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C6 fans can spend their time getting the tuning mastered in C6 Essentials, then using Paul’s personal approach in C6 Toolbox to apply what they know to tunes. After that, C6 Complete has all of the C6 Improv lessons.




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NEW LESSONS ARE
ADDED WEEKLY!

  • Lessons Added In 2021  (1 of 2)

    12/27: Intervals Over Chords lesson added in Musicianship
    11/29: Bo Diddley/Clave Grooves With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/29: Flat Tire Shuffle With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/29: 90's Shuffle With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/29: Boogaloo With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/29: Waylon Groove With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/29: Billy's Pocket With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/21: Half Time Feels With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/21: Buck & Ray Shuffles With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/21: Ballads With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/21: 3/4 Time With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    11/21: Blending Styles With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    10/21: Grooves & Feels With Billy Thomas lesson added in Phrasing
    10/27: Train Beat Groove lesson added in Phrasing
    10/27: Cajun/Zydeco Groove lesson added in Phrasing
    10/15: Intervallic Playing: Adding Approach Notes lesson added in Musicianship
    10/01: Modernize Your Fills lesson added in Musicianship
    09/01: Modern E9th Chords: Diatonics & Intervals added in Chords: Major & Minor
    08/27: C6: Minor Chords Using Permutations lesson added in C6 Improv
    07/26: Introduction To Phrasing lesson added in new section Phrasing
    07/26: Chord Structure for a Modern Groove lesson added in Phrasing
    07/26: Swinging Over a Modern Groove lesson added in Phrasing
    07/13: Bringing Out The Upper Voice lesson added in Musicianship
    07/06: Vibrato Skills lesson added in Seminar Highlights
    07/06: Change The Learning Mindset lesson added in Seminar Highlights
    06/22: C6: Resolving 7ths Into Minors lesson added in C6 Improv
    06/21: Targeted Muting lesson added in Musicianship

  • Lessons Added In 2021   (2 of 2)

    05/17: Jamming Using PFM Concepts E9 & C6 lesson added in Musicianship
    04/26: Color Chords Using Intervals lesson added in Harmony: Extensions & Substitutions
    04/26: E9: Mapping the Fretboard lesson added in Musicianship
    04/05: Chorus Effect added in Seminar Highlights
    03/21: PF4 Licks lesson added in Basic Toolbox: Intros & Licks
    03/15: Steel Drum & Marimba Muting Effect lesson added in Musicianship
    03/11: Combining Knowledge lesson added in Musings
    03/11: Major Chord Modulations lesson added in Harmony: Major & Minor
    02/15: Learning By Listening - E9 & C6 lesson added in Practice Advice
    02/13: Paul's Effects Settings lesson added in Gear and Guitars
    02/08: Strategies: Morphing lesson added in Strategies
    02/03: Destinations lesson added in Musings
    01/20: E9 to C6: The Difference lesson added in C6: Essentials
    01/20: How To Access Minor Chords lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/20: Moving From 1 to 4: Sus Chords lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/20: Moving From 4 to 5: 13th Interval lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/20: Moving From 4 to 5: Maj9 and Diminished lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/20: Moving 4 to 5: Strategies lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/20: Moving From 4 to 1: Diminished Sounds lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/20: Lick 1: Bluesy Pull-Off lesson added in C6: Improv
    01/20: Lick 2: Blues Roll lesson added in C6: Improv
    01/20: Lick 3: Jazzy Blues lesson added in C6: Improv
    01/20: Lick 4: Funky Horn Section lesson added in C6: Improv
    01/14: C6 Using 2-5 to the 4 Chord Pt 2 lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/12: C6 Using 2-5 to the 4 Chord Pt 1 lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/10: C6: Moving Moving From 4 to 5: Counterpoint lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/08: C6: Moving Moving From 4 to 5: #9 Sounds lesson added in C6: Harmony
    01/07: Approach Chords For Diatonics lesson added in Harmony: Major & Minor
    01/06: C6: Moving From 1 to 4: Diminished to Min7 lesson added in C6: Harmony

  • Lessons Added In 2020   (1 of 2)

    12/30: C6: Alt Dom7 Chords: The #9 Interval lesson added in C6: Harmony
    12/20: E9 Minor Approach Pts 3 & 4 lesson added in Harmony: Major & Minor
    12/07: C6: Alt Dom7 Chords: The #5 Interval lesson added in C6: Harmony
    11/28: When I Call Your Name lesson added in What Was I Thinking
    11/27: Exploring C6 Common Tones lesson added in C6 Harmony
    11/01: Next Level Diatonics lesson added in Harmony: Major and Minor
    09/29: Jazz Blues on E9 lesson added in Musicianship
    09/12: Buddy's 'Donna Lee' Chromatics lesson added in Musicianship
    08/23: C6: Applying Intervals to Build Chords lesson added in C6 Harmony
    08/15: C6: Jazz Blues lesson added in C6 Improv
    08/13: Kemper Steel Amp Profiles lesson added in Gear and Guitars Section
    08/05: Why A Metronome? lesson added in Strategies Section
    07/18: 50 Vocabulary Licks lessons added in E9 Vocabulary Sections
    06/18: Bluegrass Ending Licks lesson added in Licks
    06/13: C6 Big Band Turnaround Changes lesson added in C6 Harmony
    05/31: C6 Jazz & Swing Chromatic Pockets lesson added in C6 Improv
    05/26: Hammer-On Licks lesson added in Licks
    05/18: Chromatics on E9 lesson added in Licks
    05/09: Paul's Christmas Collection lesson added in Resources
    05/09: Chromatic Scale Positions - E9 lesson added in Harmony: Extensions and Substitution
    05/04: 3-Element Blocking: Tommy and Buddy lesson added in Pick Hand Techniques
    05/02: Nashville Sessions Players lesson added in Strategies

  • Lessons Added In 2020   (2 of 2)

    04/25: C6 Intervalic Improv: Resolving Chords lesson added in C6 Neck
    04/12: How to Build Licks lesson added in Musicianship
    04/12: Lloyd Green Interviews Pts 5 & 6 lesson added in Interviews
    04/03: Applying Intervals lesson added in Musicianship
    03/28: Putting Improv Concepts Together lesson added in Musicianship
    03/23: Relative Major Licks Over Em lesson added in Harmony: Major and Minor
    03/17: The Bottle Let Me Down lesson added in What Was I Thinking
    03/11: Filling in the Gaps lesson added in Strategies For Learning
    03/04: Some Further Comments Text lesson added in Backing A Singer
    02/29: Shenandoah lesson added in Backing A Singer
    02/18: Learning lesson added in Strategies For Learning
    02/15: Chromatic Fill Licks lesson added in Licks
    02/12: Chimes Exercise lesson added in Pick Hand Techniques
    02/09: New Section added: Seminar Highlights
    02/04: C6 Thinking Simply - Majors & Minors lesson added in C6 Neck
    01/16: C6 Sounds on the E9: Turnarounds lesson added in Musicianship
    01/16: Translating C6 Sounds to E9 lesson added in Musicianship
    01/11: A Conversation With Lloyd Green (Part 4) lesson added in Interviews
    01/01: Building Speed Towards Originality text lesson added in Practice Advice

  • Lessons Added In 2019   (1 of 2)

    12/31: Modern Chord Voicings added in Harmony: Major & Minor
    12/21: E9 Minor Approach added in Harmony: Major & Minor
    12/16: Backing A Singer: Fills added in Backing A Singer
    12/07: C6 Giant Steps 3-vids added in C6 Neck
    11/24: C6 Triads Over Bass Notes added in C6 Neck
    11/18: Reinforcing Intervals added in Musicianship
    11/09: Creating Arrangements added in Musicianship
    11/04: C6 Finger-Style Creative Concepts added in C6 Neck
    11/02: Why Is My Guitar Tuned Like This? added in Getting Ready to Play
    10/23: Pulling Tone added in Musicianship
    10/23: Copedent Advice added in Musicianship
    10/06: Chord Tones and Extensions added in Best of Facebook
    09/18: Open String Licks added in Musicianship
    08/26: Permutations As Shapes - Pt 2 added in Musicianship
    08/17: Permutations As Shapes - Pt 1 added in Musicianship
    07/27: Building Speed Pt. 2 added in Pick Hand Techniques
    07/27: Dominant 7th Workout - Practice Track added in More Chords
    07/20: Thinking Simply - Minor Chords added in Scales and Harmony
    06/30: Thinking Simply - Major Chords added in Scales and Harmony
    06/11: All My Exes added in the C6 Neck
    06/11: Playing to the Lyric added in Backing A Singer

  • Lessons Added In 2019   (2 of 2)

    05/30: Using Compensators added in Gear and Guitar
    05/29: E9 Chord Substitutions added in Scales and Harmony
    05/20: Applying Your Interval Knowledge added in Best of Facebook
    05/19: Chord Progressions Practice Tracks added in Chords: Major & Minor
    05/14: Lenny's Lesson in the C6 Neck
    05/06: Building Speed in the Pick-Hand Techniques
    04/22: Americana Music in the Modern Steel Styles
    04/19: Soloing Advice Pt 1 in the C6 Neck
    04/19: Technique Options Pt 3 in Musicianship
    04/09: Tommy White Conversation Pt 2 in Interviews
    04/04: Thoughts on Chords in Scales and Harmony
    03/30: How to Translate C6th Lessons on Lap Steel in the C6 Neck
    03/29: C6 Sounds on E9: 1 to 4 Changes in Licks
    03/23: Tommy White Conversation Pt 1 in Interviews
    03/02: Knowing Intervals In Any Tuning in Musicianship
    02/27: Dann Huff Interview in Interviews
    02/27: Lloyd Green Interview in Interviews
    02/22: Difficult Is Good in Best of Facebook Group
    02/20: 3 Element Blocking in Pick Hand Techniques
    02/18: Technique Options - 2 Vids in Musicianship
    02/05: Practicing Advice in Practice Advice
    01/19: Connecting With Your Instrument in Musicianship
    01/13: Counterpoint in Musicianship
    01/09: Intro to Pivoting in Musicianship




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