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Building Chords - Ch. 3 | Song Study - "Hotel California" (Patreon)

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2025-04-13 14:01:00

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The next song study will be Hotel California, specifically the solo section. Like the previous video, we will use the progression from the tune to apply everything we have learned to achieve total domination over these chords.

This is a great backing track for the tune (the solo section):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfOKAdJJvkk

Long video with multiple sections, check the YouTube chapters to navigate:

1 - The Progression, Chord Types, Pattern
2 - Horizontal Practice, Improvising Mental State
3 - Vertical Practice, Octave Jumping
4 - Other Sounds (Suspended, Augmented, Diminished, Altered Dom, Triad Pairs)
5 - Fancify Chords with Adding Notes

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Building Chords - Ch. 3 | Part 3 (Song Study - "Hotel California")

The next song study will be Hotel California, specifically the solo section. Like the previous video, we will use the progression from the tune to apply everything we have learned to achieve total domination over these chords. Solo (0:00) 1 - Intro (0:56) 1 - Chords (4:53) 1 - Built In Pattern (10:28) 2 - Horizontal (15:57) 2 - Hear the Chords in Advance (25:07) 2 - Horizontal Summary, Play by Ear (30:26) 3 - Vertical (36:07) 3 - Octave Jumpin' (45:40) 3 - Summary, Play by Ear (48:52) 4 - Suspended (50:38) 4 - Augmented and Diminished (55:22) 4 - Altered Dominant (1:00:38) 4 - Triad Pairs (1:08:14) 5 - Fancify The Chords (1:16:54) 5 - Exercise for Adding Notes (1:41:16)