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Theory & Improv with Brendan Burns
Brendan Burns talks about the circle of fifths, intervals and more to help you in your playing.
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Brendan Burns talks about the circle of fifths, intervals and more to help you in your playing.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Cycle Five
Brendan Burns explains the circle of fifths and how to navigate it on the neck of the guitar.
Length: 11:22 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter One
Brendan Burns demonstrates an exercise that will help you locate and play octaves on the guitar.
Length: 12:35 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Two
Brendan Burns focuses on the fifth interval in chapter two of the interval workout.
Length: 6:58 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Three
In the third interval workout chapter, Brendan discusses and demonstrates the perfect fourth interval.
Length: 6:30 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Four
In chapter four of his interval workout series, Brendan discusses and demonstrates the major third interval.
Length: 3:43 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Five
In chapter five of his interval workout, Brendan demonstrates the minor third intervals.
Length: 4:10 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Six
Brendan Burns demonstrates the tritone intervals.
Length: 3:51 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Seven
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major second intervals.
Length: 3:02 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Eight
Brendan Burns demonstrates the minor second intervals.
Length: 2:42 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Nine
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major sixth intervals.
Length: 3:15 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Ten
Brendan Burns demonstrates the minor sixth intervals.
Length: 2:54 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Eleven
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major seventh intervals.
Length: 2:26 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Interval Workout Chapter Twelve
The final interval workout from Brendan Burns features the flat seventh or minor seventh interval.
Length: 4:46 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Modal Navigation #1
Brendan returns to show us how to navigate modes on the guitar using one string up and down the neck.
Length: 29:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Modal Navigation #2
Brendan continues his navigation series by showing us how to play the modes on two strings.
Length: 23:33 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Modal Navigation #3
Brendan wraps up his Modal Navigation mini-series by showing us how to play the modes on three strings.
Length: 37:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Harmonic Pentatonic Improvisation #1
Brendan teaches us how to improve our improvisation using just the major pentatonic scale.
Length: 27:31 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
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