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Mixing for example Am7 or Cmaj7 to basic blues lick over D7 can give you a hint of jazzynes.[emoji846]


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Django had huge impsct to many of us.

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Here is solo in B minor that uses fast triplets and octaves. I hope you like it!

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Fun riff with open chords, double stops, scale runs. Try it out![emoji846]

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Surprise element in basic chord progression like ii - V⁷- I - vi could be like this: You change vi to bVI. In case of D major it would be Bm7 -> Bbmajor7. Try it out!
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I love playing with different chord harmonies. Like in the video: First, a couple of round chords as a scam, then with angular ones for surprise, then one round one to calm things...

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Here's short video with tabs for turn around in G major. I hope you lie it!

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Arpeggios and harmonics works nicely over ballads like this. Nuages by Django Reinhardt

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Here's lick for Django's Nuages. It's mainly arpeggios but still melodic I hope.:)

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Here's my arrangement of old Finnish "jenkka" Minne tuuli kuljettaa. It demands serious hybrid picking or fingerpicking skills.[emoji3062]

https://youtu.be/OIF9SVMKU30

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When I heard Phil Collins' version of Groovy Kind of Love I wanted immediately try make a fingerstyle arrangement of it. Collins' rendition was featured on British film called Buster in 1988...

Cool chord voicing that you can use for example instead of basic minor chords.

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Couple of harmonics in between arpeggios make licks sing!

Here's video with tabs:[emoji3596]

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Here's lick with some open strings and string skipping. You can use it for example as a compositional inspiration. There's also tabs on the video.

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I made a solo guitar version of Finnish song "On hetki" from 1968. Althought song didn't make its way to Eurovision song contest, I think it has really good melody and harmony.

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Chris Rea's classic Road to Hell on fingerstyle guitar.

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Slowly Near is orginal composition that has simple but interesting harmony. Check out tabs and tutorial on the video.

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Here's my fingerstyle version for Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling in Love with tabs.
I hope you like it!

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Minor major chord is the one that gives the mystery in harmonic texture. Works fine especially in endings.

In this video there's first basic version of A minor major from first position...

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It's always fun to try to find interesting chord options for basic progressions. Here's some for 1-6-2-5 progression in D major. These kind of voicings really pop out from basic chords.
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I tend to forget to use double stops in different playing situations. Here's one simple example of double stops.

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Here's example how I tend to practice picking technique sometimes.
1. Take one note, take another note. Move them one at a time and try to make motifs.
2. Press as gentle as you can with fretting...

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Reharmonization of old Finnish folk song called Soittajapaimen (Tein min? pillin pajupuusta).

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Sometimes it's possible to fill gaps in the melody with another melody.
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Here's challenging palm mute picking etude in quintuplets. If you try this remember to practice it in small portions to prevent any strain injuries.

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