George Karayiannis

George Karayiannis (born April 13,1991) is a professional musician/guitarist, JTC Artist, composer and guitar instructor based in Athens, Greece. George first started teaching and playing professionally at the age of 20 with popular Pop and RnB artists (Tamta/Sakis Rouvas/Elena Paparizou/Stavento), counting hundreds of performances in large capacity venues and T.V. At 24, with a high level of tech

What do you get if you mix rock and metal with jazz and prog? A better guitar player – here's how you can mix these styles now

28/03/2024

I won't lie, this got me emotional!

Thanks to the JTC Guitar fam for making this happen and to Guitar Techniques for the honour!

If you're into the Melodic Minor / Altered / Lydian Dominant vibes check the lesson out.

If you want to really dive into these flavours in a unique and well structured way designed for the modern guitar player check out my JTC Masterclass "CODE : MELODIC MINOR" here: https://tinyurl.com/CodeMelMinor

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What do you get if you mix rock and metal with jazz and prog? A better guitar player – here's how you can mix these styles now In this JTC Guitar collab, we meet a brilliant Greek guitarist, teacher and performing musician with a fusion lesson that will blow your mind – and fretboard – wide open

20/01/2024

YEAP! That's the pentatonic!

🤓 Get the PDF, GuitarPro files and video on my Patreon:
https://patreon.com/GeorgeKarayiannis

👉🏼Follow the step by step instructions on my "Unravel The Pentatonic" Masterclass at JTC Guitar - the most comprehensive step by step instructional material to change your view of the pentatonic scale for good.

https://bit.ly/UnravelPentatonics

This week's mini lesson is dedicated to our beloved minor pentatonic with a little (a big one actually) twist. We'll take a look at some 2-1-2 notes per string fingerings resulting in a really unique-wider intervals sound.
This is a trick Matteo Mancuso and Josh Meader use all the time.

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Website : https://www.georgekarayiannis.com

Enjoy!
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12/01/2024

🍬DANGER-TRUE IMPROV AHEAD🍄

The strategy is simple, tested and works every time.
A minor pentatonic over Am7
F (3rd of D7) over D7.

Don't know what I'm talking about or you know what I'm talking about but don't know how to do it?

This is part of my "m7b5 Dorian Soloing" JTC+ Exclusive and you can get it here 👉🏼https://bit.ly/48sKJPl

Learn all the positions you need, how and where to use this chord and arpeggios, licks and the transcription of this solo.

Check out my Masterclasses👇🏼

CODE:MELODIC MINOR : https://tinyurl.com/CodeMelMinor
SPECTRUMS OF CONTRAST : https://bit.ly/SpectrumsOfContrast
UNRAVEL THE PENTATONIC : https://bit.ly/UnravelPentatonics

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14/12/2023

No.
It's a solo based around add9 arpeggios.
An extremely used tool for any rock based genre.

This is part of my Add 9 Soloing JTC+ Exclusive and you can get it here 👉🏼http://bit.ly/add9soloing

Learn all the positions you need, how and where to use this chord and arpeggios, licks and the transcription of this solo.

Other Links:

CODE:MELODIC MINOR : https://tinyurl.com/CodeMelMinor
SPECTRUMS OF CONTRAST : https://bit.ly/SpectrumsOfContrast
UNRAVEL THE PENTATONIC : https://bit.ly/UnravelPentatonics

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29/09/2023

What's your favourite one? 🧐

These are 4 licks off of my Code:Melodic Minor Masterclass at JTC Guitar.
Two of these outlining the Lydian Dominant and two the Altered Scale.
What a lovely scale isn't it?🤓

👉🏼 Download or stream your package at https://tinyurl.com/CodeMelMinor

Gear:
Ibanez Guitars
Elixir Strings
Neural DSP
Seymour Duncan

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27/09/2023

📢"CODE:MELODIC MINOR" - OUT NOW

Hey folks,
I'm really excited to be sharing with you this Masterclass I've been working on for over a year now.

This is an opportunity to demystify the Melodic Minor, Lydian Dominant, Altered scale as well as their characteristic chords and arpeggios for good.

Over the course of the 8000 words PDF, 20 extended excersices, 20 licks, 2 chord solo etudes and 2 full solos you'll get the chance to learn how to embrace the scale's dissonance, harness rich modal systems and elevate every aspect of your improvisational and compositional approaches.

As always prepare to incorporate techniques such as legato, economy picking and even some “swybrid” picking to keep your hands sharp and ready.

👉🏼 Download or stream your package at https://tinyurl.com/CodeMelMinor

Gear:
Ibanez Guitars
Elixir Strings
Neural DSP
Seymour Duncan

💭Let me know if you liked it!
✉️Contact me for personalized Skype lessons

Enjoy!
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23/09/2023

"CODE:MELODIC MINOR" OUT NOW

👉🏼 Download or stream your package at https://tinyurl.com/CodeMelMinor

22/09/2023

🎉"CODE:MELODIC MINOR" Masterclass is out NOW at JTC Guitar!

This is an opportunity to tap into the richness of the harmonic potential of Melodic Minor, Lydian Dominant and Altered Scale.
Embrace dissonance, harness rich modal systems and elevate every aspect of your improvisational and compositional approaches.

◾ Learn the essentials of Melodic Minor, grounding the scale, understanding its triads, how to harmonise it and how to map the scale with arpeggios.
◾Dig into its modes and the characteristic notes that make it stand out.
◾ Dive into the depths of Lydian Dominant and Altered Scale, and learn how to use them hamonically and melodically.
◾Incorporate techniques such as legato, economy picking and even some “swybrid” picking for the bold amongst us.
◾ An 8000-word PDF breaks apart every extended exercise, etude, lick and solo giving you both technical and theoretical grounding, and contextual practice.

✔ 20 extended exercises
✔ 20 licks played fast and slow
✔ 2 Chord Solo Etudes
✔ 2 Full Solos
✔ Full Tab/Notation and GP files
✔ A complete in depth 8000 words PDF guide where I go into detail about every theoretical and practical aspect of my approach
✔ Backing tracks.

👉🏼 Download or stream your package at https://tinyurl.com/CodeMelMinor

Massive thanks to:

Dimitris Radis for mixing and mastering the tracks 🎚
Nick Thurl for the awesome photos 📸

The whole JTC Team for trusting me and working with me on this craft that I'm really proud of! ❤

29/08/2023

🤓Wanna take your pentatonic to the Pro level?

Visit JTC Guitar and grab a copy of the most comprehensive step by step instructional material to change your view of the pentatonic scale for good.

You can get it now 30% off by using the code SUM23 🏝️
Ends 4th September 9am BST.
👉🏼 https://bit.ly/UnravelPentatonics (link in bio)

✔ 20 Lick Videos
✔ 19 Exercises/Positions Videos
✔ 1 Full Solo
✔ 2 Backing Tracks
✔ Full Tab/Notation and GP files
✔ Full Study Guide that will help you intergrade the concept behind each exercise/lick and make your practice more efficient.

◾Get some really helpful “out of the box” pentatonic fingerings like 3-1-3, 2-1-2 and even some 1-note-per-string fingerings, along with a variety of exercises that will help you move these shapes in any direction with ease.🤓

◾ Also learn 20 licks, applying these fingerings in a more musical context, using a lot of chromaticism and time displacement concepts, helping you to spotlight the hidden wide intervallic secrets of the scale 🤘🏼

💭Let me know if you liked it!
📢Stay tuned for more!
✉️Contact me for personalized Skype lessons

29/08/2023

🤓Wanna take your pentatonic to the Pro level?

Visit JTC Guitar and grab a copy of the most comprehensive step by step instructional material to change your view of the pentatonic scale for good.

You can get it now 30% off by using the code SUM23 🏝️
Ends 4th September 9am BST.

👉🏼 https://bit.ly/UnravelPentatonics

✔ 20 Lick Videos
✔ 19 Exercises/Positions Videos
✔ 1 Full Solo
✔ 2 Backing Tracks
✔ Full Tab/Notation and GP files
✔ Full Study Guide that will help you intergrade the concept behind each exercise/lick and make your practice more efficient.

◾Get some really helpful “out of the box” pentatonic fingerings like 3-1-3, 2-1-2 and even some 1-note-per-string fingerings, along with a variety of exercises that will help you move these shapes in any direction with ease.🤓

◾ Also learn 20 licks, applying these fingerings in a more musical context, using a lot of chromaticism and time displacement concepts, helping you to spotlight the hidden wide intervallic secrets of the scale 🤘🏼

💭Let me know if you liked it!
📢Stay tuned for more!
✉️Contact me for personalized Skype lessons

27/08/2023

🎉Happy New Guitar Season everyone!

May this be the year you achieve your most wanted goals regarding your musical/guitar journey!

To anyone interested in having online personalized guitar or modern harmony lessons with me, feel free to contact me here, or by email
👉🏼 [email protected]

Learn more about my teaching approach here
👉🏼 https://www.georgekarayiannis.com/lessons

Happy practice everyone!
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30/04/2023

Can you guess the progression? 🧐

Another lick off of my "Specreums of Contrast" JTC Guitar Masterclass.

Get it now with a 30% discount, using code: 30SPRING

✔ 15 licks played fast and slow
✔ 19 exercises played fast and slow
✔ 7 musical examples played fast and slow
✔ 2 contrasting Solos
✔ Full Tab/Notation and GP files
✔ A complete in depth PDF guide where I go into detail about every theoretical and practical aspect of my approach
✔14 backing tracks.

👉🏼 Download or stream your package at https://bit.ly/SpectrumsOfContrast

💭Let me know if you liked it!
📢Stay tuned for more!
✉️Contact me for personalized Skype lessons

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