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- Rocking ChordsLEVEL 2Discover the endless possibilities of playing a couple of open chords over a cool sounding track.
- Relative ChordsLEVEL 2Learn modal progression based on the natural major scale.
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- Octave Chords FunkLEVEL 5Sequence of rhythmic patterns based on octave intervals
- Inverted ChordsLEVEL 3Learn to create a melody based on a major chord progression.
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Feedback
mattacuk19th August 2009Hi David,
I was wondering if you could tell me what the "L" and the "g" stand for on the tab?
kind regards
David Wallimann27th October 2008it screams perfection
but one question really ? why do you play the c major scale over the A when you play, then you cannot hear the chord change when you playing by your self ? :S
I'm not sure I understand your question my friend...
blindwillie27th October 2008Oh, how lovely.
Dejan Farkas25th October 2008Beautiful
SensE25th October 2008Very nice ! Very good composition !
Bogdan Radovic24th October 2008Very good lesson David ! This stuff is especially useful when composing fill ins for your guitar tracks
Ramblingman24th October 2008it screams perfection
but one question really ? why do you play the c major scale over the A when you play, then you cannot hear the chord change when you playing by your self ? :S
Gerardo Siere24th October 2008Sounds really goog, good work David.
Kuba Szafran24th October 2008Great job David, awesome soloing as always!
ItsMe24th October 2008What a nice lesson. Perfect soul vibe
Ivan Milenkovic24th October 2008SOunds great David, good job man
kaznie_NL24th October 2008Hey David, nice combination of phrasing with theory! Neat sound!!!
Jose Mena24th October 2008Great sounds David, like the style a lot.
- David Wallimann24th October 2008
Thanks folks,
Jeff, I used a Boss GT8 multieffect straight into the computer. It's the "Another Brick" patch. I use it most of the time... 
Piotr Kaczor24th October 2008Sounds romantic! Beautiful lesson David!
Capt.Z24th October 2008Cool Lesson!!
Pedja Simovic24th October 2008Great one David. I use 6ths a lot its my favorite interval with b5 of course
Eat-Sleep-andJam24th October 2008I got a big EJ vibe from this
, Great ! 
Muris Varajic24th October 2008Sounds just lovely.
Emir Hot24th October 2008Very nice David. I like licks in sixths
Nazgul24th October 2008Great, David! Lots of feelings in there. Well done!
Jad Diab24th October 2008I love your lesson David ! Lots of melody and feeling
Jeff24th October 2008David, this sounds like a really cool mix of Mark Knopfler and Eric Johnson. Your guitar sounds really good. What equipment did you use? thanks!
Jerry Arcidiacono24th October 2008Love this lesson David
purple hayes24th October 2008So tasty. I'll definitely be working on that over the weekend.
Lian Gerbino24th October 2008sounds really great!
- mattacuk24th October 2008
Just beautiful, and just what I have been looking for - thanks!
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- Lesson
- My notes
Playing guitar is not always all about speed and technical demonstration but is also about taste. In this lesson we'll explore ways to embellish a very simple chord progression to make it sound more musical.
This approach is used by countless great players such as Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan to name a few. The idea is to start from a very simple basic chord and expand on it adding extra notes, lead ideas, and rhythm elements to create something new.
The chord progression we'll work with is in the key of C Major and is as follow:
C Maj 7
A min 7
F Maj 7
G 7
C Maj 7
I wrote on the following diagram the C Major scale on the whole fretboard. The goal is not to memorize that complicated pattern, but rather to use the notes of the scale as a guideline in your study.
I hope you enjoy this lesson and feel free to ask if you need anything.
Have fun!
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