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00:00 What Guitarists Can Learn From Kanye
00:34 Through the Wire – Reimagining a Soul Sample
07:05 Family Business – Chord Melody & Gospel Tension
11:28 Champion – Groove, Contrast & Right-Hand Feel
14:56 Family Business– Emotional Chords & Space
18:17 We Major – Building Chords Around a Melody
21:05 Homecoming – Triads, Bass Lines & Movement
23:06 All Falls Down – Turning Vocals Into Guitar Melodies
25:08 I Wonder – Creating a Hopeful Melodic Climb
27:41 Never Let You Down – Slowing It Down & Making It Your Own
30:51 Slow Jamz – Chord Melody & R&B Harmony
34:37 Touch the Sky – Groove & Call and Response
36:30 Creative Principle #1 – Restriction Creates Freedom
37:26 Creative Principle #2 – Emotion Leads the Way
38: 49 Creative Principle #3 – Steal From the Greats
39:42 How to Apply Kanye’s Process to Guitar
In this Soulful guitar lesson, I break down Kanye West songs and samples to explore chord progressions, chord melody, triads, pentatonic guitar, neo-soul chords, gospel harmony, R&B guitar, suspended chords, major 7th and minor 9th voicings, chord substitutions, rhythmic pocket, melodic phrasing and improvisation. The goal isn’t just to learn Kanye West songs on guitar; it’s to understand why this music works and use those ideas to develop your own guitar style. For my personalized step-by-step system for turning the music you love into your own sound, click the link below. See How Kanye transformed classic music from artists including Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, Luther Vandross and Lauryn Hill through sampling, chopping, pitching and rearranging—and how you can apply that same creative mindset to guitar without simply copying someone else’s playing. I’ll show you how melodies can reshape familiar chords, how color tones like 6ths and 9ths create emotion, how rhythm and space change a progression, and how limiting your tools can actually make you more creative.
