This lesson blends rhythmic precision with functional harmony, using triads and real-world groove applications to lock into 16th-note time. By the end, you’ll be able to comp through an entire tune with feel, form, and tasteful voicings.
This routine explores how to blend major and minor pentatonic vocabulary to create expressive, bluesy lines with rich tonal contrast. You’ll move through both familiar and fresh territory, developing phrasing that lives comfortably across both sounds.
This solo study channels Ace Frehley’s lead from Love Gun to sharpen your alternate picking and pentatonic fluency. You’ll work across all five shapes while developing speed, control, and real-world musicality.
This routine hones your string bending technique across all five pentatonic positions, targeting key scale tones with control and expression. You’ll develop phrasing that mimics slide guitar while exploring musical movement through multiple shapes.
This lesson builds your arpeggio fluency by drilling all four core 7th chord types using A shape fingerings. You’ll learn to visualize, connect, and fragment arpeggios across string sets and within diatonic progressions.
Time to shift gears and bring your E shape arpeggios into focus. By isolating string groups and navigating diatonic progressions, you’ll train your hands and ears to speak the language of harmony with clarity.
The C shape takes center stage this week as we round out the core arpeggio positions with a focus on D major. By isolating string sets and connecting all four chord types, you’ll unlock a less familiar part of the neck and deepen your fretboard fluency.
This week’s focus is on mapping all seven diatonic arpeggios within the E shape of G major, locking into one position for deeper interval understanding. As the routine progresses, you’ll flow between arpeggios, scale tones, and faster transitions to build fretboard fluency and harmonic clarity.
This session explores major 6 arpeggios as melodic substitutes for major 7 shapes, revealing new sounds within familiar fingerings. By working through shape-based transformations and ii–V–I licks, you’ll deepen your ear and expand your improvisational palette.
This week transforms arpeggio shapes into real music using the A section of Autumn Leaves as a guide. You’ll learn to shape melodic phrases from chord tones and develop creative fluency over a classic progression.
Building on last week’s Autumn Leaves study, this lesson adds longer phrases and scale-based ideas to connect arpeggios fluidly. We’ll explore subtle harmonic shifts using G major and E minor to shape more lyrical, expressive lines.
This lesson reconnects major triads to their surrounding scale tones using E, C, and A shapes—with a bonus look at the G shape for diagonal movement. You’ll strengthen alternate picking, reinforce fretboard fluency, and train your ear to hear harmony and melody as one.
This workout builds mastery of major, minor, and diminished triads by connecting them into full chord scales along the neck. Through shape transitions and melodic drills, you’ll strengthen fretboard awareness and sharpen your ear for harmonic movement.
This routine expands triad practice into real harmonic and modal territory, using lowered roots and raised 5ths to imply 7th chords. By mapping triads to modes, you’ll start hearing deeper musical possibilities hidden inside familiar shapes.
This week’s routine puts the spotlight on Dorian, using triads and arpeggios to uncover the mode’s true sound—not just its shape. By targeting the 6th and blending it with minor harmony, you’ll train your ear to hear what makes Dorian feel distinct and musical.
This workout turns last week’s Dorian theory into real musical vocabulary through targeted lick practice. You’ll explore both pentatonic add9 and full Dorian licks across five positions, then connect it all with full-neck phrases to unlock the entire fretboard.
This session delivers 10 fresh, full-neck 16th-note phrases designed to push your melodic creativity. Rather than memorizing licks, the focus is on understanding how to build your own lines and break new ground.
This week’s routine introduces the moody, exotic sound of Phrygian through arpeggios, triads, and targeted color tones. You’ll expand your modal fluency by contrasting it with Dorian and internalizing its signature b2 and b6.
This lesson explores the darker color of Phrygian through original licks, with a progression designed to spotlight its b2 and b6 tones. Use the backing track to train your ear, compare the sound to Dorian, and start crafting lines that truly embody this mysterious mode.
This lesson puts theory into motion by blending Dorian and Phrygian sounds over a custom progression. With 8 original licks and a vibey backing track, you’ll explore how subtle shifts in color tones can open up fresh melodic territory—then craft your own to make it personal.
This rhythmic workout revisits four essential 16th note groupings and applies them to modal scale shapes as a phrasing lab. You’ll sharpen your time feel, improve picking mechanics, and prep your ears for next week’s dive into Lydian.
This session kicks off our exploration of Lydian—a bright, expansive sound built from the major scale with a #4 twist. You’ll learn how to build the mode around triads and maj7 arpeggios, while training your ear to target that signature raised 4th.
This Lydian workout uses a G–A/G–Bm7–A progression to explore descending scale ideas, colorful triad pairs, and modal substitutions. You’ll learn how to highlight the #11 using creative phrasing tools like G–A triad pairs and F# minor pentatonic over G.
This week we connect Dorian and Lydian sounds over a four-bar progression, focusing on crafting longer, melodic phrases. You’ll move through arpeggios, scales, and licks in three positions to internalize the modal shift and build your own ideas. Ask ChatGPT
Explore the soulful sound of Mixolydian by combining dominant arpeggios, full-scale patterns, and expressive triad connections. This week’s routine focuses on three core positions to help you internalize the mode’s flavor and phrasing potential.
This week’s Mixolydian workout blends expressive phrasing with real-world licks over a soulful Bb groove. With 12 musical lines, some bold chromatics, and an all-downstroke attack, this one’s designed to stretch both your hands and your ears.
This routine applies Mixolydian sounds over a full I7–II7–IV7–I7 progression, helping you sharpen your ability to shift scales and plan melodic ideas in real time. With a slower jazz-leaning groove, this one’s all about phrasing, awareness, and creative control.
This week we dig into Aeolian—the natural minor scale—and explore its pure, unembellished minor sound across E, C, and A positions using chords, arpeggios, scales, and triad-based phrases. Simple concept, powerful results.
We’re turning Aeolian theory into sound this week with a moody synth-rock progression and a batch of lyrical licks that move from simple 8ths to punchy 16ths. It’s all about locking into that natural minor vibe—and using it to craft your own phrases.
We’re wrapping up Aeolian with a driving 140bpm groove and a set of flowing licks that lean into the mode’s signature ♭6 and ♭7. With a classic i–♭VI–♭VII progression as your playground, it’s time to connect positions and lock in the sound.
