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Articles Published by Dennis Winge

Basic Musicianship Skills for Guitarists

Bonus: Just Being at the Guitar

Bonus: Make It Stick – the fastest ways to learn

Bonus: Mindset by Carol Dweck

Bonus: The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

Chart Reading Symbols / How to Make Chord Chart

Chord Switching, how to play along with your favorite songs

chords, 5 basic chord types

Chords, diminished & half-diminished chord workout

Chords, Latin Play-Alongs (Salsa Grooves)

Chords, Playing Harmonizing Scales

Chords, Ultimate Guide to Voicings for More Advanced Chords

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 6, JOTC tracks

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 7, JOTC tracks

Colwyn’s personal files

Commuter Audio: Master List

For Music Geeks Only

Fretboard Theory, Arpeggios, 7th chords

Jazz Analyzing Tunes – Harmony

Jazz Analyzing Tunes – Melody

Jazz Arpeggios

Jazz comping

Jazz Guide Tones

Jazz practice exercises

Jazz, 20 jazz licks

Jazz, Arpeggios with continuous 8th note exercise

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Jazz, bebop licks

Jazz, Building a Repertoire

Jazz, Chord Voicings

Jazz, common endings

Jazz, Developing Awareness of Form

Jazz, having a go-to chord voicing for every melody note

Jazz, Melodic Soloing

Jazz, Voice Leading

Jazz, Voice Leading, part 2, Goodrick cycles

Melodic Minor: scale, modes, uses

Modes, part 10, modes and arpeggios

Modes, part 12, I IV V chords in each mode

Music Theory, Harmony – origins of rock and roll (analyzing and playing “Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin”)

Music Theory, How Melody and Harmony Interact, part 1 & 2

Music Theory, How Melody and Harmony Interact, part 3

Music Theory, II V I progressions

Music Theory, Modern Harmony Simplified

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Participating in Student Concert / Recital

Reading, Hal Leonard

Reading, Mel Bay original book 1

Rhythm, 12 Claves

Rhythm, Feeling the Afro-Cuban 6/8 Clave on Guitar

Rhythm, Feeling the Afro-Cuban 6/8 Clave on Guitar, part 2

Rhythm, How to Feel Half-Note Triplets

Rhythm, How to Feel Quarter-Note Triplets

Rhythm, map – all groupings

Rhythm, map – part 1, 8th notes, groupings of 2, 4, 8

Rhythm, map – part 2, 16th notes

Rhythm, map – part 3, triplets, groupings of 3, 6, 12

Rhythm, Playing Rhythmically

Rhythm, straight vs. swing feel, part 1

Rhythm, syncopation, Afro-Cuban bell patterns

Rhythm, syncopation, Mozambique patterns

Rhythm, versatility, part 1, intro to

Rhythm, versatility, part 2, workout

Rhythm, versatility, part 3, table of time

Rhythm, versatility, part 4, more advanced table of time

Soloing, Contour Shifts

Soloing, Counterpoint

Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, Slides

Soloing, Ghost Chord Soloing

Soloing, How to Build a Solo

Soloing, How to Really Practice using the CAGED system

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Soloing, Hybrid Picking, part 2, live class

Soloing, intro to syncopation

Soloing, major scales, 3 notes per string

Soloing, Overview of Scales & Tools Needed for Good Soloing

Soloing, Phrasing, introduction

Songwriting, Part 18, using chromatics for harmony & melody

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Songwriting, Part 19, integrating elements

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Strumming, part 10, more syncopation with Partido Alto groove

Strumming, part 3, other time signatures and feels

Strumming, part 5, strumming syncopation

Student 2-year Anniversary Message

Student 7-month Anniversary Message

Student 90-day Anniversary Message

Student Goal-Setting Resources

Student Repertoire – Book 3

Student Repertoire – Book 4

Student Repertoire – Book 5

Student Repertoire – Holidays

Technique, Sweep Picking

Theory, Developing Awareness of Form

Training, Practice Tracker

Training, Ultimate Guide to Practicing Efficiently