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Instagram Post - Melodic Arpeggio Exercise

This is a great exercise for running through a bunch of chords you might not be used to moving around 

this isn’t a beginner friends exercise, but if you’ve been playing for over 2 years I’d recommend giving it a go even slowly 

Instagram Post - Fireflies sweep tab

This is a different take on one of my most popular covers 

fireflies by Owl City 

Weekly Lesson - Relative Major & Minor Scale

For those that don’t know this is one of the coolest concepts in music.
so for example
Am = A B C D E F G

C maj = C D E F G A B 

Just from this we can see they contain the same notes, so technically they’re the same scale with a different home note that changes the entire feel 

something to consider & this will also help you nps out the rest of the fr...

Weekly Lesson - Sextuplets, Octaves & Pentatonics Make For a Good Time

So in this lesson, we’re taking some of the concepts we’ve explored previously with these weekly lessons but now we are expending the idea & introducing some melody with the pentatonic scale 

we’re take the groups of 6’s from the lesson a few weeks ago, but now adding in the idea of moving using octaves 

we also explore new keys in this video so let me know if ...

Extending Sweeps Diatonically (A minor.)

This is the same as the last video, just representing how you change the key to suit your song!

If you need any help with these licks give me a message!

Start To Sweep Em

This is a pattern using inversions to get you ready for the strings changing that sweeping requires aswell as showing you some valuable shapes to get under your belt

Give me a shout if you need any help with this!

Instagram Post - Dm F Bb C Sweep Progression

This is tricky if you’re new to sweep 

but if you’re used to using the major and minor shape this is a brilliant way to help you start moving them through the chords in a scale 

to start sweeping go to the hashtags and select ‘sweep practice’ 

Instagram Post - Am Lick into Am 1st Inversion

This is very Am oriented! 

if you find yourself in Am and needing a lick this will suit almost any rock/metal setting 

Instagram Post - Am C Em Sweep Progression

This is a progression moving the 1 b3 5 notes from Am into root notes for sweeps 

give this a try over an Am backing track! 

Instagram Post - Em Pentatonic 3 Note Per String

This is a great way to move the pentatonic around the fret board using octaves 

All I did in this lick was take one shape and move it using 3 octaves 

give it a try and you’ll see how simple it really is

Instagram Post - Inversion Combination Sweeps

This is a great way to start seeing how inversions go together 

I’m playing the same chord the whole time but it’s moving all around a similar area 

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Weekly Lesson - Finding Note Around The Fretboard

In this lesson I talk about areas to find notes you’re most likely already used to using in your playing with open strings 

i talk about the 3 places you can relate open string notes to the rest of the fret board as well as using octaves to get around the fret board quickly & easily 

if you have any questions leave them in the comments! 

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Legato Exercise - Left Hand Speed

This is a great exercise for speeding up your left hand & improving movement between the strings

if you’re struggling with your right hand speed & accuracy then comment ‘right hand’ and I’ll give you a message to go over some exercises to help 🔥

Weekly Lesson - Phrasing & Note Expression

Whilst shredding is cool, if the rest of your playing is lifeless then it will be tough to reach the standard you want.
this is an idea I’ve been using for years when writing and improvising. this exercise also helps improve your overall playing so well worth giving a go. 

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I’d love it if you guys could do me 3 things 

1. comment on this post some things you’d like to see from my Patreon 

2. message me on instagram so I can put us all in a group chat 

3. continue being amazing 👊🔥

Weekly Lesson - Note Groupings / Groups Of 4

Working on your note groupings and understanding the difference between triplets & 2’s/4’s/5’s etc is unbelievably important for clean playing 

a lot of players can play fast but their hands aren't sync’d up and this is because of wrist control & note groupings 

accenting is also important so be sure to do a slight accent on each 1 of 4 notes 

Weekly Lesson - Chords In A Scale (Sweep Shape & arpeggios.)

This concept was another one of those click moments where I realised how simple music theory actually is.
Every minor scale has the same chord order 

Minor Diminished Major Minor Minor Major Major 

mince you have this concept down then you can you the sweep shapes we have covered in any key!
These aren’t only for sweeps, they’re a massive help for professions o...

Intro To Sweep Picking

I found this video whilst looking through some content and realised this would be perfect for you guys!
This is a very short into into sweep picking, but information is solid!
If you need any more help with your sweeping comment 'SWEEP'

Weekly Lesson - Groups of 6’s Through The Strings

This is one of the first licks that helped me come to grips with the idea of grouping notes 

Understanding that it’s actually important to know which direction your pick should end at the end of the lick. Knowing weather you need to end your grouping on a down stroke or an upstroke makes a massive different 🔥

If you need any help give me a shout or leave a comment 👊🔥...

Live Streams

 When could you guys be free for me to do a Patreon exclusive live stream?

You’ve all be massively supporting so I would like to just get on here and chat to you!

please comment times that suit & time zone so I can see what works best! 

Chord Progression Sweep Picking

So you guys might have seen these me play this progression on my Instagram, TikTok or YouTube And now you’re getting the reasoning behind the theory & then an idea on how to start with this piece 

If this is too hard for you go to my tags on Patreon and look up ‘sweep practice’ and I have 5 videos gradually building this lick up so you can come back to this one!
Thanks ...

Am Fret Board Shred

This post is a great example of how to connect ideas to make licks that span the fret board & full space 

the basic idea here is going from the Am scale in a 3 note per string variation into the inversions of the Am chord 

so this would work over any Am backing track 

and then moving everything a certain amount of frets will change key, so it’s good to get...

New Ibanez Em Sweeps

These sweeps are in E harmonic minor using the 5&3 string shapes 

give them a go! 

Weekly Lesson - Unusual Finger Patterns

I made this lesson to help everyone struggling with speeding up their left hand & their hand sync 

So usually it’s quite simple to build speed if your fingers are just doing the same pattern in finger order. Yes it can take time, but the basic idea is repeating the phrase until you’re happy with the speed.. which can take a while 😂

but then when you’ve gotten that ...

Am Inversions Lick

These are just the three inversions of an A minor played quickly

Nothing crazy theory wise, just learn the shapes & try to use them in improv 🔥

Weekly Lesson - Tapping Pentatonics (5 Positions.)

In this lesson we look at tapping & the pentatonic boxes 

if you’re not familiar with the pentatonic boxes then you’re in for a treat as these 5 shapes mean you can solo all over the fret board in any key! I Have attached 2 keys so you can see how to move them through the keys.
if you struggle with this lick then start with one string & add more the more comfortable y...

Em Pentatonic 3 Octave Picking

This was a lick I wrote with my student, Jack A

We had a fun lesson where we went over how we write licks like this

So our first way to make big lines that sound impressive was to just repate the same lick in 3 octaves and then to end on a chord tone

If you want any help with this stuff give me a message!

Dm Position 1 shred

The basic D minor 3 note per string scale played doubling up on each string

Yes the speed is the issue in this but if you pick every note 4 times with tremolo picking and then work of getting your left hand their with legit - you just have to sync the two and you should you can play this within a few months