
Brendan Burns talks about the circle of fifths, intervals and more to help you in your playing.
Lesson 1
Brendan Burns explains the circle of fifths and how to navigate it on the neck of the guitar.
Length: 11:22 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 2
Brendan Burns demonstrates an exercise that will help you locate and play octaves on the guitar.
Length: 12:35 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
Brendan Burns focuses on the fifth interval in chapter two of the interval workout.
Length: 6:58 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
In the third interval workout chapter, Brendan discusses and demonstrates the perfect fourth interval.
Length: 6:30 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
In chapter four of his interval workout series, Brendan discusses and demonstrates the major third interval.
Length: 3:43 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
In chapter five of his interval workout, Brendan demonstrates the minor third intervals.
Length: 4:10 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 7
Brendan Burns demonstrates the tritone intervals.
Length: 3:51 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 8
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major second intervals.
Length: 3:02 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 9
Brendan Burns demonstrates the minor second intervals.
Length: 2:42 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 10
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major sixth intervals.
Length: 3:15 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 11
Brendan Burns demonstrates the minor sixth intervals.
Length: 2:54 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 12
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major seventh intervals.
Length: 2:26 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 13
The final interval workout from Brendan Burns features the flat seventh or minor seventh interval.
Length: 4:46 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 14
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 Members OnlyLesson 15
Brendan continues his navigation series by showing us how to play the modes on two strings.
Length: 23:33 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 16
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 Members OnlyLesson 17
Brendan teaches us how to improve our improvisation using just the major pentatonic scale.
Length: 27:31 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
About Brendan Burns
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Brendan has been passionate about music since childhood. He began his studies on trumpet, in elementary school, and then moved to guitar as a teenager. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Berklee College of Music, and has studied with Norm Zocher, Joe Stump, Bret Willmott, Bob Pilkington, Jay Weik, Tim Miller, & Charlie Banacos.
While at Berklee, Brendan was a member of the Music Mentoring Program, teaching private lessons to gifted high school students. He is currently teaches, and is chair of the guitar department at Brookline Music School. Brendan also teaches guitar for Tune Foolery & privately at his home in Cambridge, MA.
Along with educating, Brendan plays out often as a Solo Guitarist, performing standards, pop, and classical repertoire. He has recorded and played with the chamber-fusion band Ra Quintent, and as well as Vessela Stoyanova's Eastern Stories Under Western Skies Project. Brendan also performs as a leader, director and sideman for various Boston art-rock projects, and is former member of MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Excellent, Mr. Burns!