Q&A

What will you cover in “How To Practice, Vol. 1: Scales, Modes, And What To Do With Them”?

• In How To Practice, Vol. 1, we will be looking at how to play a wide variety of Scales and Modes on the guitar neck, utilizing a wide variety of positions/fingerings. We will also be looking at how to apply these Scales and Modes in the context of soloing over chord changes. Each example will include detailed explanations of the theoretical concepts behind the Scales, Modes, and their corresponding chord types. Knowledge of the Scales and Modes contained in this masterclass will help develop your command of these vital materials on the guitar neck.
• In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 35 lesson selections (including a total of 32 lesson videos) across a total of 3 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in “How To Practice, Vol. 2: Arpeggios, And What To Do With Them”?

• In How To Practice, Vol. 2, we will be looking at how to play 4 types of Triad Arpeggios and 12 types of 7th Chord Arpeggios on the guitar neck in a variety of different positions and fingerings.
• We will also be looking at how to apply these Arpeggios in the context of soloing over chord changes. Each example will include detailed explanations of the theory behind the Chords/Arpeggios, as well as provide detailed fingering diagrams, in TAB/Notation. Knowledge of the Arpeggios contained in this masterclass will help develop your command of these vital materials on the guitar neck.
• In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 53 lesson selections (including a total of 49 lesson videos) across a total of 4 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in “How To Practice, Vol. 3: Developing A Linear Language”?

• In How To Practice, Vol. 3, we begin by utilizing materials (Scales, Triads & 7th Chord Arpeggios), and expand upon these basic materials by demonstrating how to practically apply the materials within the context of chord changes, and how to transform our basic materials into Linear Language for soloing.
• To maintain our focus throughout How To Practice, Vol. 3, we will be limiting ourselves to only two standard chord progressions frequently used by musicians in Jazz/Improvised music. We have limited ourselves to these two chord progressions as they both contain chord types (Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented), and practical instances of ii-V-Is (both Major and Minor) that are vital parts of just about any chord progression that you’ll solo over in modern contemporary music. Both chord progressions provide you with a basic harmonic framework that can be applied to just about any other set of chord changes.
•  In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 44 lesson selections (including a total of 40 lesson videos) across a total of 5 sections (Introduction followed by Sections 1-4), featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in "How To Solo With Triads"?

• We will be looking at how to expand your knowledge of Triads on the guitar neck, providing full explanations of how Triads function diatonically within a given key, how to utilize Primary Triads when soloing, how Triads can be used to play Chord Melody phrases on guitar, how to utilize Spread Triads, and more. We will be focusing on soloing with Major, Minor and Diminished Triads. Also included are 5 improvised phrases based solely on Triads. In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 20 lesson videos across a total of 5 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in "How To Play Triad Pairs & Hexatonic Scales"?

• We will be looking at how to expand your knowledge of Triads Pairs and Hexatonic Scales on the guitar neck, providing full explanations of how Triad Pairs and Hexatonic Scales can expand the soloing language of any improvising guitarist. We’ll be exploring a total of 27 detailed Triad Pair/Hexatonic Scale examples, demonstrating how these materials work theoretically and how they can be applied over a ii-V-I progression in the key of C Major. In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 19 lesson videos across a total of 4 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in "How To Solo With The Pentatonic Scale"?

• We will be looking at how you can unlock the power of the Pentatonic Scale on the guitar neck, providing in-depth explanations of how the Pentatonic Scale can be used in a variety of contexts over Minor, Major and Dominant chords. We’ll be looking at a wide variety of Pentatonic examples, exploring the many ways in which a 5-note scale can be applied when soloing over chords. In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 10 lesson videos across a total of 3 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in "How To Play I-VI-ii-V Turnarounds"?

• We will be looking at how to expand your knowledge of the I-VI-ii-V Progression (a 4-chord progression commonly found in contemporary improvised music) by looking at a total of 3 Examples & 10 Etudes. We’ll be applying a variety of chord substitutions throughout our I-VI-ii-V examples, demonstrating how you can apply these theoretical/linear concepts to your playing. In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 12 lesson videos across a total of 5 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in “10 Etudes For Guitar Improvisation”?

• We will be looking at how to expand your improvisational language on the guitar neck by playing 10 Etudes, focusing on basic Major and Minor Modes, Harmonic Minor Modes, Melodic Minor Modes and Diminished Scales. To assist in our exploration of improvisational language, we will be drawing upon a wide range of Triadic Arpeggios, 7th Chord Arpeggios and various intervallic structures found within these Scales and Modes. An in-depth theoretical explanation is also provided for each Etude, explaining how each Scale/Mode works in relation to its corresponding chord. In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 10 lesson videos across a total of 4 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in “20 Melodic Etudes For Rhythm Guitar”?

• We'll be focusing on 20 Rhythm Guitar Etudes, exploring the melodic, linear and chordal vocabulary that is shared between rhythm and lead guitar approaches, resulting in a contemporary style of rhythm guitar playing that I like to call Melodic Rhythm Guitar. You'll primarily hear this style of accompaniment in Contemporary Jazz, R&B and Soul-influenced music, and it draws heavily from a classic Chord-Melody approach often heard in the realm of classic Jazz Guitar. We're going to look at 20 Etudes that demonstrate this approach in great detail, and we'll be exploring this approach to rhythm guitar over a variety of chords, including Minor 7 chords (Ab Minor 7 & Ab Minor 11 chords), Dominant 7 chords (Db13sus4 & Db7#5#9 chords) and Major 7 chords (Gb Major 7). In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 21 lesson videos across a total of 5 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in “40 Improvised Lines For Guitar Soloing”?

• We'll be focusing on 40 Improvised Lines, exploring guitar soloing approaches derived from a variety of Scales & Modes, including the Ionian Mode (Major Scale), Dorian Mode, Mixolydian Mode, Melodic Minor Scale, Altered Scale, Half/Whole Diminished Scale, and a series of Pentatonic Scales.
• Each line featured in this masterclass will be presented in the form of a 4-Bar Phrase, and we will be exploring the Triad/7th Chord Arpeggios that can be derived from each Scale/Mode.
• Additionally, we will explore Wide Intervallic Leaps, Double Time Lines (32nd Note Lines), Arpeggio-Based Lines and Melody-Based Lines.
• In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 41 lesson videos across a total of 8 sections, featuring theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What will you cover in “Improvising With J.S. Bach”?

• We will be looking at how you can expand and develop your soloing language by learning and subsequently analyzing Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV. 1002: II. Double - a specific Violin variation composed by J.S. Bach (derived from "Sonatas And Partitas For Solo Violin", a collection of 6 works composed between 1703-1720).
• We will be playing/analyzing this particular variation as it contains a vast array of Arpeggios, Scales and Melodies that can easily be adapted/applied within the context of contemporary harmony. Additionally, this particular variation works perfectly within the range of a standard electric guitar with 20-22 frets.
• We will subsequently analyze 10 examples taken directly from Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV. 1002: II. Double which will be approached within the context of contemporary harmony, assisting in the development of modern improvisational language derived from Bach.
• In this online masterclass, you will be able to access 12 lesson selections (including a total of 11 lesson videos) across a total of 2 sections, featuring in-depth theoretical explanations with all musical examples notated in Standard Notation and TAB. All instructional videos are presented by Ben Eunson, and feature optional English subtitles.

What is the bonus PDF "3 Arpeggio Soloing Concepts You Need To Know"?

• The bonus PDF is a full transcription of an Arpeggio lesson (with TAB/Notation) discussing 3 of Ben Eunson's concepts for Arpeggio-based soloing on guitar. Click here watch the FREE accompanying lesson video on YouTube.

Does this masterclass contain downloadable files (PDFs, MP3s, Video files)?

•  No. All masterclasses are 100% online, and all require an internet connection. All instructional videos and notated examples are contained within the online course, and cannot be downloaded to your hard drive. However, once you have made your purchase, you will have lifetime access to the online material.

How difficult would you say the material is?

• This material is best suited for intermediate to advanced guitarists.

How do I access the bundle?

• Once you have clicked “Purchase Bundle”, enter your payment and contact details (including your email address), complete your purchase and you will receive one email. This email contains access details to your purchase and is also a receipt.
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Do you offer refunds for bundle purchases?

• We would like to ensure your satisfaction with this online bundle, and if you have any questions or concerns, please be in contact with [email protected].