Jazz harmony can feel overwhelming when every chord seems to have a different name, extension, or shape. In this lesson, you’ll see how many of these chords grow from familiar triads and 7th chords, then explore movable voicings you can use in real progressions. Mastery Roadmap Focus · View Roadmap → Choose one practical Major … Read more
The diminished scale is a repeating eight-note scale that can create tension over diminished and dominant 7 chords. There are two versions to learn: whole-half diminished and half-whole diminished. In this lesson, you’ll learn how each one is built, play them on the fretboard, and hear where each sound can be used. Mastery Roadmap Focus … Read more
A musical idea can disappear quickly if you don’t capture it. Recording it first and then writing down the important details gives you something you can return to and develop later. In this lesson, you’ll follow a simple process for recording an idea, finding the notes and rhythm, and turning it into a basic written … Read more
Composing starts with taking a musical idea and developing it far enough that it becomes something you can return to, remember, and build on. In this lesson, you’ll learn a seven-step process for developing an idea into a short composition, from the first melody or chord progression to a simple recording. Mastery Roadmap Focus · … Read more
An interval is the distance between two notes. Learning these distances helps you understand the shapes you see on the fretboard and gives you names for the sounds you hear. In this lesson, you’ll see how intervals are named, where they appear around a root note on guitar, and how they connect to scales, chords, … Read more
Learning jazz and blues licks can help you hear how scales, chord tones, chromatic notes, and rhythm come together in real musical phrases. In this lesson, you’ll learn seven licks over G7. Rather than only memorizing them, we’ll look at what each phrase is doing so you can adapt the ideas and create lines of … Read more
The harmonic minor scale is a minor scale with a raised 7th, creating a strong pull back toward the root. In this lesson, you’ll learn the harmonic minor formula, fretboard shapes, and ways to apply the scale over minor-key chord progressions. Mastery Roadmap Focus · View Roadmap → Start with one natural minor scale shape … Read more
The melodic minor scale has a minor sound with a natural 6th and 7th, giving it a different color from the natural minor scale. If you already know a Major scale shape, melodic minor is easy to relate to it: keep the same notes and lower the 3rd by one fret. In this lesson, you’ll … Read more
Getting better at improvising is less about finding more notes and more about learning how to shape the notes you already know into musical ideas. In this lesson, we’ll look at nine ways to develop your improvisation, including rhythm, melody, repetition, chord awareness, song form, and shaping a solo over time. Skill Builders Roadmap Focus … Read more
Moonlight Sonata or Claro de Luna (in Spanish) is one of the most popular and recognizable classical pieces composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven. This piece comes from his work, Piano Sonata No. 14 (Opus 27, No. 2) and is the first of the three movements in the sonata also known as Adagio Sostenuto. The sheet … Read more