Category: Lessons
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Dominant Chord Tone Embellishments
This is a short lesson that I made for my students to recap a class at the school that I teach at. There will be a “good” and more complete version of this lesson coming up with some other content after my new YouTube channel is launched in a month or so.
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Minor Chord Tone Embellishments and Enclosures
Note about the video – for some reason, the audio is only recorded on the left side so I apologize in advance for that. This is the backing track that I play over in the lesson: This week’s lesson is actually to answer a question that a student in one of my Skype classes…
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The B.B. King “Voice Box” Pattern
This is a favorite lesson of mine to teach. In the video, I’ll break down how I think B.B. plays such great melodic or “vocal” phrases in his solos. https://youtu.be/Wjt9-ECwoPs Here is the backing track that I’m using in the video:
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Skype Guitar Lessons Available!
I figured that I would post a reminder that I am available for private guitar lessons via Skype. I’ve been teaching online this way since 2007 in various formats (Skype, Facetime, OoVoo, Google Hangouts, etc) and Skype has proven to be the most reliable format with consistent video and audio quality. Alongside the actual live…
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String Bending Fundamentals
This week we are getting started talking about string bending, with the focus on target notes and physical technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEE1zZdEZY
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Solo strategies for Dominant chords
Things got a little out of hand this past week with the start of my school year and the holiday so I figured that I would share an older video where I discuss some of the different sounds that we can use over a dominant 7th chord. I think about these sounds a little differently…
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My favorite horn/keyboard rhythm lick!
A short lesson this week, still working on “active rhythm guitar” ideas. This is a chord movement that you can use over a dominant chord that we sometimes hear in horn backgrounds and keyboard parts in blues, funk, gospel and other styles. One thing to try is to record yourself or make a loop of…
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Hendrix Rhythm Guitar #2
Click here for the first lesson: http://www.markwein.com/hendrix-rhythm-guitar-1/ Here are the graphics for the two sections. By next lesson, I should be good enough with Illustrator to include these in the video, too! 🙂
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Hendrix Rhythm Guitar #1
This week we are starting a batch of lessons where we revisit one of the most popular topics from my old YouTube Channel, which was Curtis Mayfield/Jimmy Hendrix-style rhythm guitar. I use this stuff for both lead and rhythm playing and it is a great way to augment your fretboard comprehension as well. Each…