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February 2022

Breaking the CAGED System without Using Music Theory. How to Design Scales for Fast, Intervallic and Creative Playing with the 3nps Concept

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[This is part 2 of a two-part training series. Find part 1 here.] Hurdling is one of the most impressive sports. Athletes running looks like dancing. There is symmetry in their moves, momentum, synchronization, speed, and power. And all these are due to a single constant. The “dancefloor’s” specifications. The symmetrically, precisely measured and equally […]

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Breaking the CAGED System for the Contemporary Guitarist. Improve Your Guitar Playing by Redesigning the Scales

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[the is an excerpt from my free UGAR (Underground Guitar Artists Runbook) training series via email. If you are not a member yet and want to get access click here. Modifications have occurred for this online reprint.] Do you struggle with awkward scale shapes that make impossible to play fast passages and sequences? In today’s email

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How to Use Your Favourite Licks to Unlock the Fretboard and Develop an Organic Playing – The Licks Passepartout Method (Part 1)

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[this is an excerpt from The Underground Guitar Artists Runbook training series (via emails) modified for publishing here. If you’ve not already a member, you can get free access here.] Do you have in place a clear and effective method of practicing licks? Most guitarists unfortunately practice new licks wrong. Christian is a talented beginner/intermediate,

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The CAGED System for the Contemporary Guitarist. Improve Your Guitar Playing by Unlocking the Fretboard without Complex Music Theory.

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The most frustrating thing I had to encounter as a self-taught guitarist was the “unmapped” areas on the fretboard. I took my first guitar lesson at the age of 21 and at that time I was self-taught for about 7 years. I was watching advanced guitar players moving up and down the neck, soloing effortlessly and knowing

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How to Practice the CAGED System Focusing on 1 Scale. Improve Your Guitar Playing Using the Fretboard Passepartout Method.

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[This article is an excerpt (edited online version) from my Fretboard Passepartout Course (total value 32.25€). It unpacks the whole concept behind the Fretboard Passepartout method in an easy-to-follow way. If you’re new here though and don’t know what the CAGED system is or how it works, please read this article first.] The CAGED or five-pattern

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How Transposition Works on the Guitar without Capo and Complex Music Theory.

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[Disclaimer: This article is focusing on helping beginners to learn how to transpose scales, chords and arpeggios without using music theory. Intermediate/advanced players though should have a solid music theory/harmony knowledge.] Some years ago I was teaching a group of students, preparing them for a live performance in 9 months. The band was consisting of

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What is the Fretboard Knowledge and How it can Help You Unlock Your Music Expression? A Non Musical Explanation.

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I had just fallen into the freezing water. It was night. I was holding my breath under the water. I opened my eyes and I couldn’t see anything. Total darkness. I pulled my head out of the water. I couldn’t figure out a safe direction to reach the beach. So, I started swimming slowly and

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