Truefire Eric Haugen's Guitar Zen: Playing the Changes TUTORiAL
Soft / Video Lessons 10-06-2023
Truefire Eric Haugen's Guitar Zen: Playing the Changes TUTORiAL
Learn How To Solo Over Any Chord Progressions
Learning how to "play the changes” elevates your soloing, fills and rhythm approaches to an entirely new level. Despite what most players think, you don't need to dig deep into theory or harmony to develop this essential skill.

Eric Haugen's Playing the Changes edition of his Guitar Zen series reveals one of the most accessible approach for quickly learning how to "Play the Changes” over virtually any chord progression, across all popular genres.

”The key to "playing the changes” is as simple as getting a grip on the 'right notes' to play, over commonly encountered chord progressions.

I'll show you how to play the changes over a 12-Bar Blues, an Andalusian cadences with minor chords, a Dorian progression, a Jazzy 8-Bar blues, a "Crossover” progression, the famous I-5-6-4 progression, and we'll wind up with Line Cliche and Crossover Line Cliche progressions.

Play your way through the course and you'll be a "playing the changes” and crafting tasty and melodic guitar parts over any progression you encounter.”

You'll have all of TrueFire's advanced learning tools at your finger tips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace.

You can loop, slow down, or speed up any section of a lesson. Plus, all of the tab and notation is synced to the videos for the optimal learning experience. You'll also get tab and standard notation files to print out, Guitar Pro files, and all of the backing tracks to practice with.

Grab your guitar, and let's dig in with Eric Haugen!
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