{"id":148688,"date":"2025-09-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=148688"},"modified":"2025-09-12T08:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:43:28","slug":"tritone-substitutions-with-lisa-liu-acoustic-guitar-teaching-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/tritone-substitutions-with-lisa-liu-acoustic-guitar-teaching-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Tritone Substitutions with Lisa Liu | Acoustic Guitar Teaching Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Tritone Substitutions with Lisa Liu | Acoustic Guitar Teaching Artists\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g4-3YzZn2DU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This lesson is brought to you by the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/collection\/1397424?view=expanded\"><strong><em>Acoustic Guitar Teaching Artists<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>!  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