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Monotonic-Bass-Patterns

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Thumping your thumb on the same bass note gives you a foundation for melody playing and singing 

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Improve Your Technique by Practicing “Broken Thirds” Scales

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Break up your scale practice with third-based patterns.

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Play the Traditional Song "Darling Corey"

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Learn the G chord and a simple strumming pattern to use on this song and many others.

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Seventh Chords

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Seventh Chords
Easily add a blues flavor to major chords you already know by moving just one fretting-hand finger. 

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Keeping Swing Time with a Metronome

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Learn how to practice jazz rhythms with a metronome. Excerpted from Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Essentials: Developing Rhythm Buy Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Essentials: Developing Rhythm Classic jazz rhythm is said to swing, which means that eighth-note subdivisions are based on a triplet feel. In straight time, when a quarter note is subdivided into two eighth notes, each eighth note is given equal rhythmic value of exactly one half of a beat. These are known as straight eighths and are counted “one-and two-and three-and four-and.” When quarter notes are subdivided in jazz, they are usually played as if they were a triplet figure with the first...

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