Let's explore a new way to look at complex modulations and make the improvisation job a little easier.

Tonal center is a way to bring different modulations to a common note in order to facilitate the transition between two foreign keys. To make things a little easier on the fingers, and to keep the musical ideas smoother, we can bring these 3 modes to a common tonal center note.

Using tonal center to modulate in half steps.

A sequence of 5 tonal "bebop" inspired licks to enrich your II V I phrasing.

Discover the pattern of how chords are built and determined in a major key.

A practical guide to using diatonic chord knowlege to determine the song's key.

We look at playing lead guitar in a finger style and the tonal advantages this can give us.

We are going to learn how to play a famous traditional dance called "Uzicko kolo", after the city of Uzice (in which it originated) that is located in the center of Serbia. This is a group dance song without lyrics. "Kolo" is a dance in which dancers form a circle and hold their hands together.