Archive - Contrafactal

The Christmas Song - Intro to Jazz (Part 2)

Modal mixture, modulation and chord substitutions

Dec 30, 2023 •

Jay

The Christmas Song - Intro to Jazz

Jazz chords and the ii-V-I turnaround

Dec 24, 2023 •

Jay

December 2021

The fingerstyle folk guitar of Bob Dylan (Part 2)

Folk process, song structure, strong versus ambiguous chords

Dec 5, 2021 •

Jay

November 2021

The fingerstyle folk guitar of Bob Dylan (Part 1)

How to play "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" with Travis picking

Nov 27, 2021 •

Jay

October 2021

How to play the intro to "Mexico" by James Taylor

The magnificent flat-seventh, mixed meter and syncopated fingerstyle

Oct 25, 2021 •

Jay

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