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Lauren Passarelli Artist Series
Lauren Passarelli is an accomplished musician, songwriter and teacher. She is currently a full professor at the Berklee College of Music.
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In this series Lauren will cover a wide variety of material including a few necessary basics and a whole slew of lessons on songwriting using her original songs as examples.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Lauren Passarelli Interview
This interview covers topics such as music theory, reading sheet music, songwriting, and music technology.
Length: 37:34 Difficulty: 0.5 Member OnlyLesson 2
Guitar Purchase and Care
Lauren Passarelli offers up her wisdom on purchasing a guitar. She also includes information regarding proper setup and care.
Length: 19:55 Difficulty: 0.5 Free Sample Lesson from this Series!
Guitar Thoughts
Lauren Passarelli gives her thoughts on several important aspects of the guitar including holding the guitar, holding the pick, playing chords, string skipping, practicing, learning techniques and even a discussion on why the guitar is so versatile.
Length: 20:17 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Time and Space
Lauren talks about the importance of rhythm and proper practice habits.
Length: 12:56 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Reading Music, Chord Spelling and Arpeggios
Lauren Passarelli is back with a behemoth of a lesson. In this lesson, she gives tips on reading music and provides a wealth of music theory knowledge including chord spellings and arpeggios.
Length: 39:26 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Pick Tricks, Learning Tips and Ear Protection
In this lesson, Lauren offers her thoughts on guitar picks, learning efficiently, and the important of protecting your hearing.
Length: 5:15 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Vocal Tips
Lauren Passarelli gives a few potent tips to improve vocal performance and longevity.
Length: 3:56 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Slide Guitar Tips
Lauren Passarelli discusses slide guitar and dishes out several quality tips.
Length: 4:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Songwriting Ideas
Lauren begins discussing the topic of songwriting. In this lesson, she talks about how one simple chord can be a foundation for an entire song.
Length: 13:03 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Chords and Rhythm
Lauren Passarelli gives some tips on playing chords and maintaining rhythm while doing so.
Length: 4:48 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Songwriting Ideas Part 2
Lauren starts off by talking about RAS (Retinal Activation Syndrome) and then moves on to talk about the inspiration that goes into creating a song and its lyrics. She also talks about indirect lines and demonstrates her song entitled "Sweetest Thing."
Length: 16:56 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Songwriting Ideas Part 3
Lauren Passarelli returns with more ideas on songwriting. This time around she talks about chords and chord naming, writing lyrics and uses her own song "Playing With the Pieces" as an example.
Length: 11:09 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Simplicity and Songwriting
Lauren talks about how sometimes simple chords, progressions or licks can be used to create some of the most powerful songs. She uses two of her own original songs to illustrate this point.
Length: 17:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Using Song Ideas
Lauren Passarelli talks about the process of whittling down massive pools of songwriting inspiration into a single, focused and usable song.
Length: 10:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
All the Words
Lauren showcases her original song "All the Words" as a way of demonstrating how powerful an extremely "simple" song can truly be.
Length: 5:52 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Writing Lyrics
Lauren Passarelli talks about the process of writing song lyrics and gives insight as to where both lyrics and song names can come from.
Length: 8:11 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Writing Lyrics Part 2
Lauren returns to the topic of lyric writing with several more potent tips.
Length: 3:33 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Alternate Tunings and Songwriting
Lauren Passarelli discusses how alternate tunings can be used in the songwriting process and demonstrates her original song entitled "From the Water."
Length: 10:34 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Rhythms of the Sun
Lauren introduces her original song "Rhythms of the Sun" and uses it as a springboard to demonstrate how songs can come from nothing into fruition.
Length: 9:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Alternate Tunings Part 2
Lauren Passarelli further explorers the world of open tunings. In this lesson, she talks about DACGAD tuning and demonstrates two of her original songs.
Length: 11:09 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Two Original Songs
Lauren Passarelli demonstrates two of her original songs and uses them as examples to show how songs can be written.
Length: 10:44 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Sometimes
Lauren Passarelli introduces her original song entitled "Sometimes." She uses this song as a wonderful jumping off point to discuss how songs can be written.
Length: 8:54 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
The Dreams I'm Living For
Lauren Passarelli demonstrates her original song called "The Dreams I'm Living For" and uses it to discuss different songwriting techniques.
Length: 7:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
New Tunings
Lauren Passarelli introduces two new tunings. She plays two of her original songs to demonstrate how they can be used.
Length: 13:20 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
D to C Tuning
Lauren Passarelli introduces a new tuning in which the D string is tuned down to C. She performs her original songs to demonstrate how this tuning can be used.
Length: 13:04 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Nail Care
Lauren takes a short break from her songwriting lessons to discuss nail care, an often overlooked yet crucial subject.
Length: 4:25 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Mainly Distance
Lauren Passarelli demonstrates her original song called "Mainly Distance." Lauren uses this fingerpicking tune as a vehicle to talk about songwriting.
Length: 8:31 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
In the Style of Songwriting
Lauren first introduces one of her original tunes and talks about how it was written. Then, she moves on to talk about writing songs in the style of your favorite artist.
Length: 19:21 Difficulty: 0.0 Member Only
Lyrical Inspiration from Poems
In this lesson, Lauren talks about how classic poems and your original poems can be a fountain of lyrical ideas.
Length: 17:36 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
I Carry On
In this lesson, Lauren Passarelli talks about playing chords in random positions to find interesting sounds. She also discusses pinch harmonics and the effectiveness of palm muting. She demonstrates her song "I Carry On" to demonstrate these points.
Length: 7:38 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Warming up and Triplets
Lauren teaches a few chromatic scale fingerings that can be used as warm-ups. She proceeds to talk about interesting ways to conceptualize and count triplets.
Length: 13:20 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Warming up Muscles
In this lesson, Lauren talks about the importance of making sure the muscles in your wrist and forearms are properly warmed up before playing. She also talks about remedies for muscle soreness.
Length: 4:54 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Tuner Thoughts
Lauren Passarelli takes a brief pause from her songwriting lessons to talk about guitar tuners, which kind she prefers, and why.
Length: 3:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Song Imitations
Lauren Passarelli explains how a riff, lick, tuning or even chords from a song you like can be used as inspiration when suffering from writer's block.
Length: 34:23 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Song Inspiration
Lauren talks about some of the interesting places song inspiration can come from, including things as simple as refrigerator magnets.
Length: 16:54 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Song Demonstrations
In this lesson, Lauren demonstrates several of her original songs and describes the process she went through while writing each one. This lesson is perfect for songwriters looking for inspiration!
Length: 23:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Instrumental Songs
Lauren talks about the process of writing instrumental songs and demonstrates a few of her originals.
Length: 23:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Instrumentals Part 2
Lauren returns to the world of instrumental songwriting. In this lesson, she demonstrates three of her originals and talks about how they were crafted.
Length: 12:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Book and Movie List
Lauren Passarelli shares a list of books and movies that she thinks are valuable for any guitarist. She covers books and movies not only on the topic of guitar but also everyday living.
Length: 4:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Growing as a Musician
In this lesson Lauren Passarelli gives her recommendations on good ways to grow as not only a guitarist, but also as an all around musician.
Length: 10:37 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Tips on Performing
Lauren Passarelli gives a few tips on performing and then closes out her artist series with an original tune.
Length: 19:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
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