Maximizing The 12 Notes

Twelve notes, six strings, twenty-two plus frets - a massive amount of combinations! How do all these elements work together? Where do all the puzzle pieces fit? Monte Pittman's wealth of teaching experience is the perfect match for getting us up to speed on just how all of these things work with one another.

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Maximizing The 12 Notes

About this course

Twelve notes, six strings, twenty-two plus frets - a massive amount of combinations! How do all these elements work together? Where do all the puzzle pieces fit? Monte Pittman's wealth of teaching experience is the perfect match for getting us up to speed on just how all of these things work with one another.

What you'll learn

  • Play the superlocrian/altered scale over dominant chords in ii-V-I progressions
  • Navigate three-finger-per-string patterns across the fretboard
  • Create smooth voice leading through chord progressions using inversions
  • Improvise over ii-V-I changes using appropriate scales and modes
  • Execute Mixolydian mode patterns using legato technique at tempo
Release date: 06/07/2019 • 11h 34m runtime
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Sample lessons
Diatonic Chords
Diatonic Chords
Lesson
Diminished Chords and Scales
Diminished Chords and Scales
Lesson
Hungarian Minor Scale
Hungarian Minor Scale
Lesson
The Whole Tone Scale
The Whole Tone Scale
Lesson

What's included

79 lessons • 39 charts • 19 Jam Tracks

Series Introduction
Twelve notes, plus your fretboard equals a massive amount of combinations! Join Monte Pittman in this series introduction as he tells us what to expect in his course.
Diatonic Scale
We start with the diatonic scale. Monte shows the scale in all it's positions, getting you familiar with it's shapes on the fretboard.
Diatonic Scale
We start with the diatonic scale. Monte shows the scale in all it's positions, getting you familiar with it's shapes on the fretboard.
Diatonic Chords
Each of the notes in the diatonic scale has a chord associated with it. In this lesson, Monte shows us those related chords, and explores other notes in the scale that can accompany them, giving us unique tonalites.
Diatonic Chords
Each of the notes in the diatonic scale has a chord associated with it. In this lesson, Monte shows us those related chords, and explores other notes in the scale that can accompany them, giving us unique tonalites.
Combining Diatonic Shapes
There's no rule book that says once we are in a scale position that we have to stay there! Monte explores combining different diatonic shapes in this lesson.
Combining Diatonic Shapes
There's no rule book that says once we are in a scale position that we have to stay there! Monte explores combining different diatonic shapes in this lesson.

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