This routine blends inside picking, funk rhythm mastery, and dominant scale application using the C shape. From Cheryl Lynn grooves to six Mixolydian licks, it’s all about turning technique into real musical vocabulary.
This shorter routine packs a punch with cross-picking, rhythmic displacement, and funky triad work inspired by Want You Back. You’ll also dive into the A-shape dominant scale and explore four creative licks to kickstart your phrasing.
Master dominant 7 arpeggios with a focus on different CAGED shapes, four-note fragments, and key navigation across the neck. This week’s routine emphasizes hearing, internalizing, and applying arpeggios in all 12 keys, along with a practice track to guide your progress.
This week dives into minor 7 arpeggios, comparing them to dominant 7s and exploring them across the CAGED system. We’ll work on sequencing ideas and finish by writing our own etudes to strengthen fretboard fluency and improvisational freedom.
This lesson focuses on major 7 arpeggios as a simple variation of dominant 7s, using the CAGED system to build familiarity and flow. We’ll also apply note-skipping patterns and finish with ii–V–I etudes to tie together all three arpeggio types.
This lesson introduces diminished 7 arpeggios, highlighting their symmetrical structure and practical use in jazz progressions. We’ll explore multiple fingerings, position shifts, and sweep picking techniques to expand both our fretboard fluency and expressive range.
Technical refinement meets groove-based playing with shift slides, funk rhythms, and four-note sequences that build coordination and control. By connecting arpeggios and scales in musical ways, we sharpen our picking technique and deepen overall fluency.
We shift our focus to legato and fretting-hand technique with hammer-ons, muting control, and intervallic 3rds across CAGED shapes. These exercises build strength, fluidity, and fretboard awareness while reinforcing musical phrasing through connected motion.
We expand fretboard fluency by combining hammer-ons, rhythmic displacement, and arpeggio sequencing across CAGED shapes. Through patterns like 3 2 1 3 and the “monster” sequence, we develop strength, precision, and a deeper connection between technique and musical phrasing.
Swing picking takes center stage this week as we blend rhythmic articulation with dominant scale fluency and stacked 3rd patterns. Through double and triple 3rd exercises, we expand harmonic depth while building technical control across the fretboard.