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Constant Structure: A Chord Idea that Leads to Great Songs

What is Constant Structure? Constant structure is a harmonization (and performance) concept in which you harmonize each individual note in a melody with exactly the same chord structure underneath each note in that melody. In other words: You harmonize a melody (meaning: the focus is on the melody, NOT on the chord progression), with EXACTLY Constant Structure: A Chord Idea that Leads to Great Songs

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The Guitar Effects Flow Chart

The Guitar Effects Flow Chart Guitar students often revel in the size of my pedalboard. I love my stompboxes. They bring out the kid in me. 🙂 While there is not substitute for experimentation, and no right or wrong, there is a certain order of placement in the signal chain of guitar effects that is The Guitar Effects Flow Chart

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A Weird, Intricate Tuning You Want to Try on Guitar

Alternate and Open Tunings. There is a difference. Open tunings: when you hit all open strings, they sound like an open chord. For example: when you tune the A string up a whole step to B or down a whole step to G, you get the notes E G/B D G B E, which adds A Weird, Intricate Tuning You Want to Try on Guitar

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Producer Profile: Bob Ezrin

Producer Profile: Bob Ezrin There is a lot you can learn about music production from reading producer bios or interviews. In the following article, Bob Ezrin talks about 11 career-defining albums he produced. I wanted to repost it here on zotzinguitarlessons because the interview is very high quality and rich in information. Click here to Producer Profile: Bob Ezrin

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A Holistic Organized Approach to Fretboard Mastery

A Holistic Organized Approach to Fretboard Mastery Every once in a while, a student gets to the point where they covered so much material in such a short time, that they feel like they don’t see the forest through the trees anymore. Part of the reason for this is that it is overwhelming to practice A Holistic Organized Approach to Fretboard Mastery

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