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Honeysuckle Rose Practice Loop

March 3, 2021 |

Here is a loop of Gm7 to C7 of the first part of the song, Honeysuckle Rose.

Some suggested scales and arpeggio's to try would be

  • Gm Pentatonic
  • G Dorian
  • C Mixolydian
  • Em Blues Pentatonic with no 5th (E G A Bb D)
    • The petantonic scale played like this, gives it an E Locrian... ....Read more

Fancy Chord Re-voicing

June 21, 2020 |

Sometimes when you play a chord, it may be in a similar frequency spectrum as another instrument, for example, you might be playing a solo on your guitar down in a lower register around the 3rd to 5th fret positions when another musician decides to play a chord in the same register.  Not that this is a bad thing, but it can... ....Read more