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1 Internet Guitar Lessons Video and Lesson Content Backing Tracks Creating Backing Tracks Improvising over Chord Changes 6 - Backing Track Studio Session Gear Rundown Virtual Gig Part 1 Virtual Gig Part 2 Virtual Gig Part 3 Behind the Scenes Chords Adding Inner Movement to 4th Voicings Chord Etude Modern Progressions Part 1 Chord Etude Modern Progressions Part 2 Chord Etude / Chord Sustain Chord Etude 2 Stella changes Part 1 Chord Etude 2 Stella changes Part 2 Chord Etude 2 Stella changes Part 3 Chord Etude Solar Chord Scales Chordal Ear Training Chords with Moving Inner Voices Diminished Scale Chord Voicings Expanding Diatonic Chord Knowledge Four Essential Modern Voicings Harmonic Scales Harmonizing Melodies Part 1 Harmonizing Melodies Part 2 Harmonizing Melodies Part 3 Harmonizing Melodies Part 4 Intervals Within Chord Voicings Maj7(#9) Melodic Minor Chord Exercise Modal Vamps Part 1

2 Modal Vamps Part 2 Modal Vamps Part 3 Modal Vamps Part 4 Open String Voicings Part 1 Open String Voicings Part 2 Quartal Voicings Skipped String Chordal Articulation Skipped String Quartal Voicings Spread Triads All the Things Spread Triads String Sets Triads String Sets Triads with Suspensions Tritone Substitution Uses of the Min7#5 Chord Voice Leading Triads Courses Back to Basics Guitar Workshop 6 Parts Composition Course 8 Parts Expanding Chordal Vocabulary Course 8 Parts Improvising Over Chord Changes Course 9 Parts Improvising with Triads Course 12 Parts Jazz Blues Course 8 Parts Mastering the ii V I Progression Course 9 Parts Outside Improvisation 4 Parts Pentatonics Course 6 Parts Rhythm Changes Course 8 Parts Rhythm Workshop 2 Parts Distortion Tone Tube Amp Part 1 Distortion Tone Tube Amp Part 2 Studio Session Gear Rundown Gear

3 Improvisation 2 Note Per String Linear Concept Part 1 2 Note Per String Linear Concept Part Melodic Fragments Part Melodic Fragments Part Arpeggios 9 Note Symmetrical Scale Arpeggios Diminished Scale Arpeggios Major Scale Modes Part Arpeggios Major Scale Modes Part Arpeggios Melodic Minor 3 x 3 Intervallic Shapes 9 Note Symmetrical Scale Adding Chromaticism to Improvisation Part 1 Adding Chromaticism to Improvisation Part 2 Altered Scale Improvisation Part 1 Altered Scale Improvisation Part 2 Altered Scale Improvisation Part 3 Chromatic Density Etude Chromatic Improvisation Part 1 Chromatic Improvisation Part 2 Creating Backing Tracks Diminished Scale Arpeggio Concepts Distortion Tone Tube Amp Part 1 Distortion Tone Tube Amp Part 2 Doubled Note Pentatonic Fingering Expanding Triad Concepts Part 1 Expanding Triad Concepts Part 2 Fretboard Visualization Fretboard Visualization 2 Strings Hearing Scales Hybrid Picking Arpeggios Part 1 Hybrid Picking Arpeggios Part 2 Hybrid Picking 4 Note Patterns Part 1 Hybrid Picking 4 Note Patterns Part 2 Hybrid Picking Triads Part 1 Hybrid Picking Triads Part 2 ii V I Adjacent String Improvisation II V I Pentatonics Part 1 II V I Pentatonics Part 2 Improvising with Triads Part 1 Improvising with Triads Part 2 Intervallic Chromatic Density Etude Line Etude All the Things Line Etude Blues Arpeggios Part 1 Line Etude Blues Arpeggios Part 2

4 Line Etude Blues 3 Note Per String Line Etude Blues Triad Arpeggios Line Etude Maj7 Maj7#5 Arpeggios Line Etude Solar Part 1 Line Etude Solar Part 2 Linear Vocabulary Part 1 Linear Vocabulary Part 2 Linear Vocabulary Part 3 Linear Vocabulary Part 4 Linking Triad Shapes and Scales Part 1 Linking Triad Shapes and Scales Part 2 Major 7 Arpeggio Improvisation Part 1 Major 7 Arpeggio Improvisation Part 2 Major No 4 Major7#5 Arpeggio Improvisation Melodic Minor Scale Fragment Improvisation Scales with Suspensions Single String Improvisation Part 1 Single String Improvisation Part 2 Studio Session Gear Rundown Thematic Improvisation with Melodic Structures Part 1 Thematic Improvisation with Melodic Structures Part 2 Thematic Improvisation with Melodic Structures Part 3 Three Note Per String Scales Part 1 Three Note Per String Scales Part 2 Voicing Arpeggios Part 1 Voicing Arpeggios Part 2 Wide Interval Arpeggios Part 1 Wide Interval Arpeggios Part 2 Over 150 Line of the Week Videos Line of the Week

5 North Texas Clinic 10 Parts Live Clinic Footage Spark Live Performance Solo Improvisation Footage 4 Parts Live Footage Improving Time Accuracy Part 1 Improving Time Accuracy Part 2 Practicing Triplets Rhythmic Motifs Swing Feel Two Notes Per String Rhythm Technique 2 Note Per String Linear Concept 2 Parts 212 Melodic Fragments 2 Parts Arpeggios 9 Note Symmetrical Scale Arpeggios Major Scale Modes 2 Parts Arpeggios Minor Pentatonic Chord Etude / Chord Sustain Chord etude 2 Stella changes 3 Parts Constant Fingering Scale Fragments Finger Placement on the Fretboard Fingerstyle Fundamentals Fretboard Visualization 2 Strings Hammer on and Pull off technique Hearing Scales How Pick Angle Affects Tone

6 Hybrid Picking Arpeggios 2 Parts Hybrid Picking 4 Note Patterns 2 Parts Hybrid Picking Essentials Hybrid Picking Spread Triads 2 Parts Hybrid Picking Triads 2 Parts II V I Pentatonics 2 Parts Improving Time Accuracy 2 Parts Legato Technique Linear Vocabulary 2 Parts Muting and Overdrive Spread Triads String Sets Swing Feel Two Notes Per String The Upper Register Three Note Per String Scales 2 Parts Triad Warm Up 3 Parts Vibrato Virtual Gig 3 Parts Voicing Arpeggios 2 Parts Wide Interval Arpeggios Working on Technique 2 Parts Transcribing Part 1 Transcribing Part 2 Transcription Vocabulary 2 Note Per String Linear Concept Part 1 2 Note Per String Linear Concept Part Melodic Fragments Part Melodic Fragments Part Arpeggios Diminished Scale Arpeggios Major Scale Modes Part Arpeggios Major Scale Modes Part Arpeggios Melodic Minor Arpeggios Minor Pentatonic 3 x 3 Intervallic Shapes Adding Chromaticism to Improvisation Part 1 Adding Chromaticism to Improvisation Part 2 Altered Scale Improvisation Part 1 Altered Scale Improvisation Part 2

7 Altered Scale Improvisation Part 3 Build Your Own Scales Part 1 Build Your Own Scales Part 2 Chromatic Density Etude Diminished Scale Arpeggio Concepts Diminished Scale Linear Concepts Hybrid Picking Arpeggios Part 1 Hybrid Picking Arpeggios Part 2 Hybrid Picking 4 Note Patterns Part 1 Hybrid Picking 4 Note Patterns Part 2 ii V I Adjacent String Improvisation Intervallic Chromatic Density Etude Line Etude Stella Part 1 Line Etude Stella Part 2 Line Etude All the Things Line Etude Blues Arpeggios Part 1 Line Etude Blues Arpeggios Part 2 Line Etude Blues 3 Note Per String Line Etude Blues Triad Arpeggios Line Etude Maj7 Maj7#5 Arpeggios Line Etude Solar Part 1 Line Etude Solar Part 2 Linear Vocabulary Part 1 Linear Vocabulary Part 2 Linear Vocabulary Part 3 Linear Vocabulary Part 4 Major No 4 Melodic Minor Scale Fragment Improvisation Scales in Different Directions Three Note Per String Scales Part 1 Three Note Per String Scales Part 2 Wide Interval Arpeggios Part 1 Wide Interval Arpeggios Part 2

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