Instrument Gym
Weekly. Practice and workout on instruments. Included with residency.
Practice and workout on instruments with fellow residents. Guided sessions, technique exercises, and collaborative playing.
Upcoming Sessions
- Apr 27 9pm (PT) | 12am (ET) | 5am (UK) Jon Mattox
- Apr 29 8am (PT) | 11am (ET) | 4pm (UK) Kallie Marie
Recent Sessions
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We worked through a foundational lead guitar technique session, starting with an alternate picking finger warm-up across all six strings from fret 1 to fret 12 and back. From there we covered two pentatonic scale shapes — the G pentatonic (starting at the 5th fret, visualized as a backwards "G" curve) and the A pentatonic (starting at the 3rd fret, visualized as a little house or "A" shape) — practicing each five times with strict alternate picking, then testing muscle memory without looking, then exploring free improvisation within each shape using bends, tremolos, rhythmic variation, and note-skipping. We closed with a preview of the homework: linking the G and A shapes together across the fretboard as the foundation for building a full fretboard map.
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We explored the intersection of sight-reading, improvisation, and musical fluency, using a jazz standard transcription as a springboard for discussing how to build vocabulary on guitar. Covered the language-learning analogy as a framework for understanding immersion versus structured study, and talked through practical approaches like slowing down transcriptions, playing over chord changes with single chord tones, and using cover projects as vehicles for deep musical study. Discussed how to narrow down long-term goals into short-term actionable targets, and previewed a future jam exercise where we'd work on improvising melody over moving changes.
All resident events are included with your Beat Kitchen Residency.
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