VIDEO SERIES
Complete multi-part lesson series on specific topics
9 videos
New To Music Theory? Start Here!
Start writing music today with this songwriting starter-pack!
8 videos
Understanding The Modes
Watch through these lessons, and you're guaranteed to never be confused by modes again
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5 videos
Perfect Progressions
Take a deep dive into popular music to see how the music theory you're learning actually gets used.
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7 videos
Riffing With Modes
Learn how to write entire songs using modal concepts, with a focus on guitar riffing
6 videos
Jam Along and Improvise
Learn to improvise and jam in different keys with scale charts and chords displayed on screen
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5 videos
Exploring Harmonic Minor
A complete exploration of the Harmonic Minor Scale and how it gets used, along with a demonstration of its exotic-sounding modes.
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ALL LESSONS
Completely free lessons by Jake Lizzio on music theory, songwriting, chords, scales, modes, guitar technique and more!
Showing 21–40 of 80 lessons
7 Ways Musicians ACTUALLY Use Modes
Article 15 min read In A Series Resources
Analyzing "What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
Article 20 min read In A Series Resources
The SMART Way To Think About Chord Names and Labels
18 min Resources
How Voice Leading Creates Better Chord Progressions
Article 15 min
The Awesome Power of the Andalusian Cadence
Article 12 min read Resources
How to Write Harmonies for Guitar, Piano, and Vocals
Article 12 min
Musical Drones and Pedal Tones
Article 15 min read Resources
Why is the 9/8 Time Signature So Confusing?
Article 10 min read
How To Prepare For Your Band's First Recording Session
Article 18 min
Seventeen Days - Jake Lizzio (Original Music)
4 min Resources
Writing and Producing Jazzy Lo-Fi Hip-Hop Beats
Article 15 min
How to Write a Sea Shanty or Pirate Song
Article 15 min read
Learn AND Apply Two Hand Tapping: Technique + Theory
22 min
The BEST Way to Learn Scales: Composing with Bebop Dominant
15 min
The Bizarre World of Augmented Chords
14 min
6 Ways To Solo Over 4 "Simple" Chords
20 min
How To Write Solos That SHRED!
18 min
Does The Diminished viiº Chord Even Exist?
18 min
How Inversions and Slash Chords Create Better Progressions
16 min In A Series
Pentatonic Possibilities: Major or Minor for Your Solo?
18 min