Arpeggios, or 1-3-5's | Using our LRC shapes, we focus on only the 1, 3, and 5 of each fingering. These are called Arpeggios, and are the basic notes of the corresponding chord. Diagrams are provided.

Side A | Turning One Idea into Many - My favorite approach to being creative, getting as much mileage as possible out of one simple idea.

Side B | Arpeggios Building to a Note- We focus on a common approach to using arpeggios in a lead/melody, as a way to build up to a big note.

Side C | Added Note Arpeggios - Instead of only playing 1-3-5, we start adding the other numbers (2,4,6,7) and see what interesting flavors they bring.

Side D | Arpeggio Exercise - A fun, cool sounding, and slightly difficult exercise using various arpeggio shapes we have learned.

Side E | Songs Using Arpeggios - We go over a variety of songs that prominently feature arpeggios in the main riffs or melodies.  

Pentatonic Scales | We continue dissecting the Left-Right-Center shapes, with the focus now on pentatonic and the variety of ways to approach them. Diagrams are provided.

Side A | Minor Pentatonic in Blues - We talk about the legendary combination that is blues + minor pentatonic. We also discuss one of the most iconic shapes to play this sound, and why it is so popular.  

Side B | Pentatonic Pairs Part 1- The great and very common concept of Pentatonic Pairs, a technique where we are essentially playing vertically and horizontally at the same time. 

Side C | Pentatonic Pairs Part 2 - We further explore this concept, allowing us to create ideas in a variety of styles. 

Side D | Writing a Pentatonic Solo - I walk you through a simple pentatonic solo I have written, focusing on the musical choices I have made and how you can do the same.

Side E | Minor Pentatonic Exercise - An exercise that involves technique and a bit of improvising. We will learn the exercise and then play along with a backing track that slowly increases tempo (or what I call a Power Up)

Full Scales | We continue dissecting the Left-Right-Center shapes, with the focus now on the entire note pool we have available. Diagrams are provided.

Side A | Keeping the Root Ringing - Bringing back an earlier practice method, we use all of these shapes while always having the root in our ears and visually on the fretboard

Side B | Lower Note Hierarchy in Songs - We dissect a collection of songs that feature the lower notes in the hierarchy, giving us some pretty cool and unique sounds.

Side C | Writing a Solo Revisited - I take the pentatonic solo I wrote in the previous chapter, and re-write it using the other notes from the full scale.

Side D | Lower Note Hierarchy Exercise - A playalong exercise that focuses on the lower notes in the hierarchy.

Side E | Intro to Playing Over Changes - We introduce the idea of playing over different chords with everything we have learned so far. In order to sound good over the chords in this exercise, you MUST switch between them, forcing us to practice this invaluable ability. 

Ear Training, Song Examples | As we wrap up The Fretboard Method, we need to revisit some ear training with these new concepts, as well as go over some real world examples of these shapes from actual songs.  

Side A | Revisiting a Solo By Ear - Now that we know how to play vertically and horizontally, we revisit a solo that we learned by ear with the new note locations, and visual cues for these notes. 

Side B | Learning a More Complex Solo Pt. 1 - Using a short example I have written of a slightly more complex solo, I go over the process of learning something like this by ear.

Side C | Learning a More Complex Solo Pt. 2 - Finishing learning the solo from the previous lesson.

Side D | Practicing Smaller Things - We go over how practicing tiny things will benefit you more than practicing everything all at once, especially if you don't have all the time in the world.  

Side E | Fretboard Method Finale - In this video we wrap up everything we've talked about, and go over what you should be comfortable with at this point. Also a small discussion of what's to come in the next series.