Originally Posted by: DraconusJLMI've found this problem on quite a lot of your lessons (including R&B series 1 & 2). Why does technology have to be such a pain when all we want to do is enjoy learning and playing music???????[/quote]

I'll have a look at some other ones & fix what I find. Thanks!

Originally Posted by: DraconusJLM

When I first found your scales and triads lessons, my first thoughts were "God, they're repetitive!".[/quote][p]Haha! It helps if you can find a way to enjoy the repetition required to gain & maintain proficiency. Personally I love getting up at 6 am & diving into an hour or 2 of scales & coffee. Zoom! :)

Originally Posted by: DraconusJLM [br]Now I see the benefits of the repetition. I'm also seeing ever-increasing options when improvising as a result of this repetition.

Exactly. The overall gain in dexterity pays dividends that are unattainable otherwise.

[quote=DraconusJLM]Could you do a series on extended chord inversions, please?

Interesting idea! I'm assuming you worked through my series on extended harmony chords.

https://www.guitartricks.com/search.php?search=%22extended+harmony+chords+series%22

And if you look at my chord melody tutorials you'll see lots of inversions of 7th chords & drop voicings.

https://www.guitartricks.com/search.php?query=%22chord+melody+style+series%22

My jazz tunes & Jazz Blues tutorials also have some practical examples.

[quote=DraconusJLM]I've started playing around with dominant 7 to begin with and am starting to see the options on inversions of extended chords appear endless, especially once dropping notes becomes a necessity (drop the root because the bass player can take care of that, keep the 3rd so it's major or minor (or drop the 3rd and it can be either), drop the 5th because that's "implied", etc.....)

This is a great observation. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the possibilities. The best thing to do is to make a new chord voicing or shape musical ASAP. Put it into practice in a lick, song or musical phrase with some other chords.

That's why I teach the extended harmony chords as little groups of harmonic motion (I-ii-V, ii-V-I, etc.) You get a musical thing to do with it to concretize it & this helps you put it in context & remember it more easily.[br][br]

Maybe I can make an extended harmony chords 4 for GT to explore more of those ideas. Thanks!

Hope that helps!