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This lesson in a continuation of last week’s ear training lesson (EP570) and uses the same jam track, however this week you’ll learn how to play and hear the flat 7 note over chord changes.
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I love these lessons that build off the previous lesson and that tune looks like it will fit under my fingers perfectly. Thanks Brian
Agree with Michael, the lesson that have built on each other I am finding really helpful as it is slowly re-enforcing the ideas in my slow brain!
Personally at the moment, I find it much better than jumping to a totally different topic each week. Fantastic work Brian and best of luck Michael..
Great lesson. I also like when the lessons build on one another in consecutive weeks. For years now every Friday I wonder and look forward to what you are going to come up with next. Like they say Thank God it is Friday!
Great building blocks of guitar knowledge. I keep going “yep , yep I see where you are going with that. ” Now I if can just remember what chord comes next, that is where the heck I am going, I would be happy…
Nice lesson with the focus on the flat 7th.
Good one Brian, love the sound. That 175 is a special guitar.
Great lesson Brian! Sounds sweet to follow the changes this way.
I really like these simple but meaty sounding progressions that can be easily moved to other keys. Thanks!
Another great lesson Brian! The tablature has B7 as the chord in measures 7 and 8, should it be A7?
It should be E7 the V chord
I have corrected it to E7 – thank you!
Excellent lesson. Golden nugget time yet again much appreciated Brain . 🙂
Glad I leaned my Dominant 7 arpeggios! … I think one of your prior lessons prompted that. Your teaching has truly unlocked the fretboard for me. Keep doing lessons like these. There is always something that is suddenly new for me to learn because I simply wasn’t ready for it in a previous lesson. In other words, the repetition of ideas, licks, and theory is good since it gets drilled into my memory!
Great lesson Brian! I appreciate the side bars . Even though they might not be part of the song, those little bits and pieces really help pull things together. You are a great teacher. Thank you.
Brian, would you show how you hold the pick?
A timely lesson for me. I’ve been thinking about the flat 7 a bunch recently.
In part 2 you say “I’ve probably mentioned this a million times…”. Don’t stop. For me, it takes a million and one times before it sinks in. But it’s happening, slowly but surely.
Thank you, Brian. You certain retain our focus by following your own advice; KISS and TYT!
Good day all!
571 is a perfect fit to 570. Take a minute to revisit/learn the fundamentals and then learn how to put the heart and soul into your playing.
Trust in the process, this is why we take lessons.
Enjoy the music! Thx Wade
Brian, don’t worry about too many side bars since you always seem to put “gold” in them. Sometimes your sidebars provide the “takeaway” from your lesson. Anyway, this lesson was pure gold for me since I am a student of playing the changes! Not sure why, but this lesson is an all time favorite for me.
This is the lessons that I did’t know I needed.
Herby m says it all by pointing out that this is the lesson that I didn’t know I needed. These two lessons together on ear training point out just how much can be achieved by subtle differences in things like flatting the seventh and bending into notes.
These are two great lessons, Brian. I will be working on them for a long time, I think. Thanks so much.
Really nice practical lesson. Really useful to take a few steps back and improve my ear for notes to land even when I like to think I already know this. In addition nothing more satisfying than to practice this with a pick I got off the stage from the Robert Cray band, who I found to discard a pick every other song he performs.
Is that a vintage ES175 ?
Thank you for the CAGED lessons and the flated 7 chord lesson Brian. I don’t know how many times I have had this explained by different people. This lesson made me understand the 6th and 9th chord theory and how it is used.. Also where an A6 can also be a F#7. As you say, this was a lightbulb experience.
Mr Brian … I’m so happy having found your lessons for I get so much out of each!
Brian, Those “sidebars” and “distractions” are great!
So awesome this uses the same jam track! I’m always look for ways to extend lessons and chain them together 👍
Mind Blown! AGAIN! There is so much to unpack in each of your lessons, Brian! I have learned enough where I can comprehend what you are saying when you explain it, but I am a long ways away from being able to apply it myself in real time while playing. I wonder if there are others in the same boat? I realize that you break down your thought process for what you play and why at each chord change, but have you done any lessons that could help us develop that part of the improvisation process so that we can just “play” a cool lead in to a chord change, instead of having to think about it too much? If not, would you consider this as a topic? I hope my questions makes sense. Thanks again!
Another way of saying it would be a lesson on what you are thinking about in real time when transitioning through the chord changes, and techniques to help us build this skill.
Makes a lot of sense to me .
Another good one, Brian. Your explanations of what and why of chord/note selection rings bells for me every time. And having the lesson piece to practice is fun and adds to my improvisational skills.
“See your chords no matter where you’re at” = YouTube gold for guitarists
admiring how it soundz playing a cool little lick the ends In a 7 chord. having fun with it
This lesson is solid gold ! ! Lot’s of light-bulbs turning on!
That comment about the jazzy lick with the 6 and 9 chord-voicings is so awesome (took me a while to get it).
Yet another jewel of a lesson that I come back to as a refresh. And another a clever composition to boot. Thanks, Brian!