RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20191 min readFree Lesson: Drop 2 ChordsWhat you will learn: -What drop 2 chords are and how they are derived -Drop 2 shapes on all string sets for the common chord types (Major...
RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20197 min readThe Secrets of the Diminished ScaleI: A Brief Introduction to the Diminished Scale The symmetrical diminished scale is an 8-note scale comprised of a repeating intervallic...
RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20191 min readFree Lesson: Chord Scale TheoryMajor 7 Ionian (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Lydian (1-2-3-#4-5-6-7) Lydian #2 (1-#2-3-#4-5-6-7) Minor 6 Melodic Minor (1-2-b3-4-5-6-7) Minor 7...
RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20191 min readFree Lesson: Memorizing Chord ChangesWhat you will learn: -Why memorizing the chord progressions to jazz standards is important. -3 simple but very effective exercises that...
RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20191 min readMinor 6 Pentatonic Scale Pt.1: The BasicsWhat you will learn: -What the minor 6 pentatonic scale is and how it compares to the minor pentatonic scale. -How to practice...
RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20191 min readDeveloping & Practicing Sight Reading SkillsWhat you will learn: -What sight reading is. -Intense 17 step method to develop sight reading skills in rhythmic, melodic and harmonic...
RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20191 min read10 Modern 2-5-1 Lines: Diminished, Side Stepping, Superimpositions & moreI made this 5 part modern 2-5-1 series for Truefure.com a while back and I thought it would be nice to have all of the videos and the...
RyanCarraherFeb 17, 20191 min readPlaying Outside Using Things You Already Know Part 1: TriadsWhat you will learn in part 1: -Principles of tension resolution. -The concept of "opposite quality" applied to triads. -The concept of...
RyanCarraherFeb 16, 20192 min readHacking the Fretboard Part 1: The Shifting TriadWelcome to the "Hacking the Fretboard" series! I have been receiving quite a lot of requests about how to make progress when learning,...
RyanCarraherFeb 16, 20191 min readBreaking Through Creative Blocks: The 4 Fret ChallengeA few months back a wrote a blog entitled Practice Plateaus: Thoughts on the "Bad Days" where I talked about how to deal with the...