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23 Using the DIMINISHED in your arpeggios, songwriting, and chords – 8:07 min

Using the DIMINISHED in your arpeggios, songwriting, and chords – 8:07 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some unique spins on the Diminished. Here you will learn all about the diminished and ways to use it in your arpeggios, in your songwriting, and with your chords. The sky is the limit and Dave just scratches the surface with funs ways of learning and understanding why the diminished is your friend and a very useful device. Remember to surely get creative with it and put your own spin on it and mainly…..have fun with that guitar! Keep on rocking!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 8:7 min

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28 Shredding arpeggios in the MARTY FRIEDMAN style – 7:33 min

Shredding arpeggios in the Marty Friedman style – 7:33 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some lead guitar arpeggio playing in the style of Marty Friedman style. This lesson is just one small aspect of his playing – and he is a monster player for sure. This lesson will take the feel of his playing so you can use it and make it your own by putting your own spin on it. Dave starts off using an A minor arpeggio to demonstrate the concepts. Use sweep picking or alternate picking with this lesson – either will work. Dave then teaches how to add in an interval or another note to the arpeggio to give it a new flavor. You can do this with any arpeggio. Slide into the arpeggio and do pull offs as Dave teaches and you get an instant exotic sound. Try these techniques and add them to your playing and practice over jam tracks and have fun!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 7:33 min

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10 Connecting ARPEGGIOS and phrasing together ideas when soloing – 17:41 min

Connecting ARPEGGIOS and phrasing together ideas when soloing – 17:41 min

In this lesson David Taub teaches some arpeggios and then how to phrase them together into a cohesive solo. Here you will learn different ways to connect your leads and solos with arpeggio based soloing. David calls these connection points “lynch pin” licks and these will help you see the neck as one big scale and learn to connect ideas across the neck. As always remember to put all these examples and exercises into a musical context and practice them over jam tracks and in real musical scenarios. In this lesson you will learn a cool minor 11 arpeggio that is moveable so you can play it in different keys. Learn more arpeggios and how to connect them – get creative with these examples and keep on rocking!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 17:41 min

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30 Playing out of the box wild arpeggios over poly-rhythms – 11:13 min

Playing out of the box wild arpeggios over poly-rhythms – 11:13 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches how to apply arpeggios over some poly rhythms. Dave takes arpeggio and mixes up the note variations and plays them in odd time meters or poly rhythmic beats. This is a great way to practice these arpeggios to get you out of the box and trying new things. Dave takes a G major9 arpeggio and works through it over a rhythm using it as an example. Dave teaches how to build the major 9 arpeggio and how he builds off a major arpeggio to get to the 9th. This exercise will get you thinking outside the box and playing over different rhythms. The flood gates of ideas will open after this lesson – get creative with it and enjoy!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 11:13 min

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24 Phrase arpeggios together with scale and legato playing – 10:18 min

Phrase arpeggios together with scale and legato playing – 10:18 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches a cool approach combining sweep arpeggios with scale shapes. This is a killer device that you can apply and use in a musical context. Dave teaches this lesson in the key of C major teaching some fun sweep arpeggios and scales and how to combine them. Dave starts with an inversion of an A minor arpeggio. Then add some hammer and pull off patterns with scale shapes to combine legato with arpeggios – fun, fun, FUN! Take these examples slow at first, especially the sweeps, and work them up to speed over time in your daily practice routine. Then get creative and add in other scales and licks to your arpeggios. Remember that good arpeggio playing adds scales and licks into the arpeggio – you just don’t want to play the arpeggio same way straight up and straight back all the time – will get a bit stale that way quickly. Get creative and keep on rocking!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 10:18 min

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22 Learn arpeggios across the fretboard with some jazz theory – 12:56 min

Learn arpeggios across the fretboard with some jazz theory – 12:56 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie lays arpeggios across the fretboard and adds in some jazz theory to create some new and interesting sounds. Dave maps out the arpeggios in the key of C playing 2 notes on one string then one note then 2 notes, etc, etc. Dave starts with a Cmaj7 arpeggio. Dave gets into some cool sweep arpeggio and goes over the picking patterns to make playing these as seamless as possible. Dave teaches how to add or take away notes to spice up and create new sounds. Dave teaches how to apply these techniques to a more rock and shred context – enjoy!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 12:56 min

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04 Learn a first finger 5th string root major 7th arpeggio – 6:00 min

Learn a first finger 5th string root major 7th arpeggio – 6:00 min

In this lesson David Taub will teach you a killer 5th string root major 7th arpeggio. This arpeggio can be found anywhere on the neck by placing your first finger on the root note on the A string and playing the shape from there. THis has a real jazzy sound as major 7th chords do – intervals are 1,3,5,7. Remember that 7th or major 7th note is a key interval and it is always a half step below the root note so be sure and exploit that note and slide into the root from there. Try playing this arpeggio over major 7th chords for a sweet and jazzy sound – fun stuff – enjoy.

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 6:0 min

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05 Unique sounding arpeggio & scale technique device – 12:52 min

Unique sounding arpeggio & scale technique device – 12:52 min

In this lesson David Taub teaches a very cool device for playing arpeggios and scales a new twist. David explores this technique in a more jazzy scenario, but you can use this device with any arpeggio or scale. Here David teaches how to jump notes in a pattern to get some cool wide interval sounds within a arpeggio or scale. These can be real head turning licks and are a lot of fun to play. You will have to skip strings if you are playing one note per string as with some arpeggios. In this example David teaches a 2-5-1-6 progression on the key of Eb major – Fm7-Bb7-Ebmaj7-Cm7.

Try this device slow at first and work the speed up over time – enjoy!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 12:52 min

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21 Altered dominant chords and arpeggios applied to shred – 15:48 min

Altered dominant chords and arpeggios applied to shred – 15:48 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie examines jazz chord harmony and how to apply it in a shred metal genre. Dave discusses altered dominant chords and how to think about them using arpeggios in a shred metal context. Learn some killer new arpeggios that will unlock some amazing new tones on the instrument. Learn some killer new chord voicings and chord extensions. Dave gets his shred on and teaches how to apply these theory principles in your metal playing. Get creative with these devices and arpeggios and explore the possibilities – tear it up!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 15:48 min

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29 Modal arpeggios = take your sweeps to the next level! – 12:15 min

Modal arpeggios = take your sweeps to the next level! – 12:15 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches the cool concept of modal arpeggios. Here we fret some arpeggios a bit differently to get some cool modal sounds. Dave examines chords within the major scale and harmonizing the major scale. A modal arpeggio can be embellishing the notes of the 7th chord and embellish it with extensions within the scale. Also learn some cool sweeps, neat ways to lay these out, and how to write songs using these techniques. Dave utilizes the key of G for these examples. Get creative with them and piut your own spin on them. This takes your sweeps to the next level!

Category: Arpeggios & Soloing
Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
Total Time: 12:15 min

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23 Using the DIMINISHED in your arpeggios, songwriting, and chords – 8:07 min

23 Using the DIMINISHED in your arpeggios, songwriting, and chords – 8:07 min

28 Shredding arpeggios in the MARTY FRIEDMAN style – 7:33 min

10 Connecting ARPEGGIOS and phrasing together ideas when soloing – 17:41 min

30 Playing out of the box wild arpeggios over poly-rhythms – 11:13 min

24 Phrase arpeggios together with scale and legato playing – 10:18 min

22 Learn arpeggios across the fretboard with some jazz theory – 12:56 min

04 Learn a first finger 5th string root major 7th arpeggio – 6:00 min

05 Unique sounding arpeggio & scale technique device – 12:52 min

21 Altered dominant chords and arpeggios applied to shred – 15:48 min

29 Modal arpeggios = take your sweeps to the next level! – 12:15 min

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