Using First-Inversion Chords to Create Smooth Bass Motion By Jimmy Brown Some musically appealing ways that great songwriters have used first-inversion chords to craft progressions behind their melodies.
Walking Down the Major Scale with Contrary Motion By Jimmy Brown Learn a compositional trick that's been used to great effect by Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, The Eagles, Queen and many more.
The E Minor/D Major-Hexatonic Connection By Jimmy Brown Get a primer on this appealing and useful hexatonic scale.
Meet the Major Diatonic Drop, a Progression Used by Ozzy Osbourne, Glen Campbell and John Lennon By Jimmy Brown
What do Stone Temple Pilots, Phish, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles Have in Common? This Progression By Jimmy Brown
The “b7 Minor-Drop” Progression, As Used by Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Black Sabbath and More By Jimmy Brown
How to Play the Theme from 'The Walking Dead' By Jimmy Brown In our previous lesson (March 2017), I offered an original jazz solo, a significant part of which features the use of what’s called a minor add2 (or minor add9) arpeggio.
