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
5 videos
Perfect Progressions
Take a deep dive into popular music to see how the music theory you're learning actually gets used.
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
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.
ALL LESSONS
Completely free lessons by Jake Lizzio on music theory, songwriting, chords, scales, modes, guitar technique and more!
Showing 41–60 of 86 lessons
How Inversions and Slash Chords Create Better Progressions
16 min In A Series
Pentatonic Possibilities: Major or Minor for Your Solo?
18 min
The Mario Cadence: How To Use These 3 Majestic Chords
The Scariest + Creepiest Chords AND How to Use Them
12 min
Analyzing the Chords of John Lennon's "Imagine"
Article 12 min read In A Series
Motifs and Chords: The Fast and Easy Way to Make Music
16 min In A Series
Sextuplets: How to Play, Count, and Write with 16th Note Triplets
16 min
Analyzing Perfect Chords from "We Are the Champions" by Queen
Article 15 min read In A Series
How To Write Progressions Using min7, maj7, and Dominant 7th Chords
20 min In A Series
The Music Theory of POWER CHORDS
10 min
Polymeter: Understanding and Using Complex Rhythms
12 min
Playing In Every Mode with ONE Tiny Scale Shape
17 min In A Series
Analyzing Perfect Chords from "When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars
Article 15 min read In A Series
5 Easy Ways to Use and Write with Diminished Chords
9 min In A Series
Analyzing the Chords from George Harrison's "Something"
Article 12 min read In A Series
Writing Progressions with Borrowed Chords
14 min
Sus Chords Pt 2: Advanced Suspended Variations
14 min
Diminished 7th Chord = PORTAL to 8 Tonalities
15 min
Using Modal Mixture for Dreamy and Epic Lead Guitar
