dominant 7 chords. Which four maj7 chords have that note. Play the Advanced Arpeggio Theory Fret board Exercise For Guitarists

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Inverse Scales, Guitars and Jokes

Inverse Scales This is an excerpt from my scales book. You will occasionally see a scale that has the word “inverse” in its scale name. Some examples include: 186 –> Messiaen’s Truncated Mode 6 Inverse. (the number 186 refers to the scale number in the book. All 2048 scales are numbered) 205 –> Genus Primum Inverse Scales, Guitars and Jokes

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Neapolitan Scales, The Meaning of Diatonic, and Nice Guitars

What Does “Diatonic” Mean? Here’s some info from my scales book. I’ve seen a lot of confusion about the term “diatonic” in my many years as a guitar teacher. Good news: it’s actually really easy to understand. The “di” in diatonic is derived from the Greek word for 2. (and also from the Greek “dia”, Neapolitan Scales, The Meaning of Diatonic, and Nice Guitars

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