Scott Paul Johnson

Music Theory Monday | 14: Phrygian, Mode Mixing, and Repetition

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • 2020-11-30 16:06:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Stream | 22: OFFICE HOURS Q&A

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In this stream we talked a bit about technique - fingerpicking, holding a pick and getting comfortable with single note picking - but...

Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Homework 2

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In this second homework exercise for the Minor Triads ...

Live Stream | 21: OFFICE HOURS Q&A

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This was a fun stream! We talked about the order of chords in a key and how songs like Creep by Radiohead use chords outside the stan...

Music Theory for Guitar | 06: Minor Triads | Homework No. 1

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Here is the first homework lesson for the Minor Triads lesson. In this ...

Music Theory | Major Triads Bonus

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I filmed a whole series of Youtube videos earlier t...

Live Stream | 20: OFFICE HOURS • Q&A HANGOUT

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Music Theory for Guitar | 6 | Minor Triads

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • 2020-11-09 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Stream | 19: OFFICE HOURS • Q&A HANGOUT

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Sometimes Patreon gets weird with video links so here is a hard link: https://youtu.be/...

Live Stream | 18: More CAGED Camera Guitar

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Every Wednesday at 11am PST, I go live and do a lesson related to the topic of the month. This month I surprised everyone with my new...

Live Stream | 17: MORE CAGED | Major & Minor

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Every Wednesday at 11am PST, I go live and talk about the topic of the month. This month I surprised everyone with my new Guitar Came...

Patreon Forum issues

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A few new Patrons have reached out saying they can't access the community forum - I just signed up for my own Patreon with a different email address to see if I ran into the same issue and it turns out that I can't get in either. So I've reached out for help and I'll hopefully have this issue figured out soon. I...

Live Stream | 16: MORE CAGED guitar camera

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In this livestream, I continue to investigate some different ways to think about the CAGED System using the new Guitar Cam. 

Jam track I used...

Live Stream | 15: NEW CAMERA GUITAR and CAGED Study

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Surprise! If you've seen my youtube videos, you know that the camera guitar with fingerboard dots is kind of my thing. Well, in this ...

Music Theory for Guitar | 05: Major Triads | Practice No. 2

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This exercise is a free for all! This lesson gives a few ideas for how you might come up with your own sequence of A Major, D Major and E Major Triads...

Music Theory for Guitar | 05: Major Triads | Practice No. 1

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Once you've watched the Major Triads lesson and the 2020-10-06 19:55:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Music Theory for Guitar | 05: Major Triads | Homework

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Here is some homework to help drive home the concepts covered in Music Theo...

Music Theory for Guitar | 5 | Major Triads

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • 2020-10-06 19:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Stream | 14: Rhythm Guitar Week Four

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For the final week of Fun with Rhythm Guitar! we get into add11 chords and talk a bit about how weird they ...

Best time for Office Hours

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If you've already attended a few live streams, please don't vote in this poll!

If you haven't gotten the chance to catch a live stream, I'd like to know what times would work best for you. I'm planning on doing an occasional office hours stream to answer questions about homework and whatever,...

My first OFFICE HOURS - Thursday, 9/24/20 - 1pm PST

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I've been trying to figure out how to meet everyone's needs as effectively (and efficiently) as possible. I get a lot of questions on...

Live Stream | 13: Rhythm Guitar Week Three

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In this lesson, I talk about add9 chords and how they are similar to sus2 chords, but not identical. Then we tinker with how to use t...

Music Theory Monday | 13: More Blues

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • 2020-09-21 20:26:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Stream | 12: Week Two of Fun with Rhythm Guitar

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We're taking on another chord concept today: sus4 and sus2 chords! 

C Major I - IV Progression: 2020-09-16 00:06:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Soloing | 03: A Look At Future Lessons

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No Music Theory Monday today - I just got back from my trip to Ann Arbor, MI and I'm back to my office in Seattle. I have...

Music Theory Monday | 12: Blues Tonality

Where to Start • Lesson Archive • 2020-09-07 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Song Analysis | 03: Hotel California

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In this video I'm breaking down Hotel California. First, we'll talk about how the chord progression is an excellent example of Melodi...

Live Stream | 11: Fun with Rhythm Guitar

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I was also trying a streaming service that I didn...