YGA BLOG

10 May 2021

Expanding on your open chord playing is much more simple than you may realise. We don't need crazy new chord shapes, just a few simple embellishments to inject some new colour into your old reliable chords. In this webinar, Thomas will show you how to add easy embellishments to your open chord shapes, explain when and how to use them, and show you how you can find new embellishments yourself.

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10 May 2021

If you are looking for ways to expand your sonic palette, the dorian mode may be just what you need. In this webinar, Thomas will explain what the dorian mode is, show you 5 different licks from the mode, and teach you where and when to use them.

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10 May 2021

The guitar is an amazing instrument in the sense that we can use both a pick and our fingers to generate different sounds and feels - but why not both at the same time? In this webinar; Dion will guide you through some handy and highly functional hybrid picking ideas to help breathe new life into your picking game.

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3 May 2021

In this lesson Jarrod covers the melody from the Gypsy Jazz standard Lulu Swing. This tune uses a repeating motif that gets very slightly modified to tastefully follow the chords in the backing, and give us a nice chromatic run!

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26 April 2021

In this lesson Jarrod teaches you how to play the rhythm part of the Gypsy Jazz standard 'Lulu Swing'. You'll cover some great movable chord shapes and the distinctive Gypsy Jazz strumming pattern 'La Pompe'.

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19 April 2021

This is a very tasteful Major Blues Scale lick that will work really nicely in a country style - with some bends thrown in for good measure!

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15 April 2021

Have you ever found yourself "blanketing" one scale whilst soloing? Perhaps you'd like to breathe a bit more life into your improvisation? In this webinar; Dion will take you through a few concepts to get your foot in the door of soloing over chord changes. We'll talk about combining Major and minor pentatonic sounds, as well as using arpeggios to find chord tones to really bring your solos to the next level.

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15 April 2021

In this webinar; We'll be taking a look at "Kiss" by the legendary Prince. There isn't a whole heap of guitar on this tune; so Dion will be taking you through some cool little funk guitar concepts to build a guitar part in this style. What you'll end up with is some cool concepts in your toolbox to whip out in your next jam.

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13 April 2021

Dion is back this week to talk about the modes of the Major scale. This is a great opportunity to build a really solid understanding of what they are, how to hear them and most importantly - how to use them! If you've ever wanted to know about the modes, or you know a bit about them but don't fully understand them; this is the webinar for you.

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12 April 2021

This is a sweeping arpeggios challenge that sounds great played fast or slow!

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