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Hello Everyone!
Today’s lesson is about something that confuses a lot of guitar players — even experienced ones.
A while back at Camp Django, Sam Farthing and I were up front instructing a big group of players. One of the other teachers was listening in and casually said, “Try playing in D minor.”
We both gave it a shot… and honestly, it didn’t sound very hip. It was harmonically “correct,” but it just didn’t groove or sparkle the way we wanted. That moment stuck with me because it highlights how vague (and sometimes misleading) this kind of language can be in music.
Later that evening, I was sitting with a Wes Montgomery recording, transcribing a really cool lick. Suddenly it hit me — this was exactly what the other teacher had been trying to point us toward. The confusion made total sense.
It’s incredibly easy to get mixed up with phrases like:
- “Just play in D minor here”
- “Play A minor over that C chord”
- “Use the minor scale over the major changes”
So I made a video to make more sense of this.
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