Hi Friend, What’s up? Here’s what up: Jimmy Dillon has created a new 35 minute mini-course called “Jimmy’s Top Chord Progressions”. It’s going to be part of the Chord Mastery 2.0 collection that will be released on July 21st. Here’s a sneak peek: Chord Mastery Blog You’ll also get 2 more video courses plus the
Last year did surprised me, it was one of the biggest smash hits. I’m talking about “Guitar Chord Mastery 1.0” It been totally sold out like hot cakes. So I’ve decided to make it even better, bigger, and juicier. YES! I’m talking about: “Guitar Chord Mastery 2.0” Featuring some exclusive content from: Jimmy Dillon (some
Hi Friend, Hope you’re havin’ a bangin’ week… Check this out: If you wanna be a solid guitarist, you have to know how to STRUM. Strumming patterns are uber cool and important, and what’s even cooler is I’m about to release a video series showing you DOZENS of killer patterns. Today I have a video
Hi Friend, I recently started doing something that I haven’t done in literally 25 years. This might sound “off-the-wall” and silly (maybe), but I started eating English muffin pizzas. You know… the kind you make yourself by putting some pizza sauce on an English muffin, and some cheese, and putting it in the toaster oven.
Hi Friend, I grew up in the 1980s. And when the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” came out, it was HUGE… It was such a great film and has really stood the test of time. That’s what defines a “classic”. Classic anything… Classic movie, classic song… Anyway…my girlfriend had never seen the movie before so
The third aspect of guitar control is perhaps the most powerful, and this is what I call the “brain-to-hand” connection. It is the most raw and abstract skill for improvising. It all starts with the energy of inspiration, which comes from within. What you feel in your heart and hear in your headis simply played
The first thing is technique and the second component to “guitar control” is fretboard knowledge. This includes the knowledge of the scale patterns, but also where the notes are on the fretboard, knowing their various combinations (such as scales, modes, chord voicings, etc), and beyond. It encompasses music theory, and how that theory applies to
All the patterns all over the neck for E minor are the same as for G major. The only difference is which note is treated as the root or tone center. By changing the tone center, or which note is emphasized the most and returned to, the quality of the musical flavor changes. This is
Whatever style you want to play, technique will come in handy. And perhaps the most universally handy tool is guitar scales. Not only will they improve your chops tremendously, but they are a great way to find the right notes to play. Think of guitar scales as a bridge between technique and fretboard knowledgable. Within
Technique is the basic physical ability to play notes on the guitar. Without at least a basic technique, it is essentially impossible to play any music at all on the guitar. If you’ve been playing guitar for any amount of time, you already posess a certain level of basic technique. Ironically, technique (also called “chops”)
