Pentatonic POWER Exercises
One scale. Many exercises. Major guitar growth.
What you’ll get
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✺ Learn the most useful scale for music therapy
Participants will be able to identify and practice the Am pentatonic scale. (BCD 3A-8)
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✺ Practice foundational guitar technique
Participants will be able to identify and practice foundational skills such as hammer-ons and pull-offs. (BCD 3A-9)
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✺ Bring funky-fresh life to your guitar-playing
Participants will be able to identify and practice incorporating funk guitar elements while playing the Am pentatonic scale. (BCD 5A-1)
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✺ Expand your knowledge of the fretboard
Participants will be able to identify and practice “bass” and “treble” octave chords using the Am pentatonic scale. (BCD 3A-8)
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✺ 2 CMTEs
Pre-approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists for 2 Continuing Music Therapy Education credits
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✺ One-of-a-kind instructional guitar videos
Novel camera angles, tabs-on-screen, good audio, clear instruction, and learn at your own pace, in the comfort of your own home (or anywhere)!
Try it before you buy it!
Intro to the Course
Check out the:
Camera angles
On-screen display
The clinical reasoning
The pace of learning
Alternate Picking Tutorial
This is an example of a tutorial video. The goal is to teach the technique or idea simply so you can start using it right away at a steady pace.
Alternate Picking Practice
This is an example of a practice video. The goal is to practice the technique from the tutorial at various speeds—slower to faster—not to hit 100%, but to find your current level. You can revisit the video anytime to improve speed.
Note: the viewer must watch the entirety of all videos in the course to earn CMTE credit
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“I really enjoyed these videos! I thought the speed in which you taught the riff and broke down each bar was perfect for playing along. It made the riff seem much more approachable.”
Rebekah, MT-BC
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“These videos are really dynamic and engaging!! I love the camera set-up, editing, and the audio feels like it's at a really good level. So glad to have a sneak peek at these resources!”
Olivia, MT-BC
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“Power chords and reading tabs have never been my thing but you make them easy!”
Abby, MT-BC
This course takes the Am pentatonic scale and showcases a variety of exercises with the scale that can be used in guitar lessons and improve your own fundamental and advanced techniques
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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Music Therapy is the clinical & evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. Music therapy interventions can address a variety of healthcare & educational goals:
Promote Wellness
Manage Stress
Alleviate Pain
Express Feelings
Enhance Memory
Improve Communication
Promote Physical Rehabilitation
and more
- Definition taken from the American Music Therapy Association
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CMTEs are Continuing Music Therapy Education credits. Board-certified music therapists require 100 credits every 5-year recertification cycle. 3 of these credits must be ethics credits.
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This course is right for you if you are a board-certified music therapist that needs CMTEs and wants to grow in foundational techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs and advanced techniques like funk guitar skills and octave chords.
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If you are a music therapy student today (including a music therapy intern), you cannot retroactively obtain CMTEs once you become board-certified. Take the course as a MT-BC to earn CMTEs.
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Purchase the course
Watch the entirety of all videos in the course
Complete the CBMT-required survey at the end of the course
Automatically receive a certificate of completion
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No, this course does not fulfill the 3 ethics credit requirement for CBMT. It CAN be used as a part of the 97 other credits MT-BCs need to re-certify!