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Articles Published by Dennis Winge

Basic Musicianship Skills for Guitarists

Bass – constructing bass lines / arpeggios

Bass – rhythms

Blues, part 3

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

Bonus: Effortless Mastery

Bonus: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Chart Reading Symbols / How to Make Chord Chart

Chord Switching, how to play along with your favorite songs

Chord-Melody, Art of Solo Guitar

Chord-Melody, Autumn Leaves

chords, 5 basic chord types

Chords, Add9 and 9th chords

Chords, Barre Chords, part 3

Chords, Barre Chords, part 4 – implementing

Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 4, non-open positions

Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 7, most common, by shape

Chords, Chord Vocabulary Workout, part 1, 5 progressions

Chords, Common Chord Progressions

Chords, embellishing “E” and “A” shape barre chords

Chords, extensions, 6ths & 9ths

Chords, half-diminished, diminished, and augmented

Chords, Hierarchy

Chords, Inversions, part 1, intro to and Tears in Heaven

Chords, Inversions, part 2, implementing inversions

Chords, Inversions, part 4, how to notate inversions

Chords, jazzing up triad progressions with 7th chords

Chords, Latin Play-Alongs (Salsa Grooves)

Chords, Open Chords, major 7 and minor 7

Chords, open string chord hybrids

Chords, Playing Harmonizing Scales

Chords, Power Chords, part 2, famous songs

Chords, Power Chords, part 4, stadium rock backing tracks

Chords, Sus Chords

Chords, Triads, part 1, all 5 shapes and implementing

Chords, Triads, part 2, minor triads

Chords, Triads, part 3, harmonized scales

Chords, Triads, part 4, embellishing

Chords, Triads, part 4, strategies for practicing triads

Chords, Triads, part 4b, embellishing part II

Chords, Triads, part 5, implementing triads

Chords, triads, part 6, voice leading

Chords, Ultimate Guide to Voicings for More Advanced Chords

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, Govan, part 1

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, Govan, part 2

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, Govan, part 3

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 4, r&b and gospel loops

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 5, Santana

Commuter Audio: Fun with the Metronome

Commuter Audio: More Fun with the Metronome

Commuter Audio: Music and Life

Commuter Audio: Music Appreciation

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 10, advanced ear training

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 12, hearing chords 2

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 13, hearing the modes

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 15, modal recognition

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1b, introduction

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 3

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 4, live classes

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 5, transcribing two songs

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 8, hearing chords 1

Commuter Audio: Master List

Feeling the 3 against 2 Polyrhythm

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, book volume I

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Downward Arpeggio play-alongs

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Inner-Outer play-alongs

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, overview

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Pinch play-alongs

Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, review of all 4 patterns

For Music Geeks Only

Fretboard Theory, 2 Ways to Streamline CAGED

Fretboard Theory, adding notes per string

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Fretboard Theory, Arpeggios, 7th chords

Fretboard Theory, Arpeggios, Major and Minor Triads

Fretboard Theory, audio and pdf

Fretboard Theory, CAGED system, introduction and overview

Fretboard Theory, CAGED system, Why Learn the CAGED system?

Fretboard Theory, Diminished

Fretboard theory, harmonized scales

Fretboard Theory, Live Lessons

Fretboard Theory, massive CAGED workout

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Fretboard Theory, roots-only CAGED training exercise

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Fretboard Theory, Taking CAGED through the Circle of Fifths

Fretboard Theory, targeting a root

Hilary’s personal content

How to Get Good Tone

Jam Tracks, Famous Songs, Part 1

Jam Tracks, Famous Songs, Part 2

Jam Tracks, How to Use

Jazz Analyzing Tunes – Harmony

Jazz Analyzing Tunes – Melody

Jazz Arpeggios

Jazz comping

Jazz Guide Tones

Jazz practice exercises

Jazz, “The Real Easy Book” vol. 1 & 2

Jazz, Building a Repertoire

Jazz, Chord Voicings

Jazz, Developing Awareness of Form

Jazz, jazzing up the blues

Modes, part 1

Modes, part 10, modal progressions

Modes, part 11, modes and arpeggios

Modes, part 13, I IV V chords in each mode

Modes, part 2

Modes, part 3

Modes, part 5, all modes in 1 position, by interval

Modes, part 6, creating your own modal backing tracks

Modes, part 7, dorian and mixolydian workouts

Modes, part 8, writing modal etudes

Music Theory, bluesifying / gospelizing diatonic progressions

Music Theory, Circle of Fifths, part 2 – uses of

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, Intervals, Decoding Famous Riffs

Music Theory, Intervals, Mirroring Intervals

Music Theory, Modern Harmony Simplified

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Music Theory, Seven Elements of Music

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Participating in Student Concert / Recital

Reading, A Modern Method For Guitar Volumes 1 – 3 Berklee

Reading, Brent Block book part 1

Reading, Classical Pieces from Fake Book

Reading, David Oakes Book, audio for certain exercises

Reading, Effective Etudes for Jazz, audio & pdfs

Reading, famous classical pieces

Reading, multiple level reading pieces

Reading, supplemental play-alongs, advanced

Reading, tips on sight-reading

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, Interlocking Rhythms

Rhythm, secrets of rhythm guitar, part 1: overview

Rhythm, secrets of rhythm guitar, part 3: clave

Rhythm, starting and ending phrases on certain beats

Rhythm, straight vs. swing feel, part 1

Rhythm, syncopation, Afro-Cuban bell patterns

Rhythm, syncopation, Mozambique patterns

Rhythm, Toussaint’s Maximally Even Rhythms

Rhythm, versatility, part 1, intro to

Rhythm, versatility, part 2, workout

Rhythm, versatility, part 3, table of time