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Oh Susanna- Finding Harmony

intermediate guitar

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We're gonna use a simple song to teach a huge lesson. If you're gonna be a good guitar player, and especially improvise, you have to know how to find harmonies. In this lesson I use chord structures to teach you how to find those harmonies, then apply them in licks.

Harmony Improvisation Theory

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  1. Karen Doyle ·

    Ben, this one finally made the timing click for me. Been fighting it for a month. Thank you.

  2. MandoMary ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  3. SlowHandSteve ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  4. Katie Clark Support ·

    Memorization comes from playing it at a tempo you can think at. If you need the tab, you're playing it faster than you know it.

  5. Marcy Kern ·

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

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