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Digging Deeper: Polyrhythmic Fundamentals
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Digging Deeper: Polyrhythmic Fundamentals

Chops: Advanced Theory: Intermediate Lesson Overview: • Develop basic polyrhythmic techniques. • Learn how to superimpose different rhythms to make a “4-against-3” feel. • Understand how accents can imply

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Digging Deeper: The Diving-Board Effect

Learn how to relieve tension in both your picking and fretting hands.

Digging Deeper: Creative Chord Construction
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Digging Deeper: Creative Chord Construction

Chops: Intermediate Theory: Intermediate Lesson Overview: • Learn to generate new voicings. • Experience harmony''s gravitational force. • Explore octave displacement. Click here to download the accompanying mp3 audio

Digging Deeper: Let Your Line Shine
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Digging Deeper: Let Your Line Shine

Today I want to explore ways to approach improvising long, fluid, rhythmically dynamic lines.

Digging Deeper: Bridging The Comping Gap
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Digging Deeper: Bridging The Comping Gap

How to develop your own personal concept of accompaniment—or “comping,” as it’s known in jazz—from the perspective of rhythm first, and then harmony.

Digging Deeper: Learning Tunes in Three Dimensions
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Digging Deeper: Learning Tunes in Three Dimensions

One of the things I’ve always been really fascinated by is the idea of “finding your own voice.”