L E V E L III
Module III
In this module you’ll start bringing together your scale patterns for soloing. You’ll also elevate your chord awareness and vocabulary to include sophisticated chord forms and shapes.
If you’ve practice the first three scale patterns in all the ways that enable you to know them deeply and used them in your playing, you’re ready for Scale Pattern #4. If you haven’t gotten that far, this is a good time to invest some more time in them—but don’t worry about learning all five patterns within a particular time frame. It’s much more useful in your playing to know two or three patterns really well than to have memorized five without being able to use them effectively!
Here’s Scale Pattern #4: LP29 Scale Pattern #4 When you’re ready, you can find all five major scale patterns, along with the minor forms, modes and more in Learning to Play Lead Guitar.
Lesson
1
All those extra numbers and letters after a chord symbol, explained. Memorize the simple rules I give you in this lesson and life will get easier!
R4Altered & Extended Chords
Lesson
2
Do you get bored with sitting on the same basic chord for extended periods while some guitarists are moving around the neck, playing a variety of sounds? This lesson will help you figure out which chords it make sense to add in for interest and variety: Th15 Chord Substitutions
Lesson
3
In the last module, you began working with playing patterns within the scale patterns. It’s good to keep experimenting with patterns and practicing the ones you like. In this lesson, you’ll use the same idea to work with arpeggios. As you practice this way, you’ll find your confidence regarding arpeggios will grow and your playing will reflect that! LP16 Patterns Within Arpeggios
Lesson
4
Scales, arpeggios, and patterns are the building blocks for good solos, but you don’t want your solos to sound like your practice drills! To make the leap to playing creatively and melodically, you need more. This lesson will give it to you: ET11 Melodic Soloing
Lesson
5
You’re going to love how using three-string chords brings flexibility to movement on the fretboard and opens up your playing!
R9Three String Chords
Lesson
6
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