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Worship Guitar Workshop
Session 2
Intermediate Session
1. Lead Guitar Concepts:
a. Scales, Intervals and Arpeggios
b. Creativity
2. New Way to Learn Chords: (Chord Mining)
3. Jazz Chord Secret
4. Q&A
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F Major 7 Tapped Arpeggio (note the string skipping)
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Learn Your Foundations!
Scales, intervals, arpeggios and chords
under the umbrellas of music theory and technique
“Apply creativity, mix and stir!”
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G major diatonic all over fretboard
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SCALES IN 6 FRET SYSTEM
G major diatonic position 3
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SCALES IN 6 FRET SYSTEM
G major diatonic position 5
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Etc….
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Pentatonic Scales
A Minor/C Major Pentatonic Scale
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Pentatonic Scales
A Minor/C Major Pentatonic Scale (5th position)
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Yada yada yada and etc., etc., etc….
Find all of these scale shapes at www.gregjonesmusic.com/scalesindex.htm
or www.google.com...
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Tips to make practicing your scales fun.
Always ask “What if I did X to this scale (interval, arpeggio, chord, etc…)?
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1. Be creative with rhythm
2. Explore subsets of scales
3. Apply different techniques
4. Be creative with note order, play scale sequences and patterns
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Example of creative exercises:
Practicing to a drum loop, number the notes of a scale and play sequences.
Throw in spontaneous & creative rhythms to make it more interesting.
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Scale Patterns:
1234, 2345, 3456, 4566…
123, 234, 345, 456…
13, 24, 35, 46…
1 3 5 7 9 11…
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Visit http://www.zentao.com/guitar/patt
erns/ for more pattern ideas
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4 notes/string diatonics
Today Is The Day Lick
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3 notes/string pentatonics
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Arpeggios
C major (A shape) G major (E shape)
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Arpeggios
E major (C shape) E minor (C shape)
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Arpeggios
D minor (A shape)
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Etc….
I suggest targeting the following arpeggios:
Major
Minor
Diminished
Dominant 7ths
Major 7ths
Diminished 7ths
Minor 7th (Major 6ths)
Try http://www.12bar.de/scale_generator.php
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Intervals
Lincoln Brewster’s stacked 5ths in solo of Today Is The Day
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Chord Mining
A fresh way to learn chords through exploration
(“Mining”).
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Chord Mining
1. Learn/play the C major scale on the 2nd string:
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Chord Mining
2. Learn/play the C major scale on the 4th string:
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Chord Mining
3. Put the two together yields inverted 3rd intervals (aka 6ths):
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Chord Mining
4. Add bass notes from the C major scale (C bass notes shown here):
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Chord Mining
Chords derived:
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Chord Mining
5. Add bass notes from the C major scale (D bass notes shown here):
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Chord Mining
Chords derived:
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Etc….
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Chord Mining
In Action:
Shout to The Lord
Chord Mining
Shout to The Lord
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Shout to the Lord
Color Chords
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Jazz Chord Secret
Stacked 4ths (Quartal Voicings)
Q&A
Open forum for Questions