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Totally recommended
Published on 28-Nov-2011
My experience with Jean Pierre lasts for less than a year and I must say that he is the right choice for any guitarist who wants to open up his musical journey

Motivation and Artistry
Published on 23-Oct-2011
I first met Jean Pierre when I was fifteen years old, having learned guitar for two years, and in desperate need for renewed motivation to improve both my knowledge and technique concerning guitar playing as well as the application of these skills in regard to songwriting.

Flexible Teaching
Published on 21-Oct-2011
I feel such honoured and privileged to be given the possibility to appraise my guitar mentor in such a public place. In my opinion, it is the least that I can do to return, in part, what he has given me over the last year from when he decided to take me under his wing... moreover when I know that such reviews helped me to choose Jean Pierre as my guitar tutor!
Guitar Lessons
Lesson 18 - Arpeggio shapes-Dominants
Hi there! These next 3 lessons we’ll be focusing on Arpeggios starting with the Dominant 7 shapes with the Major 7 and Minor 7 following very soon.

Published on 9-Nov-2011

If you have some playing experience then you should know that chords and arpeggios contain the same notes. The only difference is that the chord is usually played in some kind of a rhythm group whilst the arpeggio is used as a soloing device.Keep in mind that arpeggios need to be played one note at a time with every technique one uses(sweeping,legato or alternate picking).For this reason the shapes will differ from each other for ease of usage. I tried to create useful shapes that can be used easily in any type of soloing. One of the biggest problems guitarists find when faced with arpeggios is that the shapes are usually tough to learn/memorize and many of them impossible to execute! So I’ve included the most popular and the least difficult ones. I’ve included the fret hand fingerings plus the picking directions. It will be very useful and beneficial to play these shapes smoothly so go ahead and ‘obey’ the rules!

Dominants should be the arpeggios you study first for the reason that they’re used regularly in the Blues and Rock progressions and songs. Learning them in the I IV V format would be great since this is the progression the blues and many rock tunes use. For example if you kick off learning the shapes in the key of A then transpose to D ( the IV in the key of A ) and then to E ( the V in the key of A ). There are the 7th the 9th the 11th the 13th and some ‘adds’ so all the Mixolydian scale ( the mode that mirrors the Dominant chord ) is covered. Do memorize the shape, sound, fingering and location of all the shapes so you can use and transpose freely in all keys. This is called Photographic Memory and is a must for every guitar player’s chord and arpeggio learning experience!

Learn them slowly and perfectly so you can build up to smooth speed playing if needed. Next lesson we’ll switch to Major 7’s. But get these under your belts first!

Best of luck

Jean





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