Scott Paul Johnson

Office Hours Q&A 198 | Soloing Mindset and Interesting Melodies

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Community Challenge 91 | Write something with open voicings

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Live! Technique Check-In

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Office Hours Q&A 197 | Pop Music Writing Concepts

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Community Challenge 90 | Write a harmony for a melody

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Office Hours Q&A 196 | Practicing Speed, Putting Lyrics to Music, and Minor Key Chords Shapes

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Community Challenge 89 | Edit a Previous Challenge

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Gear, Goals, & Workflow

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Office Hours Q&A 195 | Parallel Minors, CAGED Soloing Mindset, and Acoustic Chord Voicings

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Community Challenge 88 | Play a Solo to this Jam Track

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Pedalboard Tour | Gear, Goals, and Workflow

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Office Hours Q&A 194 | Alternate Tunings, GarageBand Layering, Chord Movements

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Community Challenge 87 | Write something Dancy

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Practice Thought | Getting Stuck in Your Own Head

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Community Challenge 86 | V of V Progression

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Office Hours Q&A 193 | Jam Session Survival, Seventh Chords in a Minor Key, and Song Completion Tips

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Music Theory for Guitar II | 9 | What's Next?

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Office Hours Q&A 192 | The "Pre-Intermediate Slump," Why Modes Feel Different, and Standard Tuning Intervals

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Community Challenge 85 | Write Something in D Major

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Hi Everyone,
This weeks Community Challenge is simple: Write something in the key of D Major.

When I say "Something...

Music Theory for Guitar II | 8 | V of V

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Office Hours Q&A 191 | Expression and Dynamics, Writing Out Chord Progressions

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Community Challenge 84 | Write Something Quickly!

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Hi Everyone,
For this Community Challenge, your job is to write something quickly.

An exe...

Music Theory for Guitar II | 7 | Melodic Minor

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Office Hours Q&A 190 | Playing Ergonomics, Music History, and Applying Theory to What You Already Know

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Community Challenge 83 | Write something Somber

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Hi Everyone,
The challenge this week is "Write Something Somber"

The weekly community challenge is an invitation to practice writing music with a very low barrier to entry. Come as you are, try writing something with the writing ...

Music Theory for Guitar II | 6 | V of vi

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Hello new patrons!

I'm out of town this week! Instead of Office Hours, I'd love to have new folks introduce themselves! What are your goals? How long have you been playing? What are you hoping to learn, understand, or accomplish with music? What kind of guitar do you have? What do you like to play? That kind of stuff!

If you haven't already, check out my Where to Start...

Community Challenge 82 | Write something to this drum track

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Hi Everyone,
This weeks Community Challenge is “Write something ...