The Framework & Colors Method For Unlocking Your Entire Fretboard

Surprised to see a $37 price tag on this?

I thought you might be...

Would it surprise you even more to learn that I've been using this exact method for over a decade — on stages across Europe and North America, touring with artists like Antonio Sanchez and Ari Hoenig, and teaching over 140,000 students on YouTube?

Skeptical?
You should be.

After all, you can't believe everything you read on the internet :-)

So Let Me Prove It To You

With that said... let me jump right in and show you...

I Did It By Using A Completely Counterintuitive Approach To Guitar Improvisation That I'm About To Share With You On This Very Page...

The same method that stuck guitarists are now using to solo with confidence...

...Instead of running their fingers up and down scale patterns hoping something sounds good...

...And best of all, finally enjoying their solos instead of dreading them.

Which is causing players who've been stuck for years — sometimes decades — to finally break through...

And... This is something completely different, because...

• It's not about learning more scale patterns.
• It's not about memorizing modes in all 12 keys.
• It's not about transcribing more solos.
• It's not about practicing 4 hours a day.
• It's not about expensive private lessons.

In fact, it has almost nothing to do with adding more information to your brain.

Instead, We Connect What You Already Know — So Your Ear, Your Voice, And Your Fingers Finally Work Together...

Like I said... This is something completely different and it has the power to change everything about your improvisation... and I know that's true... Because it changed everything for me.

The Framework & Colors Method allowed me to get rid of 99% of what I hated about soloing...

• Like that trapped feeling when you're stuck in one box and can't get out...
• Or running up and down scale shapes hoping something sounds musical...
• Or those soul-crushing moments where you know your solo didn't say anything, but you can't figure out why...
• Playing it safe in the same pentatonic position you've been hiding in for years...
• Watching other players move freely across the neck while you white-knuckle through 16 bars in one spot...
• Or that sinking feeling after a jam where you think "I need to practice more" — but you don't even know what to practice.

The Framework & Colors Method Freed Me From All That And Allowed Me To Finally Enjoy Improvising — Where I Can Imagine A Sound And My Hands Just Go There

There's a saying you might have heard: Learn the rules, then break them.

But here's what nobody tells you... Most guitarists spend their entire lives learning the rules. Positions. Scales. Patterns. Theory. And they never get to the "break them" part. They just keep adding more rules.

Which is exactly what happened to me...

The "Pattern Trap"

Here's what my practice sessions looked like before (and if you've ever felt stuck soloing, I'm sure you can relate). I call this the "Pattern Trap":

1. Step 1 - Guitarist learns a scale position and memorizes the fingering
2. Step 2 - Guitarist thinks "I need to know more positions"
3. Step 3 - Guitarist looks up another position and memorizes that one too
4. Step 4 - Guitarist practices running those patterns up and down
5. Step 5 - Guitarist shows up to the jam session feeling prepared
6. Step 6 - Solo section comes... guitarist starts soloing... and immediately realizes that knowing the patterns doesn't help at all
7. Step 7 - The fingers are moving but the notes feel random. Which ones sound good? Which ones create tension? Which ones resolve?
8. Step 8 - Guitarist starts guessing. Gambling. Running fingers and hoping something lands.
9. Step 9 - Guitarist retreats to the one box they know best. Same licks. Same spot. Same feeling of being trapped.
10. Step 10 - Guitarist thinks "I need to practice more" and goes home to learn MORE patterns
11. Step 11 - Repeat steps 1-10 for years
12. Step 12 - Wonder why you still feel stuck in a box

The Pattern Trap not only sucks, but it kept me stuck for years — practicing hours a day while making almost no progress on my actual improvisation. Forcing me to feel like a fraud at jam sessions while working my ass off in the practice room.

To be honest... I almost gave up on improvising entirely. I mean, I could play scales all night long... But the moment it was my turn to solo, I'd tense up and just try to survive in my one safe position.

I Almost Gave Up On This Whole "Improvising" Thing...

...But before I did, I wanted to try something. Something that — if it worked... It would change everything.

But it did take me years to "figure out" and finally perfect it... to the point where I could improvise with total confidence across the entire neck, in any key, at any tempo.

And eventually get called "one of the most talented young guitarists on the scene today" by Pat Martino. And tour internationally. And perform with legends like Peter Bernstein and Antonio Sanchez. And get reviewed in The New York Times. And teach over 140,000 students worldwide...

And I Put This Entire System Into A Course Called "Unlocking The Fretboard" And You Can Start Watching It In Just A Few Moments From Now...

The Best Improvisers Don't Just Know More Patterns. They HEAR The Fretboard Differently.

I looked everywhere and after years I finally found it. It wasn't in a scale book. It wasn't in a transcription. It wasn't from a YouTube video. It came from a simple realization:

The problem wasn't what I knew. The problem was HOW I knew it.

I knew my positions. But I didn't HEAR them. I could name the notes. But I couldn't feel their COLORS — the tension and release of each note against the key center. I could run my fingers. But they weren't connected to my ear.

That's when I realized: Most guitarists practice scales as finger exercises. They never learn to hear the SOUNDS they're playing. They don't tag the information. They don't listen to the colors. They just run patterns and hope something sticks.

The Real Reason You're Stuck (And Why More Practice Won't Fix It)

Here's what most guitar education completely misses: Knowing a position isn't the same as HEARING it.

You can memorize five pentatonic boxes. You can run them up and down at 200 BPM. But if you haven't trained your ear to HEAR the colors — the tension and release of each note — you're just moving fingers. And that's why you freeze.

Your fingers know where to go mechanically. But your ear doesn't know what it wants to say. So you default to the same safe patterns because at least those feel familiar.

The solution isn't more patterns. It's connecting your ear, your voice, and your fingers — so they work as one system.

Wanna Know What The Main Difference Is Between This Method And The "Old Way" Of Learning Scales?

You stop running fingers and start hearing colors.

The Old Way	The Framework & Colors Method
Memorize positions as fingerings	See positions as sounds and colors
Run patterns up and down	Tag each note — know what you're playing
Practice scales as finger exercises	Practice scales as ear training
Know where notes are mechanically	Hear where notes want to go musically
Stay trapped in one box	Move freely across the entire neck
Fingers guess, ear follows	Ear leads, fingers follow

And The Result Of Using This New Way? You stop feeling trapped.

It's Actually A Simple Method Built On Two Powerful Ideas...

PART 1: The Framework

The Framework is how I teach you to see the entire fretboard as ONE connected landscape — not five disconnected boxes.

Instead of thinking "five boxes," you'll see how the positions connect — where the notes repeat, where the patterns overlap, where you can move smoothly from one position to the next. The goal is to see the framework all across the guitar, almost like dots of light that light up — and you can choose anything on the fretboard.

PART 2: Colors & Tagging

This is the part that makes everything else work. Because knowing where notes are is useless unless you can HEAR what they sound like.

"Colors" is my term for the tension and release of each note against the key center. "Tagging" is how you lock in the information. Instead of just running your fingers, you NAME what you're playing. You SING it. You connect your voice to your fingers to your ear.

When I'm soloing, I want to imagine purple — and my hands can play purple.
That's what this method teaches you to do.

Here's What Else You're Going To Discover In The Course

• Why running scales up and down will NEVER teach you to improvise — and what to do instead...
• The "sound exploration" exercise where you improvise without playing in time — and why that's the point...
• How to practice on your morning commute WITHOUT your guitar — and why it builds your ear faster...
• The singing technique that connects your vocal cords to your fingers — even if you can't carry a tune...
• Why tabs are slowly destroying your ability to understand what you're actually playing...
• The "tagging" method that turns random notes into a vocabulary you can access instantly...
• The subdivision exercise that exposes timing problems you didn't know you had...
• Why slowing down is the fastest way to improve — and why your instinct to speed up is killing progress...
• The three-notes-per-string technique that makes fast runs feel effortless...
• The 50/50 rule: half framework, half playing — and why most guitarists get this backwards...

I'll talk to you inside the course.

Until then, to your musical freedom,

Rotem Sivan

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